Ben Watford, who previously led two international investment funds teams, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a London-based partner in the firm’s Investment Management Practice Group. Watford’s practice focuses on the structuring and establishment of onshore and offshore investment funds in various jurisdictions, as well as providing ongoing counsel to fund managers, investors and service providers to funds.    He has worked on a range of alternative investment funds for fund managers, family offices, sovereign investors, and entrepreneurs including credit, event driven, special situations, global macro, crypto emerging markets, long/short equity, quantitative, multi-strategy, fund of funds, commodities, and real

Tradefeedr, the independent FX Data Analytics Platform, has appointed Christian Gressel to its Client Advisory Group. Founded to create a forum to advise Tradefeedr on product development and alignment with industry wide needs, the Client Advisory Group comprises a mix of liquidity providers, buy-side clients, and industry experts. Gressel was most recently global head of ETD and FX Electronic Execution at UBS in London.  Christian joins other Advisory Group members Tim Cartledge (ex NEX), Richard Turner (Insight Investment), Jeremy Smart (XTX), Ian O’Flaherty (ex Deutsche Bank), and Michal Marcek (ex PIMCO).

BTIG Limited has appointed Andrew Jarman as managing director of Fixed Income Credit sales and trading team. Jarman will enhance the existing credit business that provides quality liquidity solutions for BTIG’s global customer base. He brings more than 20 years of experience to the firm, and prior to BTIG, he was a founder and managing director at Sigered Financial Markets

North Rock Capital Management LLC, the US hedge fund ($3 billion AuM) is opening its first Asian office in Hong Kong, according to a report from Bloomberg. The hedge fund has opted not to follow suit, despite years of political unrest and Covid-19 restrictions in the city, and has recruited former Credit Suisse prime broker, Simon Chow, to lead the new project.

Fulcrum Asset Management has appointed Chris DeMeo as head of solutions, North America.

Active asset manager J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has appointed Frederic Lejeune as managing director and country head Frabelux, the opening of a new office in Paris and the creation of a new corporate entity in France to serve clients across the region. Lejeune will be responsible for sales in France, Belgium and Luxembourg for JOHCM, reporting to Head of Distribution EUKA, TJ Voskamp. Most recently, he was president and managing director for Robeco France.

Trium Capital LLP (Trium), the multi-PM alternative asset manager, has appointed Rosie Duffell as managing director of Sales & Investor Relations.

Advisor Group, the nation’s largest network of independent wealth management firms, has appointed Dimple Shah as executive vice president of Corporate Strategy and Iryna Northrip, CFA®, as Chief Compliance Officer, Investment Advisory.

North East financial advisory firm, Lowes Financial Management, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Andy Gardiner as its first associate director.

The UK Equity Trustees Fund Services Board has appointed Tim Callaghan as independent director. He brings more than 30 years of experience in managing, marketing and oversight of investment strategies as an investment specialist. He was most recently the chief investment officer and lead manager of the Globersel Pactum Natural Resources Fund at Nextam Partners Ltd. Callaghan is a Certified European Financial Analyst and holds a BSc (Hons) Chemistry with Management from King’s College London University.