Fixed income investment manager PIMCO has hired Ayman Hindy as Managing Director overseeing Portfolio Management Reengineering and Infrastructure. He will be based in Newport Beach and will report to Dan Ivascyn, Managing Director and PIMCO Group Chief Investment Officer.  Hindy will also work closely with Manny Roman, Managing Director and PIMCO Chief Executive Officer, on certain business initiatives which impact portfolio management.   In this newly created role, Hindy will bring a unique mix of experience in both investment management and academia, with a record of success in building trading platforms and infrastructure. His range of skills in the hedge

Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has adde Michelle Dunne as a managing director in its consultant coverage leadership team.  Dunne will partner with Jamie Wong to lead the consultant efforts across EMEA, working closely with their counterpart in North America, Lesley Nurse.   Dunne has 25 years of experience and joins from BlackRock where she was head of global consultant relations (EMEA) responsible for the development and execution of alternatives strategies for global, local and specialist consultants across the region. She has held various roles at BlackRock focused on alternative investment sales for institutional investors. Michelle also

Caroline Heal has joined Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, as a Funds & Investment Management Partner in its Cayman Islands office. Heal brings extensive experience in the structuring, formation and operation of offshore hedge funds, private equity funds and investment fund platforms. She advises a wide range of asset managers and financial institutions and has been recognised for her expertise by The Legal 500. Heal will be an integral member of the firm’s top-tier Cayman Islands Funds & Investment Management team where she will also collaborate closely with lawyers and professionals across the firm’s global practices in

FRMO Corp has added Alice C Brennan, Herbert M Chain, and Dov Glickman to its Board of directors. With the appointment of Brennan, Chain, and Glickman, FRMO Corp now has nine directors, of which six are independent. “We are very pleased to welcome Alice Brennan, Herb Chain, and Dov Glickman to the Board. We’ve already been beneficiaries of their intellectual capital – which we’ve always intended to be the core FRMO asset – and look forward to their continued contributions,” says Murray Stahl, FRMO Corp.’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “As we continue to focus our attention on expanding and

Options, the provider of managed trading infrastructure to the global Capital Markets, has appointed Marlena Efstratopoulou to Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and the Principal leading the firm’s “Security as a Service” business. Efstratopoulou joined Options in April 2021 with nearly a decade of industry experience from DXC Technologies, HPE, and Fixnetix. As Chief Information Security Officer with Fixnetix she led them to SOC2 accreditation, alongside developing and coordinating the delivery of their Managed Security Services offering. As CRO, Efstratopoulou has responsibility for Options’ Security as a Service offering and will be at the forefront of Options’ Managed Security solutions, providing

Blackstone has appointed Emily Yoder as Senior Managing Director, Strategic Relationship Management.  She will serve as a primary interface with Blackstone’s banking and other financial services partners. In this newly created role, Yoder will be responsible for delivering a firm-wide approach to relationship management. Vik Sawhney, Chief Administrative Officer and Global Head of Institutional Client Solutions, says: “We’ve known Emily for many years, and I’m very excited to welcome her to the Blackstone team. Her skills will help us deepen our relationships with key financial partners as we continue to rapidly expand into new verticals.” Yoder says: “I’ve grown to

Foreside Financial Group, LLC (Foreside), a provider of governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) solutions and technology offerings to clients in the global asset and wealth management industry, has bolstered its private funds practice.  This includes an expansion of dedicated personnel, enhancements to its technology platform, as well as the launch of a sub-practice dedicated to fund managers with investment strategies focused on cryptocurrencies, digital assets, venture capital studio funds, health care royalties, syndicated venture, and other alternative, non-conventional assets.   Foreside is responding to the market’s rising demand for experienced consultants enabled by technology whose focus is on the

Ambienta SGR, one of Europe’s largest asset managers entirely focused on environmental sustainability, has added two new hires to its London-based Public Markets division, Ambienta X, which launched Alpha X the world’s largest long/short equity fund focused solely on environmental themes, in May 2020. Alpha X, which invests in sustainability champions and shorts franchises disrupted by sustainability trends, is about to launch several new strategies with the same thematic focus, building on the continuous expansion of the research and investment teams. The further strengthening of the London team, with the arrival of Sofia Savvantidou and Oliver Wegener, is the result