Alternative Investment Management, LLC, a privately owned investment management firm, has appointed Donna A Toth as its chief operating officer. Toth will be based in New York and will report directly to Jonathan Harris, president of AIM. Prior to
Gavin St Pier, a leading figure in the fiduciary and professional services sector, has taken up the role of non-executive chairman at The Mercator Group. St Pier (pictured right) will work with the Mercator board to develop and promote the
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Lee Stern, previously a managing director at GSO Capital Partners, as a director of the firm responsible for originating and structuring mezzanine investments. Based in New York, Stern joins KKR Asset Management. Henry R. Kravis
Atrato Advisors, a provider of hedge fund portfolio research, advisory and risk management solutions, has appointed Hyacinth Chu, an 11-year veteran of the prime brokerage businesses of Morgan Stanley and UBS, as a managing director. Chu will assume a dual
Structured Portfolio Management, an asset management firm focusing on fixed income since 1998, has promoted Chris Sutter to head of marketing and investor relations. In his new role, Sutter will lead SPM’s worldwide marketing efforts, with all members of the
Brown Brothers Harriman, a provider of customised financial solutions, has named Keith Haberlin as head of securities lending in Europe and the Middle East. Haberlin recently relocated to London from BBH Boston, where he has been part of the global
IndexIQ, a developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, has named Julie S. Abbett senior vice president and portfolio manager. In her new role, Abbett will be responsible for helping to oversee portfolio management of IndexIQ’s growing line of alternative investment
Securis Investment Partners has appointed Al Selius as head of a newly-opened New York office. Selius’s role will be centred on accelerating the development of Securis’s activities in the US with particular focus on product development and complementing the existing
London West End-based agency broker Hoare Capital is expanding its credit, ABS and inflation teams as it gears up into quarter three. Among those joining is Richard Gathercole, who will head the corporate credit sales team concentrating on high yield
Icap, an interdealer broker, has expanded its alternative investments business with the hires of Laura Prager and Linda Prager, who will act as co-heads and managing directors of the al
