Galapagos Capital, a hedge fund based in São Paulo, Brazil, is to recruit a six-strong team to support the launch of a new US-registered macro fund focused on emerging markets in 2023, according to a report by BNN Bloomberg.
Eric Lonergan, a macro hedge fund manager at M&G where he has been running over $5 million in assets, is to quit the firm on 1 December after 16 years with the firm, according to a report by Funds Europe.
Kingsbarn Capital Management, a multi-disciplinary alternative asset manager focused on delivering niche products that help investors best navigate current market conditions, has appointed Jim Fowler as its Chief Investment Officer.
Euan Fraser, Chief Executive Officer, of Alpha FMC, a global provider of specialist consultancy services to the asset management, wealth management and insurance industries, has notified the Board of his intention to step down on 31 March 2023. Fraser will
AXA IM Alts, a specialist in alternative investments with c€184 billion of assets under management, has appointed Lu Gao as head of client group alts Asia. This appointment forms part of the recently announced evolution of AXA IM Alts’ organisation structure
Verition Fund Management has added at least 11 portfolio managers in the last three months from institutions including Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
UMB Fund Services has poached Timothy Bonin from BMO Global Asset Management to become the company’s new director of fund operations, according to a report by Asset Servicing Times. Bonin, who served as vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer
Akin Gump has appointed William V de Cordova as senior regulatory counsel based in the firm’s office in New York. De Cordova advises hedge and private equity fund managers, registered investment advisers, commodity pool operators, trading advisors, broker-dealers and others on
Rokos Capital Management is the latest big macro hedge fund to expand into commodities with the appointment of Luke Sadrian, a former portfolio manager at Moore Capital Management, as an investment officer, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Backstop Solutions Group, a cloud-based productivity suite for the institutional investment community, has appointed Tom Griffiths as the firm’s first Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, Griffiths will be responsible for leading the firm’s global client-facing teams as they initiate
