Davis Polk has appointed Michael S Hong as a partner in the firm’s Investment Management Group in New York, focusing on private equity fund formation. Hong comes to Davis Polk from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he was a partner in their Private Funds Group. He advises sophisticated private fund managers across all asset classes in their most complex, high-value transactions, including fund formation and ongoing investment-related advice. Hong also has extensive experience with sales, purchases and joint ventures involving alternative asset managers.   “We welcome Michael to our distinguished Investment Management Group,” says Thomas J Reid,

Link Fund Solutions, part of Link Asset Services, has appointed Andrew Lelliott to the post of Head of Transfer Agency.  The appointment reflects Link’s continued strategy to grow within the UK transfer agency market, building upon its strength in transfer agency and registrar services, as part of the company’s wider fund services offered in Europe.   Lelliott joins from Northern Trust where he was Senior Vice President responsible for the significant growth of their transfer agency business in the UK. Prior to this and with 31 years’ experience in financial services, Lelliott has worked for IFDS (now DST), Schroder Investment Management,

Independent fund administration specialist Circle Partners has expanded its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of a new office in Singapore. The office, which opened for business in February, is being managed by Gerben Oldekamp.   This latest addition to the offices Circle Partners already has in Europe, the Caribbean and the United States gives the company a physical presence in all major time zones around the globe.

EIP has appointed Daniel Turner as head of the firm’s investment team in Asia. Turner is responsible for the investment decisions across all EIP platforms; including the management of hedge funds, the Enhanced Funds series, and the firm’s Exchange Traded Funds platform, XIE Shares. Previously, Turner (pictured), was head of Equity Derivatives Trading at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) in Hong Kong. Prior to BAML, Daniel held several roles over an eight-year span at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, with the most recent being Co-Head of Equity Derivatives Trading. Daniel started his career as an equity derivatives trader at

Cowen has appointed Matthew Ramsay and Krish Sankar as Managing Directors in the Company’s Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) equity research team, playing key roles in the Company’s expansion of semiconductors and semiconductor capital equipment and IT hardware coverage.   Ramsay and Sankar are based in Cowen’s San Francisco office, reporting to Robert Fagin, Director of Research.   Cowen’s TMT team now spans 20 publishing analysts covering a broad scope of Technology, Media and Telecommunications stocks, credits and Washington policy issues affecting the TMT industry. Ramsay and Sankar will work alongside Cowen Senior Analyst, Karl Ackerman, who will continue to

Luxembourg-based funds expert James Bermingham has been promoted to partner at Ogier. Bermingham, who joined Ogier as Counsel in 2017, specialises in the structuring and formation of alternative investment funds.   As an expert in the commercial, legal, regulatory and tax issues affecting institutional investment in a cross-border context, Bermingham’s practice focuses primarily on supporting international clients establishing and operating in Luxembourg. He often works with other Ogier offices on a cross-jurisdictional basis to ensure that clients get the very best advice.   The head of Ogier’s Luxembourg office, Francois Pfister, says: “James is a true lawyers’ lawyer and with his

KKR & Co has appointed Xavier Niel to the Board of Directors of KKR Management, the managing partner of KKR. Neil’s appointment brings the number of independent directors on KKR’s Board to seven out of a total of eleven Board seats.   Niel serves as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Strategy Officer of Iliad SA.   KKR’s other independent directors include David Drummond (Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Alphabet Inc), Joseph Grundfest (Stanford Law Professor and former Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission), John Hess (Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hess Corporation), Patricia Russo

Intertrust, a provider of high-value trust, corporate and fund services, has appointed James Ferguson, former US Bank and JP Morgan Executive Director, as Head of Americas and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Ferguson will be responsible for Intertrust’s six offices in the USA, as well as offices in Bahamas, Brazil, BVI, Canada, Curacao, and its key office in the Cayman Islands.   Stephanie Miller, CEO of Intertrust, says: “I’m pleased that we’ve attracted such a talented leader as James. The Americas are an important market for our business and James will lead in taking advantage of opportunities in

EisnerAmper, a provider of accounting, tax and consulting services to global financial firms, is opening an office in London, under the leadership of Robert Mirsky who joins the firm as Head of the London office and Head of the Asset Management Group. “As Brexit unfolds, Europe is facing an unprecedented period of economic and regulatory challenges and opportunities,” says Charles Weinstein, Chief Executive Officer of EisnerAmper LLP. “Adding Robert to our team will greatly enhance our ability to offer clients highly specialised, expert financial advisory services in this growing yet rapidly changing market.”   Mirsky (pictured), has more than 20