John Donohoe, CEO of Carne Financial Services Group, has been named as an independent director to the board of the brand new Oddo Asset Management fund, called Orsay Merger Arbitrage. The fund, which has been domiciled in Dublin as a
Agecroft Partners, a global hedge fund consulting and third party marketing firm, has hired hedge fund veteran Doug Moore as a Managing Director. Moore brings over 14 years of institutional hedge fund experience to Agecroft Partners. Previously, Moore spent eight
Law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has promoted five lawyers across its British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Hong Kong and Singapore offices and corporate, litigation and insurance practices to partner status. Richard Evans (pictured) of Conyers’ BVI litigation department has over
Pierre Bourlatchka has been appointed a Director at Kinetic Partners and will join the risk management consulting and monitoring team in London. Bourlatchka joins Kinetic Partners from F&C Asset Management, where he worked for the Alternative Investment Market Risk team,
Law firm Bingham McCutchen has expanded its investment management group to Hong Kong with the addition of Anne-Marie Godfrey as partner. Godfrey has experience advising investment managers in Asia on the establishment and regulation of hedge funds, mutual funds and
Blue Sky Alternative Investments (formerly Blue Sky Funds Management) has appointed Debra Goundrey (pictured) as Global Head of Distribution and David Fraser as Global Head of Private Clients – two newly created roles, which will focus on strengthening Blue Sky’s
GoldenTree Asset Management has appointed Lauren Garner as a research analyst, focusing on distressed investments across all business sectors with responsibilities encompassing both exi
Law firm Ashurst has hired Nick Terras to join its derivatives products group. Terras specialises in hedge funds, Ucits funds, exchange-traded funds and related derivatives. His clients include European and US financial institutions as well as hedge funds and mutual
The International Centre for Financial Regulation has announced that David Currie has been appointed as its first chairman.
Pacific Fund Systems (PFS-Paxus) has hired Keith Parker as Head of Sales & Marketing (Europe). Parker will drive new business growth across the European market to add to PFS’s already significant European presence and to complement the company’s business in
