Fusion Asset Management has appointed Peter Heaps, managing director of Carne Global Cayman Islands, as an independent director to its board of directors of Fusion Volatility Funds. Fusion Asset Management has managed the Fusion Volatility Fund since 2008. The firm’s
Butterfield Fulcrum, an alternative fund administrator, has added Brian Young to its New York business development team. He will be working with Andrew Smith, head of global business development, and will have specific responsibility for promoting the Altinus managed account
Appleby, a provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, has appointed Matthew Stocker as a partner in its Hong Kong office. Stocker (pictured) practices in the full range of corporate and commercial law matters, including general banking and finance
Law firm Eversheds has appointed Steven Geerlings and Paul-Michael Rebus in a move to strengthen the firm’s City banking and finance offering. Geerlings specialises in asset based lending acting for ABL providers on a Pan European basis. Rebus (pictured)
Citi Capital Advisors has appointed Mahmood Noorani as portfolio manager for its global macro strategies team, which provides the investment management services for the CCA Global Macro Fund. Noorani brings to the team 20 years of experience at financial institutions,
Matrix Group, a privately owned UK financial services business, has appointed Tiraneh Tehranchian as head of risk. Tiraneh joins from Man Global Strategies, Man Investments where she was head of risk for nearly five years. Prior to that she was
Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets has appointed Alan Capper as managing director and head of credit strategy. In this newly created position, Capper will be responsible for the provision of macro credit strategy research and he will also be instrumental in
Highland Capital Management, an investment management firm based in Dallas, Texas, has promoted Patrick Boyce and Lane Britain to partner. Boyce is currently chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Highland and Britain serves as a portfolio manager and
Law firm Clifford Chance has elected 22 lawyers to its partnership, including three from the US. Avrohom Gelber, Gareth Old and Jason Young all work in the firm’s New York office. “We are happy to welcome these outstanding attorneys into
Guy de Blonay has been appointed lead manager of the Jupiter Hyde Park Hedge Fund with effect from 1 June 2010. Blonay (pictured) will take on the management of the fund from Philip Gibbs, who will become deputy fund manager.
