JTC has appointed Chris Corcoran as Client Director, Funds Services, as the firm continues to bolster its Guernsey-based funds capabilities. Corcoran (pictured), has also been appointed to JTC’s Guernsey board and, in his new role, will play a key role in driving forward JTC’s growth strategy in the jurisdiction. This also follows the appointment of funds specialist James Tracey as Managing Director in Guernsey.   With almost two decades of experience in offshore financial services, Corcoran brings a strong and varied skillset to the role. Specialising in funds and with an in-depth understanding of the regulatory environment, he has held

Confluence, a specialist  in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, has appointed Jory Wheeler has joined the firm as Senior Vice President of Engineering.  In this role, he is responsible for managing all aspects of the software development process so that Confluence can continue to deliver industry-leading data management products for its asset, fund management and service provider clients. The role was created to streamline and strengthen the development process for Confluence’s data aggregation, management and reporting solutions that help optimise performance, regulatory reporting and investor communications for many of the world’s top financial companies. Wheeler

PEF Services, a fund administrator for alternative investment managers, has promoted Emily Chen and Delphine Jones, CPA to Managing Directors within the firm’s Client Services group, reporting to PEF Chief Operating Officer Beth Manzi. Chen and Jones each lead PEF Client Services teams responsible for the relationships and services provided to PEF clients including fund accounting, financial reporting and SBIC compliance, and investor services for PEF’s clients and their investors. 
 Chen’s career includes over 15 years’ experience in alternative asset fund administration. In addition to managing accounting and reporting services, Emily’s team is responsible for PEF’s fund accounting technology platform, Investran. Prior

Sidley Austin has added Joshua S Cohen as a partner in its Investment Funds practice in Chicago.   Cohen joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner. Previously he was a managing director and general counsel of Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, and global head of Alternatives Legal for JPMorgan Asset and Wealth Management.   Cohen brings extensive experience in the formation, structuring and maintenance of open and closed-end private funds, with particular emphasis in hedge funds, private equity funds, credit funds, hybrid funds, fund of funds, liquid alternative mutual funds and fund platforms. He also

Gulf Capital, an active alternative asset management firms in the Middle East, is expanding and strengthening its executive team with the appointment of Sharaf F Sharaf as a Managing Director in Gulf Credit Partners, the Firm’s private debt business. Based in Dubai, Sharaf Sharaf will join as a Managing Director in Gulf Credit Partners, which provides mezzanine debt and structured capital to growing regional small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Dr Karim El Solh, Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Capital, says: “We are excited to welcome Sharaf to our leadership team as we continue to grow our business. Sharaf’s expertise and

CMC Markets Institutional, a provider of liquidity and white label trading solutions, has appointed Ahmed Soliman as Senior Relationship Manager. Growing the company’s Dubai presence and working with the global institutional team located in London, Soliman will be responsible both for new sales and ongoing relationship management in the region. Soliman has in recent years worked with a number of institutional liquidity providers across the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. He is proficient in both English and Arabic and will be liaising with entities including a range of Market Counterparties, Introducing Brokers and those Institutions who are direct consumers of

Unigestion, an independent specialist asset manager, has underlined its commitment to German investors by opening an office in Düsseldorf. The opening of the Düsseldorf office forms part of Unigestion’s growth strategy and focus on building its distribution capabilities in the region. The new office will be home to Unigestion’s dedicated German sales team, providing better access to current investors and prospective clients.   The Düsseldorf-based team will serve institutional investors and intermediaries, offering customised investment solutions and key strategies including Equities, Multi Asset, Alternative Risk Premia and Private Equity.   Florian Rehm, Head of Institutional Clients for Germany and Austria,

Dmitri Rabin is to join the fixed income team of Jennison Associates as a managing director and portfolio manager, effective 12 March 2019. Rabin (pictured), brings 18 years of investment experience to the role, specialising in mortgages and structured finance.   Rabin played an important part in the US Treasury’s effort to reform the residential mortgage-backed securities market after the 2007-2008 financial crisis, co-authoring a framework to improve investor protections in structured finance documents and was also the co-chair of the Mortgage Securitization Council for the Association of Institutional Investors. He will work in Jennison’s Boston office and report to

Carillon Tower Advisers’ affiliate Raymond James Financial International has appointed Gerrit Van Gorp as Head of Sales/Continental Europe, and Kevin Lloyd as Head of UK/Ireland Wholesale Sales. Lloyd and Van Gorp expand the capabilities in London of Carillon Tower Advisers, a global multi-boutique asset management firm.   The two strategic appointments strengthen the existing local sales presence for Carillon Tower Advisers and its ability to serve investors in the United Kingdom and Europe. Lloyd will be responsible for the UK and Ireland wholesale market, and Van Gorp will be responsible for sales in Continental Europe. They will report to Don Pepin, Head