Agecroft Partners, a hedge fund consulting and third party marketing firm, has hired hedge fund marketing veteran Jim Sauls as managing director and head of European marketing. Sauls brings over 20 years of institutional experience marketing hedge funds and
Funds lawyer Stephen Ross is to join Sidley Austin as a partner and will co-head the firm’s London investment funds group, part of the firm’s global investment funds practice. Ross (pictured) will join Sidley from his position as group
KPMG has hired 30-year industry veteran Michael Cross as director of account relationships as the firm continues to expand its alternative investments (AI) team serving the Southeast US. Cross, who has and continues to hold leadership roles with hedge
KB Associates, a consulting firm to the asset management community, has appointed Peter Northcott as an Executive Director. Northcott joins KB Associates’ London office where he will be responsible for offering Hedge Fund start-up consultancy, due diligence advisory, change management
Citadel has announced the appointment of Peter Little as chief executive to lead the next phase of the company’s growth plans.
Derivatives lawyer Robert Scherer has joined Vinson & Elkins’ finance practice group as counsel in New York. Scherer (pictured), who joins V&E from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, focuses his practice on the representation of banks, dealers and other market
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has named Matthew J O’Connor as a managing director on the power investing team. O’Connor joins Bob Mancini as co-head of the team, which is investing a managed account in conjunction with the
Igor Puljic and Marjoleine van der Peet are to join the hedge funds team at Kempen Capital Management (KCM) in Amsterdam. Puljic (36) will join KCM’s hedge funds team in May as senior portfolio manager. He has 13 years
Investcorp’s New York-based Hedge Fund group has appointed industry veteran, Lionel Erdely, as the firm’s Head of Hedge Funds and Chief Investment Officer. Erdely will join Investcorp from Lyxor Asset Management, a subsidiary of Societe Generale Group with approximately USD100
Citi has appointed Todd Johnson as its Head of Prime Brokerage business in Europe. Johnson joins Citi from Deutsche Bank where he held a similar position.
