Gamma Finance, a provider of solutions-based services for transactions in illiquid assets, has appointed Miroslaw Izienicki to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Izienicki has experience across Investment, Commercial and Private Banking sectors. Most recently, he was Managing Director of
Matrix Group, the privately owned UK financial services business, has hired Alkesh Chohan as an analyst in its fund of hedge funds group. Chohan joins from TCP Asset Management where he worked as an investment analyst for three years.
Open architecture funds platform Allfunds Bank is to open a new Brazil headquarters in Sao Paolo, with the appointment of Jorge Sierra as the firm’s new Country Head. Sierra will be responsible for heading up the Allfunds Sao Paolo office,
Gad Capital, an investment fund and beneficial owner of 6.5 per cent of the common stock of Paragon Technologies, has launched a proxy contest to elect a new board of directors at Paragon’s 15 December 2010 annual meeting. Gad Capital
Former RJ O’Brien Fund Management business development SVP Timothy Phillips has joined Systematic Alpha Management as Marketing Director. Phillips, an institutional marketing and relationship management specialist, began his career in 1991 at Citibank. He has raised over USD200 million of
The APAC Committee of the Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has elected Ted Lee of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) as its new Chairman, and Danny Yong of Dymon Asia Capital as Vice-Chairman, in line with the existing
Emmanuel Roman will assume the newly created role of chief operating officer of Man following the company’s acquisition of GLG Partners. The announcement follows the news that Man shareholders have approved the acquisition of GLG Partners. Pierre Lagrange will continue
The International Capital Market Association has appointed Simon White, head of senior issuance at Lloyds Banking Group in London, as chair of its UK, Ireland and Americas region. White will work with ICMA to coordinate its activities in the City
Newedge has appointed Andrew Roper as Director on its foreign-exchange (FX) sales desk. In this role, he will be responsible for providing cross asset sales solutions, while supporting the existing client base and introducing related products to institutional clients. Roper,
Man has appointed Luke Ellis as head of its multi-manager business. Ellis has over 25 years’ investment management experience. He has held a number of senior positions including managing director at Financial Risk Management and head of JP Morgan’s global
