Artivest, a provider of alternative funds and technology solutions, has appointed Kamal Jafarnia as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Jafarnia (pictured), brings more than 25 years of experience as an attorney and compliance professional to this role, having advised
BTIG, a broker dealer specialising in institutional trading and related brokerage services, has expanded its prime brokerage platform with the addition of key hires in sales and relationship management. Mike McCuin and Adrianne Schulte have joined BTIG to broaden its
Black Diamond Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm, has appointed Philip Raygorodetsky as managing director. Raygorodetsky is joining the firm immediately and will be based in Black Diamond’s Greenwich, Connecticut office. Raygorodetsky joins Black Diamond’s controlled distressed/private equity team,
GSO Capital Partners, the credit arm of The Blackstone Group, has appointed John Cashwell and Eric Storch as managing directors and co-heads of institutional marketing for GSO’s customised credit strategies group. They will lead an effort to expand GSO’s presence
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Julie Flack as General Manager of its Australia business, responsible for driving growth of Broadridge’s sell-side and buy-side businesses in Australia and New Zealand. Flack will directly manage all Broadridge associates in Australia and she
Law firm Dechert has appointed M. Holland West, a private funds and derivatives lawyer, as a partner in the financial services practice group in New York. West was previously at Shearman & Sterling, where he was the head of its
Fulcrum Asset Management has appointed Akio Ohtsuka as Senior Adviser. He is currently Executive Advisor of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. Ohtsuka will provide Fulcrum with strategic insight into the Japanese asset management landscape. Ohtsuka has worked in many of
Law firm Dechert has opened its Dublin office and is expanding its European funds practice. Declan O’Sullivan, head of Dechert’s Dublin team, advises domestic and international clients on the establishment and authorisation of all types of investment funds, including Ucits,
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 24 attorneys as partners of the firm, while six attorneys have been named counsel, effective 1 November, in the largest round of partner and counsel promotions in the firm’s 153-year history. The
AMX has appointed Aaron Overy as Head of Client and Manager Development as part of the platform’s wider growth strategy. Overy has over 20 years’ industry experience and joins from Northern Trust where he was Senior Vice President of Asset
