People
Institutional investment consultant Absolute Return Partners (ARP) has appointed Mark Moloney as senior research analyst.
He joins from fund of hedge funds Saguenay Strathmore Capital (now Titan Advisors) where he was associate director.
In his new role, he will report to Niels Jensen, chief investment officer.
During his time at Saguenay Strathmore Capital, Moloney was a lead analyst across a number of invested hedge funds and strategies. As part of his role, he undertook comprehensive qualitative and quantitative research and analysis across all asset classes and hedge fund strategies on behalf of the global research team and investment
Maples Fiduciary, a division of MaplesFS and provider of fiduciary, entity formation and management, insurance and administration services, has opened an office in London.
The London office will allow the Maples group to address market demand and capitalise on opportunities in the financial centres while strengthening its relationship with clients globally.
"With most of the top financial institutions to whom the Maples group provides services having a substantial presence in the region, the opening of a Maples Fiduciary office in London is a natural fit and enables us to further assist existing and prospective clients," says Peter Huber, MaplesFS'
Campbell & Company has appointed Joseph D Kelly as managing director of its client solutions group, responsible for Campbell’s institutional sales and consultant relations efforts.
Campbell & Company is an absolute return investment adviser specialising in systematic managed futures and equity market-neutral strategies.
“Joe is a highly strategic business development executive with a strong background and expertise in asset management,” says Michael Harris, Campbell president. “His longstanding institutional relationships will be a terrific asset to Campbell as we enter our 45th year as an alternative investment manager.”
Kelly has held leadership roles at several alternative asset management firms.
Global advisory and fund administration firm Maitland has appointed Martina Swart to the newly created role of group head of governance services.
Swart (pictured) joins from Orbis Investment Advisory, where she was a senior adviser to the business, covering governance matters.
Previously, Swart held the position as global head of prime service legal advisory at Barclays in New York and prior to that, she held senior legal roles at major global financial institutions, including Citigroup, Citadel Investment Group and Credit Suisse.
Swart’s 15 years of experience in investment banking and fund management, has included management of legal, risk and compliance
Seyfarth Shaw has appointed Gregory A Markel as a partner in the firm’s litigation department based in New York.
Markel joins from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York.
Markel’s practice focuses on high-stakes litigation regarding securities and antitrust issues, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and directors' and officers' defence. In addition, he handles high level internal investigations involving complex financial issues and is often retained by corporate boards of directors to handle serious internal matters.
Markel is one of only 50 lawyers in the US to have been named to the Lawdragon 500 in each of the
Ramy Soliman has been appointed chief executive of the new London-based prime of prime brokerage, Stater Global Markets.
Soliman is a well-known industry figure, with over a decade of experience in senior sales roles at Citi, IG and Integral.
Backed by Stater Holdings in New Zealand, Stater Global Markets offers clients institutional access to the FX market. The FCA-regulated brokerage launches with direct access to top tier bank and non-bank liquidity, technology solutions and infrastructure.
Soliman says: “The backers saw an opportunity to leverage my experience from Citi, IG and Integral to create a new, comprehensive prime of
M&A, private equity and hedge fund lawyer Shaun Lascelles (pictured) has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner, enhancing the firm's growing private equity practice group in London.
Lascelles comes to V&E from Ashurst.
Prior to August 2015, he was a partner and co-head of the global private equity group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in London.
Joining Lascelles in V&E's London office is Simon Rootsey, an M&A and private equity counsel from Skadden.
In addition, the firm has promoted London-based private equity attorney Dan Graham to counsel.
"These moves demonstrate our commitment to
Willis Towers Watson has promoted Sara Rejal and Karen Dolenec as head of liquid alternatives and head of real assets, respectively, within its diversifying strategies function.
Both Rejal and Dolenec joined Willis Towers Watson in 2014 as senior investment consultants.
In her new role, Dolenec continues to be responsible for real estate, infrastructure and natural resources, whilst Rejal will oversee hedge funds, alternative beta, reinsurance and multi-asset strategies.
Luba Nikulina (pictured), global head of manager research at Willis Towers Watson, says: “I am delighted to announce the promotions of Sara and Karen to, respectively, head of liquid alternatives
Independent advisory firm Conestoga Capital Advisors has appointed Jeffrey A Riggs as institutional sales and client service officer.
Riggs has 20 years of experience in the investment management industry and is joining Conestoga from Lincoln Financial Group where he was associate vice president – head of investment research and analysis.
Based out of Conestoga's headquarters in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Riggs will help develop new business for the firm and maintain relationships with existing clients.
Prior to Lincoln Financial Group, Riggs worked at Nationwide Fund Advisors where he served as the director of manager research focusing on US and international
The RD Companies has hired hedge fund industry veteran Amy B Hirsch to fill the newly created position of chief operating officer.
Expanding the build-out of its New York office, and further strengthening the infrastructure, Phillip H Kwon has been hired as general counsel and Linda Zheng as chief financial officer.
Hirsch, CEO and chief investment officer of Paradigm Consulting Services, brings 35 years of experience in alternative investments and hedge funds including due diligence, operations, and asset management. She has been responsible for managing in excess of one billion dollars of hedge fund-of-funds products and has conducted operational and
