Commonfund, an investment manager for institutional investors, has appointed Eric W Kolts as managing director in its commodities group. Kolts will be based in Wilton, Connecticut and report to Tyler Stevens, managing director, commodities group. “Eric is an important and
Fairhills Group has hired Steven DiNunzio, CFA as Principal and Chief Financial Officer. Fairhills Group is a New York-based alternative asset management firm originally founded as the family office of Mr. Edward Bronson, a veteran principal investor and former telecom entrepreneur.
OVS Capital, the European equity focused event driven investment manager is expanding its investment team with two new appointments; Manuel Blanco and Zac Lewis. Blanco (pictured) joins OVS as an Analyst, having previously worked as a Senior Equity Analyst at
Eric Greenhut has joined alternative investment manager Ramius as a Managing Director and Head of Quantitative Trading. Ramius’ quantitative trading platform was developed in-house and has been deploying proprietary capital through systematic trading programs since early 2010. Ramius is now
Gartmore has appointed Brian Mitchell as head of dealing. He will report to Dominic Rossi, Gartmore’s chief investment officer, and it is anticipated he will join in mid-January 2010. Mitchell has over 16 years’ investment industry experience, most recently at
José Galeano has been named as head of investor relations manager for Swiss alternative investment company Altin. He will be assisted in this role by Marc T Clapasson. Galeano’s (pictured) previous role as an in expert in alternative investments
Law firm Walkers has named investment funds and finance specialist Mark Lewis as senior partner. He will continue to work closely with Walkers’ global investment funds group in addition to taking on the role of senior partner. He becomes
Gar Wood Securities has promoted industry veteran Craig Gantar to senior vice president and sales manager. Gantar has over 15 years of industry experience, and joined Gar Wood in 2007 as a senior client service associate on the Gar Wood
Shareholders of Swiss alternative investment company Altin have accepted the payment of a CHF2.35 dividend and elected Roger Rüegg as board member in replacement of Nigel Russell. The decisions were approved at the firm’s annual general meeting. The
Apex Fund Services has appointed Elliott Brown to the newly created position of managing director – Americas. Brown will have responsibility for overseeing the growth of all of Apex’s offices in North and South America. Brown was formerly
