Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted eight attorneys to the partnership, effective 1 January 2014. Rob Boller is in the firm’s litigation practice. He represents companies, partnerships and individuals in a variety of litigation and criminal/regulatory matters, with
UMB Fund Services (UMBFS) has made leadership changes and appointed a new representative for its business development team. Lonnie Macdonald has transitioned out of his role as head of business development for UMBFS in order to focus on other
Former Treasury and Economic Development Minister Allan Bell has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, effective Tuesday 11 October, 2011). The Ramsey MHK was elected to the position by Tynwald, the Island’s parliament, of
Connexion Capital, the alternative investment advisory firm, has announced the addition of Mark Mortimer to its London-based team.
Chi-X Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X Global, has appointed John Fildes as chief executive officer effective 1 May 2013. To ensure a smooth transition, Peter Fowler will continue in his role as CEO
Corazon Capital has launched a Geneva business to offer discretionary portfolio management to investors and their advisers in the region and to those who use Switzerland as a financia
Charles Parkinson has been appointed as a director of the Legis Group. A non-executive chairman or director of a number of LSE or AIM-listed companies Parkinson’s specialism is commercial property and alternative investments. He is a board member of Bailiwick
CreativeCap Advisors has launched an Institutional Investor-only Global Board of Advisors for the firm’s Global Emerging Manager Incubator, with the appointment of Hong-Kong based Mark Hibbs, Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Adamas Capital Partners. “The search for the right
Alessia Toricelli Dolfi has joined the Business Development team of SYZ & Co’s institutional management division, SYZ Asset Management. Toricelli Dolfi will advise in particular French-speaking and Ticino-based institutional investors. SYZ Asset Management comprises all the Group’s institutional management activities,
London-based managed futures specialist Mulvaney Capital Management has announced the appointment as chief legal officer of Alistair McNaughton, who was previously deputy head of legal at
