The Qatar Financial Centre Authority has appointed Yousef Abdulla Fakhroo as director of marketing and corporate communications. Fakhroo was previously global communications manager at Qatar Petroleum International. He has also held senior marketing and communications positions at RasGas and
NYSE Euronext has appointed Finbarr Hutcheson as Executive Vice President Global OTC Services. Hutcheson takes up his appointment on 1 July and will work closely with market users to develop new services to support the global over-the-counter (OTC) markets in response
Following the retirement of Appleby British Virgin Islands (BVI) office managing partner Michael Burns earlier this year, Hong Kong-based partner Jeffrey Kirk has been appointed to assume the leadership. Kirk and his family will relocate to the BVI from the
James Kelly has joined Citi’s Prime Finance Group, enhancing Prime Finance’s capital introductions capabilities for its hedge fund client base. Kelly joins Citi as Director and Pensions Specialist within Prime Finance’s Capital Introductions Group. Kelly was previously at Morgan Stanley
Timothy Massad has been officially sworn in as the chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that oversees the commodity futures, options and swaps industry. Massad (pictured), who will assumes his responsibilities immediately, joined the
Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund (Offshore) has written a letter to fellow shareholders of Sapporo Holdings seeking their support for the election of its director nominees at the company’s general meeting of shareholders in March 2010. “Our goal is to
High alpha boutique Argonaut Capital Partners, a specialist in managing European equities, has appointed Keith Speck as sales manager, London & Europe. Speck joins Argonaut from Baker Tilly Investment Solutions (previously RSM Tenon Investment Solutions), where he led the investment
FrontPoint Partners has added an investment team to its platform which will manage a direct lending strategy dedicated to originating and investing in secured loans to small and mid-sized businesses primarily in the US. Stephen Czech will lead the team
Tom Murray, former Partner and Deputy Chief Investment Officer of EIM USA, has joined the independent fund of hedge funds manager Arden Asset Management as Managing Director, Investment Strategist. In this new role, Murray will work closely with Arden’s Investment
BCS Financial Group, the largest broker of equities and derivatives on the Moscow exchange, has appointed Dr. Vladimir Tikhomirov as its new chief economist. Tikhomirov will help drive strategic decisions in the BCS Financial Group and will lend his economic
