PIMCO co-founder and CIO William H Gross is leaving the firm to join Janus Capital Group where he will manage the recently launched Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund and related strategies. Gross joins Myron Scholes, PhD, and other members of
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed James E Odell has as First Deputy General Counsel (Deputy GC). Odell brings more than 25 years of legal expertise in the financial services industry to this role, most recently
Stenham Asset Management has appointed Pablo Balan as Head of Risk Management and Quantitative Research. Balan, who joined the firm in the last quarter of 2011 is based in Stenham’s London office. He is a member of the firm’s Investment
Lazard Asset Management (LAM) has expanded its US equity capabilities with the addition of Frank Sustersic as director and portfolio manager. Based in LAM’s new Radnor, Pennsylvania office, Sustersic will manage two new small cap equity strategies: the Lazard US
Dave Sauvarin has assumed responsibility as managing director of Northern Trusts’s Jersey office. Sauvarin, who was most recently head of Northern Trust’s UK listed real estate administration team in Guernsey, replaces Paul Guilbert, who has been appointed as head of
Ilan S Nissan and Christian C Nugent have joined Goodwin Procter’s Private Equity Practice as partners in its New York office. They will focus on advising private equity funds, hedge funds, alternative asset managers and their portfolio companies on a
361 Capital, an asset management firm specialising in liquid alternative mutual funds, has appointed Clifford Stanton as director of portfolio solutions and product management. Stanton joins 361 Capital from Envestnet where he was the chief research officer, co-chairing Envestnet’s investment
International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired investment funds lawyer Ash Gulati as senior counsel in London.
Alain Demarolle has been appointed as non-executive chairman of the board directors of LCH.Clearnet SA, the group's French-based entity, effective immediately. Patrick Combes announced in May 2014 that he would step down as director and the chairman of the board
Carne Group, a provider of governance and oversight services for asset managers, has opened a new office in the Channel Islands. Joining Carne as managing director responsible for the Channel Islands is Mark Hodgson, who will be available immediately to
