Carne Group has recruited Paul Harris, formerly a Director with Brevan Howard, to join Carne’s Channel Islands office.  Harris will be available to serve as an independent fund director across various domiciles as well as providing valuable risk management and oversight support to Carne’s AIFMD-compliant management company or third party self-managed AIFs. His appointment complements Carne’s existing governance capabilities in the Channel Islands, covering private equity, real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds. Harris was previously Head of Administration at Brevan Howard in Jersey, a varied role which included sitting on and chairing the boards of companies within the Brevan Howard

First Avenue Partners, a global private placement agent and investment advisory firm, has appointed Mike Taylor to its North American distribution team as a Principal.  Taylor joins the firm’s New York office primarily focusing on limited partner relationships in the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada. He has experience on both the distribution side having previously worked at Greenhill & Co and also on the limited partner side serving as a consultant for PCG Asset Management. “With proven global distribution capabilities and an impressive pipeline of offerings, I am excited to be joining the First Avenue team. This is a tremendous

Law firm Maples and Calder, which advises on the laws of the Cayman Islands, Ireland and the British Virgin Islands, has announced the appointment of 12 new partners across its global offices. The new partners in the Cayman Islands office include Greg Barwick, Philip Dickinson, Patrick Head, Andrew Keast and Patrick Rosenfeld.  Ian Conlon, Stephen McLoughlin, Eimear O'Dwyer, Enda O'Keeffe and Ciara O'Leary were appointed as partners in the Dublin office.  Manuela Belmontes and Harjit Kaur were elected in the Dubai and London offices, respectively.   Global Managing Partner, Henry Smith says, "It is with great pleasure that we announce

CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals is opening of new offices in China and India.  The establishment of a presence in these two markets demonstrates strong support for the region's growing number of members and candidates and allows for renewed focus on advocacy efforts to actively shape public policy that strengthens investor confidence and market integrity. "This important milestone in the history of CFA Institute underscores our commitment to the Asia Pacific region and to the global investment profession," says Paul Smith, CFA, president and CEO of CFA Institute. "The new offices in Beijing and Mumbai demonstrate the

Ogier has appointed David Cooney and Bradley Kruger as Partners in the Cayman office and Michael Killourhy (pictured) as a Partner in the BVI office.  In addition, Partner Simon Schilder has joined the Jersey Funds team and five Senior Associates have been promoted to Managing Associate across the BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Luxembourg offices.  David Cooney has been with Ogier since 2012 having moved from the UK, where he was previously a Partner at Gorvins. His practice focuses primarily on Private Clients and he also manages a number of key funds related clients and transactions. David received his Bachelor of

Jim Dondero, Co-Founder and President of Highland Capital Management, has been named Senior Portfolio Manager of the firm's Energy MLP Fund, effective 1 February, 2015. Dondero joins Jon Poglitsch, CFA and Matthew Gray, CFA as lead managers of the fund. Dondero, Poglitsch and Gray will be responsible for all of the investment decisions of the fund. “Dislocation in the energy sector has caused unwarranted disruptions in the MLP space,” says Dondero. “Jon and Matthew have done a fantastic job managing the fund having achieved double digit returns since the fund's inception and I am excited to join them. We expect

Leor Shapiro has joined Jefferies as a Managing Director and Global Head of Business Consulting for the firm’s Global Prime Services unit.   In this new role, Shapiro will work closely with Jefferies’ sales and capital introduction teams to advise and assist startup and existing managers with fund launches and expansion. Previously, Shapiro was US Head of Business Consulting Services at UBS. He will report to John Laub, Global co-Head of Prime Brokerage at Jefferies, who joined the firm last summer. Shapiro’s appointment is part of Jefferies’ continued expansion of its prime services business as it focuses on catering for