Maitland, the global advisory and fund administration firm, has carried out a major organisational restructure of the leadership team of its institutional client services arm. The management team will now reflect the five fund services products on offer – traditional fund services, transfer agency, hedge fund services, private equity and real estate fund services, and ManCo services.   The entire institutional product offering will be led by Jim Clark, who joined Maitland in May 2014 from State Street and brings over 30 years of industry experience to the role.   The traditional fund services team will be led globally by Rob Leedham,

RBC Wealth Management-US has appointed Bryan Mullin as head of the firm’s alternative investment platform. Mullin (pictured) most recently served as principal and director of alternatives research at Slocum, a Minneapolis-based advisory firm that specialises in serving institutional investors.   "As many of the products and services within the wealth management industry have become increasingly commoditised, offering clients differentiated advice and personalised solutions is critical," says Michael Armstrong, CEO of RBC Wealth Management-US. "With Bryan Mullin at the head of our alternatives platform, we will provide our private wealth clients with access to the discipline and sophistication of institutional alternatives

Lombard Odier Investment Managers (IM) has added the eight-strong Volantis investment management team from AlphaGen Capital to the firm’s existing 1798 hedge fund strategies platform. The team, which currently manages more than USD1 billion in assets in UK equity long/short and long only strategies, will be based in London and manage a niche strategy focused on UK small caps.   The team’s transfer to Lombard Odier IM will be implemented under a facilitation agreement and is subject to conditions including fund board approvals, applicable regulatory consents and requisite investor votes.    Completion is expected in the first quarter of 2017, at which

Candriam Investors Group, a European asset manager owned by New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), has appointed César Zeitouni as head of long short equity. "We are delighted to welcome César to the absolute performance management team, at a time when such expertise is being increasingly regarded by investors as a strategic investment,” says Fabrice Cuchet, head of alternative management at Candriam. "He is a highly experienced operator in the new technologies sector and in long short equity who has come to us to drive the launch of a new strategy in the field of the digitisation of the economy." 

Oaktree Capital Group has appointed Steven Gilbert to its board of directors, effective 24 October 2016. Gilbert is the founder and chairman of the board of institutional investment firm Gilbert Global Equity Partners.   Howard Marks, Oaktree’s co-chairman, says: “Over three decades, Steve has had an impressive career in private equity investing, investment banking, investment management and law. Additionally, he has owned and operated businesses as well as served as a corporate director for numerous companies. We are excited to welcome Steve to our board and look forward to benefiting from his insight and experience.”   “It is a privilege to

Jeff Parker has joined Wall Street Horizon, a provider of corporate event dates and information for institutional investors and traders, as an investor and advisory board member.   Parker (pictured) has been an entrepreneur, chief executive and investor in financial information and analytics companies.   He founded and served as CEO for Technical Data Corporation, Thomson’s First Call and CCBN.com (Corporate Communications Broadcast Network). He also served as chairman and CEO of Thomson Financial from 1988 to 1991.   Parker is currently a venture partner with GrandBanks Capital (Boston), chairman of the board of Mainstream Data (Salt Lake City) as well

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 11 attorneys as partners of the firm, effective 1 November, including Hong Kong-based Vincent Ip. Ip joined Ropes & Gray in 2006 in the private investment funds group.   Ip represents institutional and other investors in connection with investments in private equity funds, hedge funds and separate accounts, as well as co-investment and secondary transactions.    He also has extensive experience advising fund sponsors on all aspects of their business, including the formation and ongoing representation of Asia-focused private investment funds.   His clients include AlpInvest Partners, Bain Capital, Canada Pension Plan

Otterbourg has named Daniel Fiorillo as head of the firm’s restructuring practice group as of 1 January 2017. Jonathan Helfat, who led the group for more than 25 years, will be stepping down from the position but will continue to practice actively with the firm.   Fiorillo (pictured) has a broad practice representing secured and unsecured creditors, hedge funds, private equity groups, corporations, equity holders, investors and advisors that deal with financially distressed businesses both in bankruptcy and in various out of court workout and restructuring arrangements.   He has extensive experience working with creditors and professionals to maximise clients’

Datactics, a provider of data quality and matching software, has appointed Owen Chuck as sales director and Alex Brown as product manager. It follows on from the appointment of ex-UBS director Mick Foster to the company board and hire of regulations specialist Luca Rovesti earlier this year.   The London-based senior appointments are aimed at further strengthening the firm’s senior team and reinforce its capacity to meet increasing demand from clients for its risk, entity and instrument data solutions in London and across Europe.   Increased market interest in Datactics software for the purpose of regulatory reporting and metrics has

New York-based securities law firm Murphy and McGonigle is adding to its litigation bench with the appointment of hedge fund specialist attorney Andrew Melnick as a partner. Melnick (pictured) regularly represents and advises hedge funds, investment advisors, investment banks and asset managers and their executive management, boards and employees in complex litigations and arbitrations, internal investigations, regulatory inquiries, employment matters, and compliance reviews.   “I'm truly excited to join the exceptionally talented group of lawyers at Murphy & McGonigle PC. The firm has an unparalleled and singular commitment to deliver sophisticated world class services to a wide range of clients,” says Melnick.