Ashurst appoints head of Asia-Pacific investments funds
Danny Tan has been appointed as the head of investment funds for the Asia-Pacific region by law firm Ashurst International.
Danny Tan has been appointed as the head of investment funds for the Asia-Pacific region by law firm Ashurst International.

Algomi, a network company providing information-matching solutions for the optimisation of fixed income liquidity, has appointed former MarketAxess EMEA COO, Scott Eaton, as CEO, effective immediately. Eaton will focus on the further commercialisation of Algomi’s suite of fixed income solutions

Research Affiliates has appointed London Business School Professor Alex Edmans, PhD, as an advisor. In this role, Edmans will support research initiatives around social responsibility and governance. With research that cuts across executive compensation, governance, behavioural finance, corporate social responsibility,
Sucden Financial, a global multi-asset execution, clearing and liquidity provider, has appointed Thomas Hodge to build and run its new average pricing function within its LME business.As Head of LME Average Price Trading, Hodge will complement and extend Sucden Financial’s
Kleinberg Kaplan’s private funds associate Rita Fitch has been named to the junior advisory board for WOMEN IN FUNDS, a social community for female leaders in the private investment funds industry and select leaders at law firms, allocators and industry
Sukanya Lal has been appointed as a Business Director in IQ-EQ’s Singapore team where she will focus on business development for India-focused private equity, hedge funds and family offices.Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…

Thalēs has appointed Peter Hutchison as Managing Director of Institutional Sales and Relationship Management. Hutchison joins Thalēs from NEX Group where he spent the last five years in various senior roles, most recently leading the Global Sales of the Futures
Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity software and services firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, has appointed Simon Eyre as Managing Director overseeing the European market.Eyre will lead Drawbridge’s engineering, product and customer engagement teams across

Regulatory compliance firm Optima Partners has appointed former Bain Capital chief compliance office Alan K Halfenger as a Partner at the firm. In his role at Optima, Halfenger (pictured) will focus on the regulatory and compliance needs of private equity

Ogier has strengthened its funds practices in the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg with three partner promotions. Funds specialists Justin Savage and Anne-Gaëlle Delabye have both been promoted to partner in the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg respectively, while fund finance lawyer