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Global valuation and corporate finance advisor Duff & Phelps has promoted eight new managing directors.
“These eight professionals personify Duff & Phelps’ commitment to best-in-class expertise and superior client service,” says Noah Gottdiener, CEO of Duff & Phelps. “I welcome the diversity of skill they bring to our already talented team of managing directors and wish them ongoing success at our firm.”
Ann Gittleman is based in New York and is part of the Disputes and Investigations practice, having joined the firm with the recent Kinetic Partners acquisition. Gittleman acts as a consulting and testifying expert to her clients in
John P Fraunces, Jr has been named Co-Portfolio Manager of Turner Investments Global Medical Sciences strategies, bolstering the firm’s healthcare sector investment team.
Fraunces joins Michael Tung, MD, in managing Turner’s Medical Sciences Long/Short Fund, which was launched in February 2011.
“John’s strong technical background in healthcare, combined with the effective risk-management discipline he has demonstrated throughout his professional career, will complement the great research and stock selection capabilities of Turner’s healthcare team,” says Stephen J Negrotti, President and CEO of Turner Investments.
Northern Trust’s hedge fund administration business, Northern Trust NTRS, has appointed David Burnett (pictured) as head of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Based in London, Burnett will lead Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services in EMEA, reporting to Peter Sanchez, global head of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services.
“Managing hedge funds amidst the challenges of today’s market environment requires the right combination of expertise, automation and controls,” says Peter Sanchez, global head of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services. “David has been instrumental in integrating Hedge Fund Services in EMEA and his invaluable experience will
bfinance has appointed two new advisory professionals. Alexandra Martinez joins as a Director and William Nicholson as an Associate, both in the UK and Ireland Client Coverage team.
Martinez has over 10 years of experience in financial services, most recently consulting for pension funds, family offices and corporate investors. Prior to joining bfinance in January 2015, Martinez was a partner at Arbour Partners, an investment advisory and placement firm and a partner of St James’s Place Wealth Management. Martinez started her career as a management consultant at PWC and worked in the UK, USA and South East Asia. Alexandra holds
Geneva-based alternative assets placement agent MCAM Group has appointed James Han as Managing Director for Asia, based in the firm’s new Hong Kong office.
Prior to joining MCAM, Han was Group Head of Private Placement Services at KTB Investment & Securities, one of South Korea’s largest independent investment banking and brokerage firms. Before that, he was a founding partner at Straight Wharf Capital Management, an Asian equity long/short hedge fund seeded by Julian Robertson’s Tiger Fund Management. Han’s career spans over twenty years and has included working for two leading US-based hedge funds including Balyasny Asset Management and Tiedemann Global
O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM), a quantitative money management firm with approximately USD7 billion in assets under management, has expanded its portfolio management team.
The firm also has appointed industry veteran Matt Waz to head up its new West Coast office, while awarding a series of internal promotions and equity partnerships.
Ehren Stanhope has been promoted to Principal and Client Portfolio Manager; Manson Zhu has been promoted to Vice President and Research Analyst; and Pooja Shah assumes the new title of Associate and Research Analyst. All three came to the portfolio management team from other groups within the firm.
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Alternative Fund Consulting, an executive level advisory firm specialising in hedge fund product and organisational best practices has appointed industry veteran Steven J Fellin (pictured), CFA as Partner focused on clients' financial, accounting, and overall business management success.
The firm's growth is prompted by new client mandates for C-level co-sourcing expertise and firm wide portfolio business support solutions that facilitate investor allocations. Fellin's two decades of industry experience feature chief financial, chief operating and chief compliance officer positions.
"Better managed firms create better returns," says Gary Mair, Alternative Fund Consulting's Managing Partner. "As hedge fund allocation decisions are increasingly impacted
ConceptONE has appointed Boris Tiomkin as Executive Chairman. Tiomkin will be primarily responsible for leading ConceptONE’s strategic planning and business development efforts.
He expected to work with the firm’s management team to accelerate the company’s expansion in the Americas and Europe, and extends its reach to Asia. Tiomkin will report directly to the ConceptONE Board.
Tiomkin brings over 30 years of financial services industry experience and, more specifically, extensive knowledge and expertise in the fund services business. Most recently, Tiomkin sold the firm he founded, AIS Fund Administration, to US Bancorp, the fifth largest bank in the United States. Prior
Arlington Asset Investment Corp has appointed Richard E Konzmann as the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer, with immediate effect.
Konzmann succeeds Kurt R Harrington who is retiring after serving as the Company's CFO for the last fifteen years. To assist with the transition, Harrington will remain an employee of the Company until 30 April, 2015.
"Along with the rest of the Board and all the employees, I thank Kurt for his countless contributions and dedication to the Company over the years, and we wish him the very best in his retirement," says J Rock Tonkel,
Elementum Advisors, an SEC-registered investment advisor focused on managing investment portfolios exposed to natural catastrophe event risk, has added Adam Maloney to its team as Director of Marketing and Investor Relations.
Maloney came to Elementum from JPMorgan Asset Management where he was a portfolio manager in the Global Multi-Asset Group. While at JPMorgan, Adam was responsible for manager research and portfolio construction for liability driven investment strategies (LDI), discretionary outsourced CIO mandates (OCIO), and inflation sensitive strategies. At Elementum, Adam will support the firm’s marketing, investor relations, and business development efforts.
“We are delighted to welcome Adam to the
