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Corinthian Digital Asset Management, a diversified digital assets offshoot of London-based crypto arbitrage hedge fund Argentium, has named ex-Macquarie and JP Morgan equity research head Peter Redhead as partner and chief operating officer.
Redhead joins as Corinthian, which was established by Argentium founder Paul Frost-Smith, prepares to open its debut hedge fund strategy Chiron to external capital in February 2022.
Redhead previously spent more than five years at Macquarie Global, most recently as global head of equity research. Earlier, he had been managing director and head of EMEA equity research and head of Asian equity research at JP Morgan.
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Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools, and insights, has appointed Christoph Knaack, currently the company’s Chief Strategy & Product Officer, as CEO as of 1 January, 2022.
Knaack will focus on leading Preqin through its next growth phase, as the company moves toward serving its customers through the entire private market investment lifecycle — from fundraising and investor relations to deal origination, due diligence and portfolio monitoring.
From 2022, Preqin’s founder and current CEO, Mark O’Hare, will continue his active involvement as a member of Preqin’s Board of Directors, and as the company’s principal shareholder, supporting Preqin’s executive
ITERAM Capital SA, an independent Swiss alternative asset manager, has made two appointments to its alternative team.
ITERAM provides investors access to differentiated alternative investments with the potential to generate stable and consistent uncorrelated returns.
Manuel Garzelli, ITERAM’s CEO, says: “Moïra and Marouane will further enhance our alternative investment expertise and will be invaluable contributors to ITERAM’s growth ambition as well as serving our clients with best-in-class alternative investment solutions.”
Marouane Daho joined ITERAM Capital in August 2021 as investment and research analyst within the team that oversees investments across hedge funds, alternative UCITS and private markets. He is responsible
Dimensional Fund Advisors has appointed Jim Whittington as Head of Responsible Investment.
Joe Chi, who will retire at the end of the year. Additionally, the firm named Lacey Huebel as Head of Responsible Investment, North America. Both appointments are effective 1 November.
Whittington brings valuable experience to the role, having served as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President in the firm’s London Office, in addition to his work as a member of Dimensional’s Investment Stewardship Committee. For years, he has been on the front lines of Dimensional’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives in Europe, the Middle East, and
Horizon Software (Horizon), a SaaS provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, has appointed Stéphane Sebah as Senior Business Development Manager, as part of its growing EMEA sales team.
Sebah brings with him over eighteen years of solid experience in the financial sector and will be tasked with addressing the markets’ challenges efficiently by accelerating the business growth of Horizon software in the region.
Horizon has witnessed a rapid growth in the EMEA region, which is an important development goal for Horizon moving forward. Having previously worked as a sales broker in the European indices for 10 years
Vinod Paul, Chief Operating Officer at Align, the global provider of technology infrastructure solutions, has been accepted into Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives.
Paul was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of his experience. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well as personal and professional achievements and honours.
“We are honored to welcome Vinod into the community,” says Scott Gerber, founder of Forbes Councils, the collective that includes Forbes Technology Council. “Our mission with Forbes Councils is
Crestbridge has appointed Mike Edward as Chief People Officer.
In his role, Edward will be responsible for the implementation of strategic and practical plans to support Crestbridge’s international growth objectives in order to meet evolving compliance, regulatory and legislative obligations across each of Crestbridge’s eight jurisdictions.
With a career in human resources spanning more than two decades, Edward has particular expertise in devising strategies and techniques to support change and culture management and he originally joined Crestbridge on a consultancy basis, with a remit to manage a series of major HR projects. Prior to joining Crestbridge Mike worked in a
HITE Hedge Asset Management (HITE Hedge) a USD670 million, alpha-focused investment firm specialising in the energy sector and its transition, has appointed industry veteran Howard B Rubin, CFA as its Chief Operating Officer.
Rubin has a successful multi-decade track record of managing institutional infrastructures and compliance for a variety of hedge funds and investment firms and will oversee all business management and operational functions at HITE Hedge.
Prior to joining HITE Hedge, Rubin was the Chief Operating Officer of Burrage Capital Management LLC, a Boston-based healthcare sector focused hedge fund he joined in 2018. Before that he was a
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has appointed Josh McLane and Niya Tang as partners in the firm’s Tax, Employee Benefits, Trusts & Estates practice group.
McLane is based in the firm’s Orange County office and was most recently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. Tang joins the firm’s New York office and was most recently a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig. Sheppard Mullin has added 20 lateral partners this year.
“Our transactional tax partners have been extremely busy due, in large part, to the sustained surge in the deals being handled by our corporate group,” says Jon Newby, vice chairman of
Apex Group has appointed Paul Monahan as Head of Corporate Services, Jersey and Chantal Slabber as Head of Client Services & Operations, Jersey.
