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Law firm Mourant Ozannes has moved to new office space at Landmark in order to accommodate rapid expansion in its Hong Kong office.
Driven by demand for its services, nine new starters have joined Mourant Ozannes' Hong Kong office in the last 12 months. The firm's offering in Asia continues to grow with promotions and further planned expansion.
Paul Christopher, Hong Kong managing partner, says: "Since the establishment of the Hong Kong office our Asian business has grown significantly and we continue to work on many of the most complex, high profile matters in the region. Moving to a
Lemanik Asset Management has made three new hires within its Luxembourg third-party management company to accelerate its positioning as the reference governance provider to UCITS and Alternative Investment Funds.
Alexandre Dumont has joined Lemanik as head of portfolio management and member of the executive committee; Stephen Roberts has joined the business development team with particular focus on illiquid asset classes; and Antonis Anastasiou has joined as head of product management and structuring for Alternative Investment Funds.
With combined experience in the investment fund industry of more than 50 years, the three new hires join Lemanik as a team, having
Cayman based alternative fund governance specialist Danesmead Partners has appointed former Soros Fund Management chief financial officer (CFO) Tracie Ahern as a director and principal of the firm.
Ahern (pictured_ will be based in New York and will serve as an independent director on alternative investment vehicles.
An industry veteran with 26 years of experience in the investment management industry she is a Certified Public Accountant with an MBA from New York University.
During her eight-year tenure at Soros, Ahern had responsibility for the treasury function, trade operations and firm wide budgeting and financial analysis, including all corporate
Jersey Finance has appointed An Kelles (pictured) as business development director for Greater China, to spearhead its strategy across the Far East.
Based in Jersey Finance’s Hong Kong office, Kelles will be responsible for expanding Jersey’s range of activities in the region, identifying opportunities for Jersey financial services businesses, and building relationships between Hong Kong, Greater China and Jersey. Kelles takes over the role from predecessor Yumei Zhang.
Originally from Belgium, Kelles joins Jersey Finance from the Intertrust Group’s Hong Kong office, where she was business unit director for the European and private equity teams. Prior to that, she
Hawksford, the international corporate, private client and funds business, has appointed an accounting specialist with 12 years’ industry experience as an associate director.
Bobby Stirling will have oversight of Hawksford’s client accounting team and, working closely with senior staff, will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of financial statements and book-keeping services and consistent client delivery.
He brings extensive technical knowledge and the application of accounting standards, including United Kingdom Accounting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards and the US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, to the role.
Stirling joins Hawksford from BDO Limited in Jersey where he was
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the new list of members of its Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) following its approval by its board of supervisors.
The selected individuals begin a 2.5 year term on 1 July 2016 and will replace the group whose mandate expired on 30 June 2016.
The new SMSG will be composed of 30 individuals drawn from across 13 Member States and representing ESMA’s key stakeholder constituencies – financial market participants (10), employee representatives (2), consumer representatives (6), users of financial services (3), small and medium sized enterprises (2) and academics
Brinker Capital, an investment management firm focused on multi-asset class investing, has appointed Jason Moore, formerly Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, as its Chief Administrative Officer and member of the firm’s executive committee.
In this newly-created position, Moore will work with the investment team and the sales and distribution teams to apply Brinker Capital’s highly-strategic, disciplined multi-asset class investment philosophy to build solutions for financial advisors and their clients. Moore brings more than 20 years of experience to Brinker Capital in portfolio management, product development and advisory business management for the managed account industry.
Moore jointly reports to
Gen II Fund Services, an independent private equity fund administrator, has joined The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Alternative Investment Product (AIP) Services.
AIP is a platform that links global market participants — including broker/dealers, fund managers, fund administrators and custodians, providing a single standard, efficient end-to-end process for alternative investments including private equity, hedge funds, funds of funds, non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), managed futures and limited partnerships.
Gen II's membership in the AIP services enables the Firm to seamlessly and efficiently service our private fund sponsor clients that maintain investor relationships with Registered Investment Advisors.
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Pzena Investment Management has promoted Gary J Bachman to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective 1 July. Bachman will assume oversight of the operations of Pzena Investment Management, LLC and will also be named to its Executive Committee effective as of 1 July.
Jessica R Doran will assume the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, after having spent several years in various roles at Pzena. Ms. Doran will report to Bachman and Bachman will report to Pzena’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rich Pzena.
“Gary has tremendous expertise in our industry and I am
Citadel has appointed Steven Lieblich as Chief Technology Officer of the firm’s hedge fund business.
A 30-year veteran of Morgan Stanley, Lieblich has served in a series of senior technology roles, most recently as Morgan Stanley's Chief Information Officer. Steve will report to Citadel's Founder and CEO Kenneth C Griffin, and will join the firm this fall.
Before serving as Chief Information Officer for Morgan Stanley, Steve's tenure at the firm included leading the technology division of its Institutional Securities Group, which included investment banking and sales and trading operations. He previously led the Equity Technology Group and the technology
