Highbridge Capital Management has appointed Todd Builione, the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, as President and Chief Operating Officer. Builione joined Highbridge in 2005 as the firm’s first Head of Corporate Strategy and was promoted in 2009 to Chief Operating Officer.
ML Capital has appointed Dr Dermot F Smurfit as chairman of the ML Capital Group of Companies, effective 23 April 2013. Cyril Delamare, chief executive, says: "Dr Dermot F Smurfit’s appointment will further strengthen and help ML Capital build on
Three new members have joined EDHEC-Risk Institute’s international advisory board, which brings together scholars, representatives of regulatory bodies and senior executives from business partners and other leading institutions. The role of the international advisory board is to validate the relevance
Law firm Proskauer Rose has continued the expansion of its global private investment funds practice with the appointment of Robert Barry as a partner in its London office. Barry, the former head of Travers Smith’s investment funds group, focuses his
Carne Group has made two senior appointments to its Irish governance team as part of a project to meet the demand for risk management skills from its clients. Experienced investment professionals Albert Prendiville and Gerry Grimes are joining Carne
Alfred C Eckert III, Russ D Gerson and Oliver W Reeves have launched a new asset management firm, Phoenix Star Capital. The new firm will pursue investment opportunities across the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets. The
Carne Global Financial Services has added a senior figure in the Irish funds industry to its growing list of experienced independent fund directors. Mary Murphy joins Carne as a Managing Director, Alternatives, and will be based in the firm’s Dublin
Permal Investment Management Services has appointed Paul Jeffries (pictured) to its institutional team, where he will be responsible for the Group’s UK Institutional business. Jeffries joins Permal on 1 June from Railpen Investments and will report to Roberto Giuffrida, Executive
Wealth and alternative asset management group Peregrine Holdings has added André Tonkin to its capital introduction team. Tonkin joins Peregrine from Old Mutual Corporate where he was the market actuary responsible for creating customised investment solutions for the institutional
Cordium, a compliance consultancy to the asset management industry and new name for HedgeOp Compliance and The IMS Group, has made two key appointments. Peter Guarino, vice president, will join Cordium’s Boston office, and Vivek Pingili, vice president, will
