Crayhill Capital Management LP, an alternative asset management firm that specialises in private credit investments, has appointed Stefan Hoefer as Managing Director. Hoefer will be a senior member of Crayhill’s investment team. His responsibilities will include helping to source, underwrite, structure, execute and manage private credit investments.   “We are gaining immediate traction by bringing on Stefan, who we have worked closely with in the past.  His special situations, restructuring and fundamental credit investment skills are exceptional and will help to better position the firm as we head further into the credit cycle,” says Carlos Mendez, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at

European open architecture funds platform Allfunds Bank, has appointed Sebastián Ochagavía as the new Country Head of Chile, with additional responsibility for the company’s business in Uruguay and Argentina.  Ochagavía (pictured), will be responsible for heading up the Allfunds sales efforts in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay and will report directly to Laura Gonzalez, Head of LatAm and Iberia.   Previously Ochagavía was Deputy Head of Institutional Clients at Compass Group where he was in charge of the distribution of third-party products (mutual funds, ETFs and alternatives strategies) to institutional clients in Chile including Pension Funds, Insurance Companies and Local Mutual Funds

JP Morgan Asset Management has made three appointments to its Hedge Fund Solutions Investment Specialist teams, which advise clients looking to access hedge fund and alternative credit solutions. Lynnette Ferguson has been hired as Head of the Americas Investment Specialist Team, Hedge Fund Solutions. Karim Leguel has been promoted to Head of International Investment Specialist Team, Hedge Fund Solutions. Lyn Ngooi has been hired as Hedge Fund Solutions Investment Specialist for APAC clients. All three positions are new and effective immediately.   Ferguson is based in New York and reports to Jamie Kramer, Head of JP Morgan’s Alternative Solutions Group.

FundsLibrary, a provider of fund data, related regulatory services and digital solutions, has appointed Paul Poletti-Gadd as Asset Management Solutions Director. Poletti-Gadd joins from Calastone, a global funds transaction technology business, where he was Director of Data Services. He has extensive experience in the industry having held senior roles at Vistra, Kurtosys, and KNEIP in both London and Luxembourg.   In his new role, Poletti-Gadd will be leading FundLibrary’s dialogue with the industry to help craft the company’s offering to increase efficiency and reduce cost within asset management businesses. In particular, evolving the DataBank solution, leveraging leading edge technology to provide

Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has boosted its European fixed income capabilities with the addition of six investment professionals in Paris – five portfolio managers and one quantitative analyst, who all join from BNP Paribas Asset Management. The team is led by Patrick Barbe (pictured), who has 30 years of investment experience. At BNP Paribas, Barbe was the Chief Investment Officer of Euro Sovereign & Aggregate Fixed Income and responsible for the management of approximately EUR49 billion in AUM. Joining Barbe are portfolio managers Yanick Loirat, Vito Cavaliere, Antonio Serpico, and Sergejs Prala, and quantitative analyst Leang You

SALI Fund Services (SALI), a turn-key solution for the creation and administration of Insurance Dedicated Funds (IDFs), has added Karen Halliday and Dilip B Patel to its Board of Directors. Both highly regarded thought leaders in the alternative investments industry, Halliday and Patel will provide SALI with strategic insights and guidance drawing from their deep experience advising both funds and ultra-high net worth clients.   “We are delighted to welcome Karen and Dilip to SALI’s Board of Directors,” says Tom Nieman, the CEO of SALI. “Their breadth of experience with alternative investments combined with their unique and independent perspectives on

BTIG has opened a branch office in Stockholm, Sweden, the firm’s third office in Europe and its 18th location globally. BTIG Limited opened its doors in London in 2008, and today provides services to institutional and corporate clients with offices in major financial centres throughout the US, and in Europe, Asia and Australia.   The new office will be managed by Tony Nilsson, Managing Director and Head of Scandinavian Sales Trading. Nilsson has more than 20 years of relevant industry experience across Europe. Prior to his move to Stockholm, he served as a senior member of BTIG’s Institutional Equity Sales

Robeco has expanded Robeco Institutional Asset Management US (Robeco US), its US and Canadian business, with the addition of five senior sales and consultant relations professionals. The news comes one year after Robeco US, best known for quantitative investing, sustainability investing, emerging markets, and credit investing, appointed Maureen L Beshar as Head of Robeco US and Canada. Since joining, Beshar has established Robeco US’s New York office and overseen Robeco US’s strategic business expansion in the US and Canadian markets, in addition to her managing and building relationships with investment consultants and plan sponsors.   Reporting to Beshar, the expanded

Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, an independent provider of Management Company, UCITS and AIFMD Platform and Fund Administration services, has appointed Emily Davy as Head of Legal and Compliance in Dublin.

 The appointment follows a period of strong growth in new business and continued demand by UK and global asset managers for Prescient’s utsourcing solutions for Irish and other EU regulated traditional and alternative investment funds.

   Davy joins from Walkers Global where she was an Of Counsel in the Investment Funds Group. She previously spent a number of years in the Investment Funds Department at Matheson, another Irish law