Hedge fund advisory firm Gallatin Advisers has changed its name to PivotalPath (Americas) LLC and appointed Jonathan Caplis as its chief operating officer. The firm says the PivotalPath brand better reflects the growth and institutionalism of its business. Caplis
Frederic Codet has joined Galena Asset Management as a senior trader to co-manage the Galena Energy Fund.
Nina Tannenbaum has joined AllianceBernstein as managing director of alternatives sales and client services. Tannenbaum will work with AllianceBernstein’s growing alternatives team to further build out its diverse product offerings as well as service the complex needs of clients
Rothstein Kass has appointed Kevin M Goldstein as a director in the firm’s business advisory services practice in its New York City office. With more than two decades of experience developing strategic planning, business development and technology solutions for many
William O’Brien has left his position as president of BATS Global Markets with immediate effect. Chief executive Joe Ratterman has reassumed the additional role of president. Ratterman previously held both the CEO and president roles from June 2007 through
Brice Beumo, previously a senior associate at Renaissance Capital who focused on developing specialty finance business initiatives in francophone Africa, has joined Denmark-based investmen
Paris-based Axiom Alternative Investments has strengthened its institutional business by hiring Christina Perri as director of international business development. Perri, previously worked at Winton Capital Management as vice president in charge of business dedicated to institutional customers in the UK,
HSBC has appointed Tony McDonnell as managing director for HSBC Securities Services (Ireland) Limited (HSSI). McDonnell will be responsible for running the HSS operation in Ireland and growing its book of business. He will report to Arjun Bambawale, head
BlueCrest’s Leda Braga is to leave the USD27bn hedge fund operation to separately run her USD8.3bn systematic fund BlueTrend, plus the smaller BlueMatrix fund, under a new company called Systematica Investments. Systematica Investments will be majority-owned by Braga and her
Third-party hedge fund marketing firm Agecroft Partners has hired Wall Street veteran Tim Driscoll as a managing director with responsibilities that include assisting with due diligence on
