Michael Singer has joined Ramius as chief executive officer reporting to Peter Cohen. Singer will be responsible for overseeing and managing the day-to-day operations of Ramius. Thomas Strauss will become chairman of Ramius and vice chairman of Cowen Group, with
Peter Clarke, chief executive of Man Group, has advised the company of his intention to retire as chief executive and to step down from the board on 28 February 2013. Following a rigorous evaluation process conducted by the board,
Charles Cutshall has been named Chief Privacy Officer of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Cutshall is responsible for providing policy and programmatic oversight of the CFTC’s privacy compliance activities and for managing privacy risks associated with the collection, maintenance,
CloudMargin’s board of directors has appointed Stuart Connolly as CEO. Connolly, most recently Group CEO of TriOptima and a former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, replaces Steve Husk, who played an active part in the Board selection of the new chief
The Hedge Fund Association has created a high net worth advisory board focused on developing educational programmes and networking events globally for HNW investors. Its chairperson will be April J Rudin, who has over 20 years of marketing experience in
ING’s global securities finance team has hired Colin Bugler to head its new synthetic portfolio solutions team, reporting to Richard Pryce, head of equity lending and repo. The creation of the synthetic portfolio solutions team, which incorporates the contracts for
Itiviti, a technology and service provider for the capital markets industry, has appointed Linda Middleditch as Chief Product Officer. An experienced strategy and change management specialist, Middleditch joins Itiviti from Bloomberg LP, where she most recently was Global Head of
Equinox Capital Markets, the alternative investment marketing organisation, has appointed Daniel Gormont as an institutional sales associate. Gormont joins a team dedicated to marketing, sales and business development solutions for alternative investment managers both in the US and internationally. Gormont
Financial services firm Brown Brothers Harriman has expanded its EMEA securities lending team with the addition of four senior executives. David Lewis, Jacqueline Waller, Céline Emond and Samantha Peppiatt have joined BBH’s team to focus on relationship management and business
Qbasis Invest, the Liechtenstein-based managed futures specialist, is expanding its London marketing operations with the appointment of Alistair Evans as director sales, UK. Evans has eight years’ experience in the alternatives sector. Most recently, he was partner and co-founder of
