UK-based Liquidity Finance is expanding its activities across the Atlantic with a new office opening in Stamford, Connecticut in the US. Headed by ex-Knight Capital Group and UBS AG Dan Mullineaux (pictured), working alongside ex-head of EM trading at Goldman Sachs Robert McDonald, the expansion of Liquidity
Bandon Capital Management has appointed Whitney Dow to its management team. As managing director, he will be responsible for spearheading the firm’s marketing and relationship management efforts. Dow brings to Bandon over 15 years of extensive investment management experience
Alternative investment firm Collins Capital has appointed Casey Wamsley as director. Collins Capital helps advisers balance their clients’ traditional equities and fixed income exposure with diversified hedge fund portfolios that do not correlate with other asset classes. In
Highland Capital Management, a provider of registered alternative investments, has hired six regional sales directors in the Pacific Northwest, Florida, North Texas, Long Island, the Midwest and Southeast, and expanded its sales team at its home office in Dallas.
Cognios Capital, a private independent investment management firm, has appointed Francisco J Bido as head of quantitative research and portfolio manager. Through extensive research and analysis of risk-adjusted strategies, Bido will strengthen Cognios Capital’s proprietary ROTA/ROME valuation approach and
Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) has appointed Barry A Bohrer and Lisa A Prager as partners and Lara Covington as special counsel in the firm’s litigation practice. The group’s arrival from Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer brings further
Jon Hanifan has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to lead its European hedge fund tax advisory team. He joins from Ernst & Young, where he was a director in the hedge fund tax practice. Hanifan will work closely
Westhouse Securities, the corporate and institutional broking group, has appointed Harinder Sandhu to its institutional sales desk where he will focus on servicing hedge funds. Westhouse Securities, the corporate and institutional broking group, has appointed Harinder Sandhu to its institutional
TIG Advisors, an investment platform that oversees more than USD1.8bn across multiple strategies, has appointed Kenneth Goodreau, former chief investment officer of the USD8bn Rhode Island State Pension, as chief investment officer, effective 1 January 2013. In this new role,
Hedge Solutions, a provider of hedge fund administration and accounting solutions, has added Mason Snyder and John Wise to its advisory board. Snyder is currently co-founder and partner at Catalina Partners specialising in operational risk and due diligence for alternative
