Highland Capital Management has appointed Carla Martin as managing director of national accounts for the independent broker dealer channel for Highland Capital Funds Distributor. Martin will report to Brad Ross, president of Highland Capital Funds Distributor. Martin, together with
Hedge fund law firm Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen has appointed Jared R Gianatasio as senior counsel where he will focus his practice on investment funds and derivatives. He was previously a senior associate in the New York office of
NewSmith Asset Management has appointed Michael Wahnich as head of risk. This follows Charles Hopkinson Woolley’s recent appointment as head of alternatives and product, and Guy Jackson as head of compliance. Wahnich joined from International Asset Management where he
CedarKnight Partners has appointed Ranjit Atwal to head its investment management operations across the firm's international business. Located in the firm's new London office on Berkeley Street, Atwal will be overseeing all operational and client reporting matters across a number
Denver-based hedge fund firm Arrowpoint Partners has appointed Minyoung Sohn as portfolio manager of the Meridian Equity Income Fund. Arrowpoint manages USD7 billion in assets for high-net-worth and institutional investors, and is the investment adviser to the Meridian Funds.
Alternative investments provider Equinox Financial Group has made two promotions in its portfolio management team. Effective 1 November, Ajay Dravid will become the chief investment officer of Equinox Institutional Asset Management and Rufus Rankin will assume the role of director
Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has appointed Savio Tung as Chief Executive Officer, North America. Tung returns to a full time role at Investcorp, where he was one of the founding partners and served from 1984 until 2009, from 1995
OpenGamma, a provider of OTC market structure risk management and analytics solutions, has appointed Mark Beeston as chairman of the board of directors. OpenGamma has also appointed Cristobal Conde, former CEO of SunGard, to its board. OpenGamma provides standardised
Lombard Odier Investment Managers has appointed Philip Chew as head of risk, operations and information technology. For more than 14 years, Chew led the building of risk reporting, research and portfolio management systems at BlackRock Inc. and for the last
HSBC has appointed former Citadel Asset Management COO Paul Hamill Hamill as global head of prime services. Hamill who has over 20 years of financial services experience experience with a particular focus on alternative asset management, prime brokerage and
