Gartmore has appointed Luke Newman as portfolio manager to its UK team.  He joins on 29 June and will work with Ben Wallace on the recently launched Gartmore UK Absolute Return and AlphaGen Octanis Funds.   Newman’s nine years of

Credit Suisse has appointed Dale Westhoff as Global Head of Structured Products Research, based in New York. Westhoff brings significant experience and will focus on delivering the Bank’s exceptional research in mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and other structured products to

AllianceBernstein has appointed Michael H Conn as managing director – strategy, operations and development, supporting the firm's fund of funds business. He will be based in Los Angeles and report to Marc Gamsin, head of AllianceBernstein's alternative investment management group.  

Drum Capital Management, an independent investment management firm dedicated to distressed and turnaround investments, has appointed Duran Curis as a managing director.

Cheyne Capital Management (UK) has appointed Jorge Giampaoli as partner and portfolio manager of the new Cheyne Equity Macro Fund. 

Law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has relocated corporate attorney Dennis Ryan to the firm’s Dubai office.

California-based Coast Asset Management, a multi-strategy alternative investment firm, has appointed hedge fund industry veteran Roy H.

Bache Commodities Group, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, is continuing to expand its FX prime brokerage activities with the addition of key sales and middle office professionals.<

With its business expanding rapidly, emerging markets debt specialist Finisterre Capital has appointed Ursula Newman as in-house General Counsel, to replace the firm’s external legal counsel.  Ursula joined Finisterre from Altima Partners LLP, where she worked as General Counsel. Prior

Gartmore has appointed John Bennett, investment director at GAM, as senior portfolio manager, European equities. Bennett has a 20-year track record of managing Continental and pan European equities and will join from GAM where he has spent the last 16