Hedge fund firm Crescent Capital Group has appointed Peter Mitchell has Senior Vice President (SVP) of Investor Relations. He will be responsible for marketing Crescent’s strategies to institutional investors including public pension plans and multi-employer pension plans. Mitchell brings more than a decade of experience in the financial industry. He joins Crescent from Thornburg Investment Management where he was a Senior Portfolio Specialist. Prior to that, he filled senior roles in the financial industry including as Managing Director of Investor Relations at EnTrust Capital, Inc. and Director of Sales at Snow Capital Management. Prior to his financial career, Mr. Mitchell

Fifth Street Asset Management has appointed David A Heilbrunn as a Managing Director and member of the firm's Management Committee.  Heilbrunn will be responsible for driving growth across Fifth Street's businesses, specifically focusing on expanding its growing structured credit products platform, developing institutional client relationships and optimising the firm's various financing arrangements. Heilbrunn joins Fifth Street with over 27 years of experience focused on institutional business development and structured credit products. Most recently, as a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group (Carlyle), Heilbrunn played a leading role in the creation of two non-traded business development companies raising over USD2.2 billion

Man GLG, the discretionary investment management business of Man Group, has appointed Simon Pickard and Edward Cole as portfolio managers of the soon to be launched Unconstrained Emerging Equity strategy. Pickard and Cole join the firm from Carmignac Gestion, a leading European asset manager, and they bring 32 years of combined experience in financial markets.   Pickard was formerly head of emerging market equities at Carmignac Gestion, running its large and mid-cap Global Emerging Markets funds for the last six years. Pickard has worked in finance across EMEA and the Emerging Markets for over 18 years. He previously worked for

Sprott Asset Management has appointed Mark Wisniewski as Senior Portfolio Manager. Wisniewski is a fixed income specialist with a depth of experience in portfolio management and the trading and analysis of debt securities.  Over the course of his career, he has managed several significant fixed income mandates at some of Canada’s leading asset managers.  “Mark is a proven portfolio manager with decades of experience in fixed income investing and an excellent long-term track record,” says John Wilson, CEO and Co-CIO of Sprott “His addition strengthens our fixed income capabilities and positions us well in this core category. We are pleased

Euronext has accelerated its transition plan following the announcement by Dominique Cerutti of his resignation on 22 April, by appointing Jos Dijsselhof as interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The appointment is effective immediately, pending relevant regulatory approvals. As a result of this decision, the Board and Cerutti have jointly decided that Cerutti will leave the company immediately.    Rijnhard Van Tets, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euronext, says: “The Board of Euronext decided, having accepted Dominique Cerutti’s resignation from the company, that it would be in the best interests of all parties to act swiftly and to appoint a

Matt Eilers is joining UBS as Global Co-Head of the firm’s Financial Sponsor business.  Eilers, who will also lead the Americas Financial Sponsors team, will be based in NY and joins us from Morgan Stanley where he was a Senior Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group since 2006. He has extensive Sponsor and Leveraged Finance experience, having started his career at DLJ in 1991, and will be a key addition to the Americas leadership team.   Simona Maellare has also been appointed as Global Co-Head Financial Sponsors, located in London. Maellare joined UBS from Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Concept Capital Markets has appointed R Pennington Miller-Jones (Penn) as Managing Director – Head of Prime Brokerage Sales.  Penn is a seasoned prime brokerage executive with a great deal of experience in sales and operations and an impeccable reputation with alternative investment managers and other service providers to the hedge fund industry. In his new position, Penn will lead Concept Capital’s sales effort and work with the firm’s management team to further refine and improve our prime brokerage offering and extend our reach to a broader audience.  Penn comes to Concept Capital following nine years at Jefferies LLC, where he

Commodity trade finance investment manager Scipion Capital has appointed Taran Bains to head up its sales and marketing function.  Bains, who brings a wealth of experience on both the investment and sales sides of the industry, will lead a focused international business development drive.   Bains combines 18 years of portfolio management experience with a deep understanding of all asset classes, investor marketing and fund distribution. In her previous roles, she has been responsible for raising significant sums on behalf of private banks and family offices, as well as advising on assets and allocations in client portfolios.   Bains began

Alternative investment firm SkyBridge Capital has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea.  Michelle Cha, who has more than 10 years of industry experience including roles in sales, marketing, global investment and research from various financial institutions, has joined as a vice president and will lead the firm's Asia regional marketing effort. SkyBridge Capital's alternative investment offerings include multi-strategy, commingled funds of hedge funds products, customized separate account portfolios and hedge fund advisory services. Due to increasing demand for these types of investment offerings throughout Asia, SkyBridge has been incrementally increasing its presence in the region over the past three