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The Hedge Fund Association (HFA), an international nonprofit trade and nonpartisan lobbying organisation, has added new HFA Officers, Regional Directors and Committee Leaders.
HFA’s leaders are all elected and appointed volunteers that work on behalf of the entire alternative investment industry, including hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, real estate and wealth management firms, institutional investors, family offices and service providers.
“It’s an honour to be chosen by my fellow global board members to serve as the HFA’s first Chief Operating Officer. In this role I look forward to enhancing operations and helping ensure that we continue to deliver valuable
Vatic Labs, a systematic quantitative investment manager, has appointed partner Todd Hohman as President. Hohman, who joined Vatic in January 2020 and is based in New York, will oversee the firm’s growth and operations, as well as head risk management.
“Todd is a natural business builder and I’m honoured to have him as a partner and now President in supporting Vatic’s continued growth and development,” says Vatic Labs’ Founder and Chief Executive Officer James Chiu. “With Todd’s continued leadership and now expanded role, we will remain true to our collaborative and ‘team first’ approach, focused on creating differentiated trading and
ACA Compliance Group (ACA) has appointed Anthony Bennett as head of sales and client development at ACA Mirabella.
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has appointed Sarah Riley as its new US Director, and extended its relationship with the Texas Alternative Investment Association (TAIA).
Riley joins AIMA from the TAIA where she served most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer. Under her strategic leadership, the organisation has expanded to include all alternative investment strategies and partnerships with key industry stakeholders. She has nearly a decade of experience in both non-profit and financial services industries and has been a strategic advisor to non-profit organisations in both the UK and US. Sarah is based in Austin, TX.
Riley will
Arca, an asset management firm focused on investing and innovating in the digital assets space, has made two key appointments, setting the stage for the next phase of development of the company.
Industry veteran Vance Sanders has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, and Nikesh Dalal has joined as Head of Product for Arca’s innovation division, Arca Labs.
Sanders formerly served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operations Officer of Equinox Financial Group, LLC. He was responsible for directing corporate finance, fund reporting, fund operations, risk management, internal controls and
Quantitative Brokers (QB), a global provider of advanced execution algorithms and data-driven analytics for global futures and interest rate markets, plans to hire 20 total new full-time employees in 2021.
Employees will be based around the globe with particular focus on data analytics and product engineering which will further enhance execution performance and analysis.
“Algo trade execution continues to play a critical role in the growing derivatives market. In 2020, we saw a 36 per cent growth in global futures according to FIA data. Our buy and sales-side clients increasingly depend on QB’s global execution tools and dynamic engineering in
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors (Schonfeld) has appointed Ryan Tolkin as Chief Executive Officer in addition to his current role as Chief Investment Officer.
The firm has also announced that Danielle Pizzo, its Head of Investment Business Strategy, has been named Chief Strategy Officer and will join President & COO Andrew Fishman and Ryan on the firm’s Executive Committee.
These appointments further Schonfeld’s long-term strategic plan of leveraging its differentiated culture to broaden its leadership team.
“My goal was to build a multi-generational firm that serves investors well beyond my tenure, and these appointments further establish the strong leadership
CIFC Asset Management (CIFC), a USD30 billion alternative credit specialist serving institutional investors globally, has appointed Rebecca Levy as a Managing Director in its Investor Solutions Group.
Most recently, Levy served as a Senior Portfolio Advisor at Aksia LLC. In this new role, Levy will strengthen CIFC’s Investor Solutions Group as the firm continues to scale its business, create tailored solutions for clients, and develop new institutional relationships. Based in New York, Levy reports to Jim Boothby, Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Business Development.
“We are pleased to welcome Rebecca to CIFC. Her expertise in portfolio construction and expansive
Kevin Lawi has joined Credit Suisse Asset Management’s direct lending team within the Credit Investments Group as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager in Private Credit, and will serve as head of origination.
Lawi joins CSAM from the private credit business of PSP, one of Canada’s largest pension funds, where he served as a Senior Director responsible for origination and underwriting and led the industrials and FIG industry verticals.
In his new role, he will focus on originating transactions across the capital structure, including direct first lien, unitranche, second lien and preferred equity financings.
Lawi will look to work with
Alter Domus, a leading provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry, is to create 100 new jobs, substantially increasing headcount at its European Centre of Excellence in Cork.
