Kevin M Cronin (pictured), a law enforcement agent and former Homeland Security professional, has joined the Mackinac Partners as Managing Director in the Business Intelligence and Corporate Security Practice. Cronin, who has considerable investigative experience working with government agencies such as the FBI and DEA on both domestic and cross border operations, has also served as a Police Sergeant, an undercover agent, President of private security consulting firm Executive Security and Protection Inc., as well as a Special Agent for the Department of Homeland Security.   Cronin brings more than 23 years of investigative, intelligence and security experience to Mackinac

Marinus Capital Advisors, an alternative fixed income asset manager specialising in the broad spectrum of structured products, has appointed Aaron Garvey as a senior macro trader. Garvey was formerly a senior portfolio manager at MKP Capital Management, where he worked from 1996 to 2012 and was a partner from 2004 to 2012. Following his time at MKP, Garvey was a senior portfolio manager at Brevan Howard and at Davy Capital.   “Marinus has long married a top-down macro approach with bottom-up fundamental work in structured credit assets,” says Najib Canaan (pictured), Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner at Marinus. Garvey

Global fund services provider Moore Management, a First Names Group Company, has strengthened its leadership team with the senior appointment of Andrew Maiden (pictured) as a Director.  Maiden will be working closely with Jon Trigg, Head of European Fund Services and Mark Douglas, Head of Guernsey Fund Services, to support the organisation’s long-term strategic objectives and to continue to grow Moore’s current European client base. In his new role, Andrew will split his working week between Moore’s head office in Jersey and their Guernsey operation where he will be based. Prior to joining Moore, Maiden carved out a highly successful

Data management platform provider Accudelta has appointed Oonagh O’Mahoney (pictured) as the firm’s new Senior Vice President Business Development Europe.  O’Mahoney has over 20 years’ experience in asset management which includes senior roles in Goldman Sachs, Henderson Investors and HSBC.   Based in London, O’Mahoney will lead the growth of the Accudelta business in Europe and report to Accudelta Managing Director, Conor Smyth.   “I’m delighted to welcome Oonagh to Accudelta,” says Smyth. “She brings an impressive track record of achievement in the asset management industry and we’re pleased she has decided to join us.  We have ambitious growth plans

Ryan Hart has joined Coquest Inc as Director of Research and portfolio manager. Formerly with Altegris Advisors, Hart will find and perform due diligence on new managers to add to Coquest client portfolios. Using his analytical background, Hart will be responsible for investment research and due diligence on commodity trading advisors and hedge fund managers. Hart formerly was a portfolio manager and Director of Research & Investments for Altegris Advisors, an affiliated company of Altegris Investments, where he managed a team of investment analysts and was part of the group responsible for strategic and tactical allocation decisions. “Ryan is an

Patrick Beranek, a 20-year industry veteran and most recently the head of Asset-Backed trading for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has joined Mischler Financial’s capital markets division as Managing Director, Structured Products. Beranek previously ran asset-backed trading and syndicate for Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Bank of America Corp. Prior to those senior sell-side roles, Beranek was a portfolio manager for Federal National Home Mortgage Corp (FNMA). In this newly-created role at Mischler Financial, Beranek will oversee primary market activities of structured products. He will report to Robert Karr, Mischler's Head of Capital Markets. Karr says: "The ABS market has

Following the successful launch of its first EUR354.7m European CLO in July 15th 2015, Tikehau has appointed Alison Goold as a Portfolio Manager in the European CLO business, which is headed up by Debra Anderson. Goold has a wealth of leveraged credit lending experience spanning 23 years and bolsters Tikehau’s London based team, bringing expertise in syndicated leveraged loan transactions as well as private debt transactions within Tikehau’s European CLO business.   Most recently, Alison Goold was a Director in the leveraged syndications team at BNP Paribas, after being at the Head of Corporate Credit and a Portfolio Manager at

Cyril Meilland has been appointed Head of Investor Relations for Amundi in the run up to the Group’s IPO.  Meilland was previously responsible for research on European banks at Kepler Cheuvreux from 2010. Between 2008 and 2010, he led investor relations at BNP Paribas. Cyril began his career at Banque Indosuez (now CACIB) in the finance department, before becoming an equity sell-side analyst. Meilland is a graduate of French business school HEC. He holds a master’s degree in banking and financial management from Paris Dauphine University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He was named Best Investor Relations Officer

Alternative asset manager Permal Group has made three new senior hires: Terrence Purcell, EVP, Portfolio Management; Robert Discolo as EVP, Investments; and Marc Blieden, EVP, Chief Risk Officer.  Each of the positions is a new role and is central to the firm’s strategic aim of building out its Investment and Risk platforms.   Purcell, who joined on 20 July, manages the Group’s customised investment solutions for institutional clients, with a particular focus on non-US clients, and oversees the Investment Strategy group.  He was previously at the State of Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, where he was Principal Investment Officer