The London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed Adrian Farnham as the chief operating officer for LME Clear. Farnham (pictured) joined Turquoise Global in 2007 as chief operating officer and became chief executive officer in 2010. He was instrumental in the
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP has appointed Eric A.Bensky, Jennifer Dunn, Christopher S.Harrison and David J Karp as partners. The firm has also promoted James T Bentley, Michael G Cutini, Farzad F Damania, William I Friedman, Frank J LaSalle, James
Mark Baak (pictured) has joined Darwin Platform with effect from 1 January, 2012. Baak, the former Head of Portfolio Management at Finles Capital Management, will be responsible for the support and coordination of various investment management initiatives either tailor made
Direct Access Partners, a diversified institutional financial services firm, has appointed Michael Dolan to launch a new research initiative as part of its expansion across its multi-asset class execution offering. The Alternative Research Group (ARG) will focus on acquisitions, strategic
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA), an international nonprofit trade and nonpartisan lobbying organisation, has elected four new global directors and a new regional leader. Rajpal Arulpragasam, Suzanne Currie, Amy Lawrence and Gary Markham will all serve three-year terms as new
Black Diamond Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm with over USD10 billion in assets under management, has appointed Kenneth Rubin as a Senior Managing Director and Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager. Rubin will have responsibility for the hedge fund platform
Scout Investments, an investment management firm and affiliate of Carillon Tower Advisers, has appointed Timothy Burger, CFA, as a senior analyst on the firm’s Small Cap team. Based in Scout’s Kansas City headquarters, Burger joins the team led by James
PanXchange, an OTC physical commodity exchange and price discovery platform for products including industrial hemp and frac sand, has added senior industry executive Andy Bose to its board of advisers. Bose will play a key role in driving important new
Ben Eaton has joined Goodwin Procter as a partner in the firm’s London office. Eaton (pictured) comes to Goodwin from Allen & Overy in London. As a member of the firm’s tax practice, Eaton’s initial focus will be on tax
Eamonn McConnell and John H Walker have joined Kensington Capital Partners as managing directors. McConnell has lead responsibility for the Kensington Hedge Fund, while Walker leads Kensington’s infrastructure business. Together with current Kensington managing directors Tom Kennedy and Rick Nathan,
