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The Berens Capital Management team and their funds are to become become part of Alternative Investment Group on 1 June. Berens Capital Management is a global asset manager known for its high-quality research and focus on emerging and frontier markets.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The transaction will position the combined team as a leader in emerging markets multi-manager investing, with Berens Capital Management’s emerging and frontier markets expertise complementing Alternative Investment Group’s longstanding strengths in US and international long/short equity, credit, mortgages, event-driven and sustainability/ESG strategies. The transaction will increase Alternative Investment Group’s assets under management
Lazard Asset Management (LAM) has appointed David Gibson as a Managing Director. Gibson will lead a New York-based team, which will implement a hybrid strategy at the intersection of human- and algorithmic-driven investment approaches.
“David brings a wealth of both fundamental and quantitative investment experience, a unique investment philosophy, and a rigorous investment process that we expect will benefit our clients,” says Loren Katzovitz, Managing Director at LAM, who is responsible for initiatives to grow its global alternatives platform. “We continue to focus on expanding our alternative investment platform to offer clients differentiated products that provide superior risk-adjusted returns with
Quantitative Brokers (QB), an independent provider of algorithms and data-driven analytics to clients in the Futures and US Cash Treasury markets, has appointed Deepak Begari as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
With more than 11 years of experience in electronic trading and a primary focus on algorithmic execution across multiple asset classes, Begari (pictured), has significant expertise in software development, product management and analytics. Begari joins QB from Bloomberg Tradebook, where he served as a senior product manager, responsible for managing algorithms for equities, options and FX.
Prior to Tradebook, Begari held
Aksia, a specialist research and portfolio advisory firm for hedge fund, private credit, and institutional investors, has appointed Ilya Riskin as a Senior Analyst in the firm’s Investment Research Team in New York.
Riskin (pictured), had been at Barclays for over 12 years, most recently as a Vice President in the Portfolio Management Group, where he was a fundamental credit research generalist and portfolio manager of an extensive bank debt book.
At Aksia, Ilya’s investment and markets experience will serve as a complement to the event driven and credit investment due diligence effort. Patrick Adelsbach, Head of Credit Strategies,
Fidante Capital, the international capital markets business of Fidante Partners, has appointed John Armstrong-Denby as Head of Corporate Finance in its London office.
Armstrong-Denby has over 18 years’ experience advising and investing in listed investment funds. Most recently, Armstrong-Denby was a Managing Director in the corporate finance division of Edmond de Rothschild, where he actively advised a range of clients on strategies to grow AUM in listed and unlisted fund offerings, while also providing proactive strategic advice to fund boards. Armstrong-Denby has previously held similar senior positions with ING Bank, Intelli Corporate Finance and ABN AMRO Hoare Govett. Armstrong-Denby started
SVM Asset Management, an Edinburgh-based investment boutique, has appointed Martin Orrin as regional sales manager for the South West.
Martin will be responsible for managing both advisory and discretionary accounts across the South West region. He will report to Colin Thomson, head of wholesale distribution.
With over 30 years’ experience in the asset management industry, Martin joins from Aberdeen Asset Management where he was senior business development manager. Prior to this, he worked at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership as investment sales director, Smith & Williamson Investment Management as an associate director and Threadneedle Investments as sales director for national accounts and
Intertrust, a provider of trust, corporate and fund services, has appointed Theo Splinter, former BNP Paribas executive, as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and member of the firm’s Executive Committee, effective 1 June 2018.
Splinter (pictured), will have global responsibility for operations, IT, change management and procurement within Intertrust.
Splinter has over 20 years of experience and joins Intertrust from BNP Paribas, where he was COO of Security Services in Luxembourg and its European centres of excellence. Prior to joining BNP Paribas in 2015, he worked five years at Credit Suisse, latterly as Managing Director Credit Suisse Prime Services and COO of Hedge Fund
Advent Capital Management has appointed Alex von Ziegesar as managing director of business development, reporting to Kris Haber, the firm’s Chief Operating Officer.
Von Ziegesar will be responsible for marketing a variety of traditional and alternative strategies in the US institutional channel.
“We’re extremely excited to welcome Alex to the Advent family, where we continue to see a need and demand from institutional investors for innovative traditional and alternative strategies given rising volatility and climbing interest rates,” says Haber. “Given his experience working across various asset classes, as well as his ability to form lasting business relationships, Alex will
Castle Hall Diligence has appointed Dimitri Douaire as Director, RiskDiligence.
Douaire brings close to 20 years of due diligence experience, with a focus on liquid alternatives. Prior to Castle Hall, Douaire served as Director, External Public Investment & Credit Group for OPTrust in Toronto, where he developed all aspects of the due diligence process pertaining to liquid alternative investment strategies.
Douaire’s addition to the Castle Hall team responds to investor demand for the firm’s unique RiskDiligence offering.
“I’m excited to join the Castle Hall risk team,” says Douaire. “Castle Hall has identified a clear need in the marketplace to
Ortec Finance, a provider of investment decision technology and solutions, has appointed Deon Dreyer (pictured), as UK Managing Director, taking over from Lucas Vermeulen who is moving back to the Netherlands.
Fred Heemskerk, Head of Global Business at Ortec Finance, says: “Since opening our UK office in 2008 we have been helping our clients, both institutional and retail, to manage, measure and monitor their investment decisions. This blend of technology and expert knowledge gives our clients unrivalled power to question their decision making processes. We are fortunate to be working with some of the largest, most innovative and forward thinking
