ITI Capital has appointed John Barker (pictured), as Non-Executive Chairman. He was formerly the Executive Chairman of BCS and Managing Director and Head of International at Liquidnet Europe for over 10 years, as well as serving on the Board at Instinet. In his new role, Barker will spearhead ITI Capital’s business strategy, offering direct market access to emerging markets for global clients, and to global markets for its Russian clients. The London based team also offers prime brokerage services and a trading platform for algorithmic funds, as well as structured products and technology-focused asset management.   Barker says: “I am extremely

BTIG has added Romeo Reyes (pictured), Piyush Phadke and Daniel Nolan to its team in New York as the firm looks to continue its push into the credit markets. Reyes and Phadke will focus on originating, structuring and executing bond financings for corporate and financial sponsor clients as part of BTIG’s Debt Capital Markets business, while Nolan continues the expansion of BTIG Fixed Income Credit, and will lead the Distressed-Debt Trading desk.   “We are delighted to welcome Romeo and Piyush to the firm,” says Anton LeRoy, Chief Operating Officer of BTIG. “Each have considerable experience in the credit markets, and

Otterbourg PC has appointed Jason I Miller (pictured), as a member in the firm’s specialty finance group. His practice focuses on commercial finance matters such as asset based lending, cash flow lending, middle market, factoring, leveraged finance, first and second lien loans and term loans. He joins Otterbourg from Blank Rome LLP. Miller represents many leading institutional lenders, including major national and international commercial banks, finance companies, private equity groups, mezzanine lenders and independent factors.   “Jason has a strong practice and is a perfect fit for our specialty finance group,” says Richard L Stehl, Otterbourg’s chairman. “He is smart,

Active asset manager J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has appointed experienced portfolio managers Giorgio Caputo and Lale Topcuoglu to spearhead a global multi-asset income investment strategy. A US mutual fund launch is scheduled for Q4 2017, and a global income builder fund is expected to launch in Q1 2018, the latter will be marketed to UK and European investors via a Dublin-domiciled OEIC fund, subject to regulatory approval.    Caputo, who will lead the Global Multi-Asset team, started today in JOHCM’s New York office. He was most recently employed as Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst by First Eagle Investment Management, where

Steadfast Alcentra Global Credit Fund, an unlisted closed-end fund advised by Steadfast Investment Adviser, an affiliate of Steadfast Companies, and sub-advised by Alcentra NY, a BNY Mellon investment boutique, has appointed Michael A Tamasco, CFA, as president. Tamasco, who will also serve as president of Steadfast Investment Adviser, previously served as managing director of Optima Fund Management, one of the oldest hedge fund and multi-product alternative investment firms in the industry. He served as a member of the firm’s management committee and head of North American business development. Prior to Optima, Tamasco was co-head of Rothschild Asset Management US and

RMB Capital (RMB) has promoted portfolio manager Andrew Baker, CFA (pictured), to partner. Baker joined RMB in 2008 as a senior analyst for the firm’s asset management team. Since then, he has been working as a generalist across asset classes and leading all investment manager due diligence efforts. He was named vice president in 2014 and became portfolio manager for RMB’s multi-strategy alternative portfolios in 2015. Baker is also a member of the firm’s investment committee.   “Andy has been instrumental in shaping our overall investment policy as a firm,” says Richard M Burridge, RMB Capital founding partner, CEO and

Cheyne Capital, the London-based alternative asset manager, has launched a new sub-investment grade credit business, SVC. The team will be run by Anthony Robertson, formerly Head of Leveraged Finance at BlueBay Asset Management, who joins as CIO of the strategy. Also joining are David Lofts as Portfolio Manager and Head of Trading and Origination, and Senior Analysts Jacopo Rubbia and Jorge Lazaro, with further hires joining in the coming months.   The business has been formed to take advantage of investment opportunities resulting from the changing market backdrop and growing investor interest for tailored closed-end solutions to credit allocations. The

GSK Stockmann has added Arne Bolch to the firm’s Luxembourg team of partners alongside Dr Marcus Peter, Andreas Heinzmann, Dr Philipp Mössner and Mathilde Ostertag, as a new local partner. Arne Bolch has been working in Luxembourg for more than 11 years in the Luxembourg office of Allen & Overy and more recently at Clifford Chance as counsel. His main areas of expertise include fund formation advice for alternative investment funds (AIF) as well as traditional retail (UCITS) funds. He also assists clients in fund related M&A transactions and general investment fund and regulatory law matters. In the past, Arne advised initiators

Westchester Capital Management (WCM), a registered investment adviser focusing on liquid alternative investment strategies, has added two members to its team to support its expanding lineup of alternative investment funds. Reny Mathew, who joined as Associate Director of Sales and Investor Relations, will focus on investor relations and the advisor channel. JT Fucigna has joined as Managing Director of Business Development and will focus on national and regional wirehouse relationships. Both will be based in WCM’s Valhalla, New York office.   “Even in bull markets, investors continue to demonstrate an appetite for solutions to potentially reduce portfolio risk with an

After just ten days in the job, Anthony Scaramucci, well-known in the hedge funds industry as the founder of Skybridge Capital, has exited his short-lived role as President Donald Trump’s communications director. After a tumultuous week marked by infighting within President Trump’s team, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Monday: “Antony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House Communications Director. Scaramucci felt it was best to give chief of staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team.”   Scaramucci’s short tenure was marred by press interviews in which he