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Garda Capital Partners, an alternative investment manager focused on fixed income relative value trading strategies, has appointed Gary Cameron as portfolio manager.
He will lead an expanded US trading team with the creation and staffing of a New York-based office. Garda expects its New York office to open early in 2017.
Cameron comes to Garda having previously held various leadership positions over 18 years at JP Morgan in both New York and London, including recent roles as global head of USD swaps and head of USD rates trading for Europe, Middle East and Asia. Prior to JP Morgan, Cameron started his
Independent fund and corporate service provider Crestbridge has appointed Elliot Refson as a director in its Jersey office as it continues to focus on evolving its management company (ManCo) solutions.
A specialist in alternative funds, Refson will join the existing team to develop and promote Crestbridge’s onshore and offshore ManCo services to the global asset management community.
Last year, Crestbridge became one of the first firms in Jersey to be granted a licence by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) to offer a ManCo platform. It was also one of the first to establish a third party ManCo in
HedgePort Associates, an independent C-Suite service provider, has established an advisory board initially including industry veterans Ted Seides and Bill Salus.
The board will assist Hedgeport with strategic initiatives as the company continues its running underlying hedge fund and private equity fund businesses.
Seides co-founded and served previously as president and co-chief investment officer of the multibillion dollar alternative investment firm Protégé Partners. In 2010, he was profiled in Larry Kochard and Cathleen Ritterheiser's book "Top Hedge Fund Investors: Stories, Strategies, and Advice." Prior to Protégé, Seides worked at the J.H. Whitney & Company, Stonebridge Partners, and Yale University Investments Office, where he began
Maria João Carioca, chief executive of Euronext Lisbon and member of the managing board of Euronext, has resigned after being asked by the Government of Portugal to join the management board of Caixa Geral de Depósitos.
She has accepted the offer, pending all regulatory approvals by the relevant authorities.
“We are very proud that Maria João has been selected to serve her country in this new role. Meanwhile, Euronext is committed to continuing to invest in Portugal where it is expanding its IT centre in Porto which should amount to 120 people by the end of the year. We will
Apollo Global Management has appointed Gary W Parr as a senior managing director and co-chairman of the firm’s management operating committee.
Parr (pictured) reports to Joshua Harris, co-founder and co-chairman of the management operating committee.
“We are thrilled to welcome Gary to Apollo, and we believe he will be an outstanding addition to our senior leadership team,” says Harris. “He is one of the most respected executives in the financial services industry, and we expect to benefit from his deep expertise and relationships in the sector as Apollo continues to grow its business.”
Parr says: “Over the course
Two investment teams from Allianz Investment Management (AIM), part of Allianz Group, are to join AllianzGI’s expanding global private debt platform.
Alongside Sound Harbor Partners, the US private credit manager AllianzGI announced it was acquiring last week, these new teams will form the core of a broad private debt platform within the firm’s alternatives segment.
From 1 January 2017, Allianz’s Munich-based corporate loans team, headed by Thomas Schneider, and the Westport-based US private placement team, headed by Charles Dudley, will join AllianzGI’s global investment platform.
On joining AllianzGI, the two teams will continue to manage money for Allianz
SYZ Asset Management, the international asset management arm of the SYZ Group, has opened an office in Munich, strengthening its presence in Germany and its ability to provide services into Austria.
The new office opening follows on from the opening of an Italian office branch in Milan and several hiring and specific product launches.
A branch of the London headquarters of SYZ Asset Management (Europe) Ltd, the Munich office can offer a focused range of funds from the Oyster Luxembourg SICAV, as well as discretionary mandates for institutional clients. The sales’ activity is led by Michael Kenichi Schlieper as
Daniel Melley has joined Putnam Investments in a newly created senior position responsible for the firm's efforts serving institutional clients and investors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Based in London, Melley (pictured) will report directly to Jeffrey L Gould, head of Putnam Global Institutional Management.
"In the coming years, we expect to see an ongoing evolution of the institutional marketplace within Europe, the Middle East and Africa, presenting its own unique set of opportunities," says Gould. "As the region continues to seek an array of innovative strategies, leading investment thought leadership and an unyielding commitment to
Eaton Partners, a placement agents and advisory firm for private fund sponsors, has formed a distinct team that will work with and raise capital for unique private credit strategies globally.
Targeted strategies include asset-backed and direct corporate lending, distressed debt, real estate credit, and other specialty credit.
The team will primarily focus on representing credit managers located in the US, Europe and Asia.
“Recent regulatory hurdles have led to a secular retrenchment from banks in the commercial lending arena, and as a result, we’ve seen that opportunities for private credit managers are greater than ever,” says Jeff Davis
RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) has appointed four new hires to the firm’s advisory solutions group.
They are Edward Bernson and Charleen Sheehan as associate directors of advisory solutions, David D Smith as director of advisory solutions and Alexandra Zhmakina as junior associate director of advisory solutions.
"At RBC Global Asset Management, we are committed to building out our multi-channel distribution capabilities to complement our expanding investment capabilities," says Matthew Appelstein (pictured), head of distribution for RBC GAM. "Today's announcement is the latest demonstration of how we're growing our footprint in the professional buyer marketplace across the US.
