The Managed Funds Association (MFA) has announced its 2018-2019 board of directors which will provide governance oversight to the association and help guide the its advocacy, education, and communication efforts on global issues impacting the alternative investment industry. MFA’s returning
Fortress Investment Group has appointed Stuart Bohart as president of liquid markets and senior managing director – strategy. Bohart will become a member of Fortress’s operating and management committees, and will have responsibility for all non-investment activities of the firm’s
Investment management firm M.D. Sass has appointed Jason Rapp as vice president and senior analyst on its equity team, which manages the firm’s flagship relative value equity strategy and Maximus long/short equity hedge fund. Rapp’s background is as a senior
Laurent Crosnier has been promoted to the position of chief executive of Amundi London branch. He will retain his current title of chief investment officer and continue to act in this capacity. The investment business of Amundi London branch covers
Backstop Solutions Group, a provider of Software-as-a-Service platforms for the alternative asset management industry, has expanded in New York and Los Angeles. The regional offices will cater to the east and west coasts. “In the beginning of 2010 we committed
Perella Weinberg Partners has appointed Steven Asciutto as a partner in its corporate advisory group. Based in New York, Asciutto will focus on providing strategic and financial advice to investment managers and alternative asset managers. Asciutto has nearly 15 years
Northern Trust has named Kimberly Evans as head of Private Capital Fund Administration in North America, leading a growing practice dedicated to providing middle- and back-office solutions for a range of alternative asset class investment managers, including real estate, private
London-based global macro and systematic trading investment manager DG Partners has appointed Tony Fenner-Leitao to head marketing and business development in relation to Systematic Strategies in North America. He will be based in San Francisco. David Gorton, DG Partners’ Chief Investment
LiquidityBook, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has appointed Alexander Ponyrko as Principal Software Engineer. With over a decade of experience as a technologist, Ponyrko, who reports directly to CTO Shawn Samuel, will be responsible
BTIG Limited has appointed Nigel Fenn as a Managing Director in the firm’s Institutional Equities division. Based in London office, Fenn will cover institutional equity clients within Europe and the US, specialising in block trading across developed, emerging and
