Sionic, a specialist financial services consulting firm, whose clients include private equity, hedge and fund administrators, has appointed Mark Humphries as its new Chairman. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager
Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay) is taking on the US CLO Management business of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), BlueBay’s parent. The US based CLO Management business has moved across to BlueBay to be integrated into BlueBay’s
London-based RJ O’Brien Limited (RJO Limited), sister company of Chicago-based independent futures brokerage and clearing firm RJ O’Brien & Associates (RJO), has appointed a veteran team of brokers to establish a new specialty in soft commodities. Gary Papier, James Hunt and
RFA, a specialist IT provider to the financial services industry, has moved to new offices in Mayfair, London. RFA has a proven track record, working exclusively with clients in the professional financial services and alternative investment sectors. This year’s pivot to
Balchug Capital, an event-driven and value investment manager with particular focus on emerging markets, has opened a new office in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. The firm’s head office is in Moscow.Balchug founder and CEO David Amaryan says: “I am of Armenian
Blackstone has appointed Joe Dowling, the former Chief Executive Officer of Brown University’s Investment Office, as Global Co-Head of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM) alongside John McCormick. Dowling will oversee BAAM’s investment activities going forward, while McCormick will oversee BAAM’s business
StatPro Group, an AIM listed provider of cloud-based portfolio analytics and asset pricing services for the global asset management industry, has appointed Gordon Bloor, as the CEO of one its divisions Source: StatPro. In 2019, the Group is to be structured
Ed Butchart, former CIO at Sloane Robinson, has joined Kepler Partners alongside a team of three research analysts.Together the team will continue to be responsible for managing the KLS Emerging Markets Fund, which launched on the Kepler Liquid Strategies Platform
Seven Bridges Advisors has appointed Elise Rosenberg as Managing Director and Head of Business Development. Rosenberg will have primary responsibility for accelerating growth and oversee marketing, business development, and increasing awareness of Seven Bridges across the investment community. This is a
Ernst Jansen has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) with immediate effect. The successor to Erik Luttenberg, Jansen will take on this role alongside his current position of COO of Van Lanschot Private Banking. The new
