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Common Sense Investment Management (CSIM), an independent, privately-held investment manager, has appointed Dr Matthew Schneider, as Director of Research in the firm’s new Liquid Strategies team.
A complement to their existing Hedge Fund business, Liquid Strategies will invest in Managed Futures & Currency managers using a combination of non-finance techniques and patented risk management processes.
Dr Schneider is also a Visiting Scholar at the Samuel C Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Prior to joining CSIM, Dr Schneider worked as an adjunct policy analyst for the RAND Corporation for five years, researching and advising on policy decisions
Matt Jose has been appointed as the Global Head of Client Services of Sam Hocking's San Francisco based start up, Imatchative Inc.
Prior to joining Imatchative, Matt had a 15 year career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, and Banc of America Securities. Matt’s roles at those banks included Head of Western Region Prime Brokerage Sales, US Head of Client Service and Relationship Management, Head of San Francisco Prime Brokerage office and Head of Prime Brokerage and Relationship Management for San Francisco and Dallas.
“Having Matt Jose come on board as an executive team member of Imatchative
Global funds transaction network Calastone has appointed Cris Conde as the firm’s new Chairman of the Board.
Conde will be taking up his post with immediate effect working closely alongside Julien Hammerson, the CEO, to continue the growth trajectory of the business.
Late last year, Conde took up a seat on the Calastone board as a non-executive director, and invested in the privately held business.
Having spent 28 years at SunGard, Conde has a formidable track record of accelerating the growth of financial technology companies. It started in 1983, when Conde co-founded a financial technology software business, Devon Systems, serving
SYZ Asset Management, the institutional asset management arm of the Swiss banking Group SYZ & CO, has strengthened its presence in the UK with the opening of an office in Edinburgh.
This development follows several hirings and specific product launches, which confirm SYZ Asset Management’s commitment and growing success in the UK market.
The Edinburgh office has a dual purpose, encompassing asset management functions as well as the promotion of SYZ Asset Management’s institutional strategies, available through segregated mandates or the OYSTER and SYZ AM funds range. The local asset management team comprises Claire Manson, a member of the
Imatchative, the company behind the AltX data analytics platform and marketplace for capital introduction in the global alternative asset class space, has appointed John Bohan to the role of Head of Corporate Development
Having served as an advisor to the company, Bohan will now be a member of the executive team of the company and work directly with Sam Hocking, the company’s Founder and CEO, to develop key global strategic relationships.
“By filling this new position with someone of John's caliber, the company is better positioned to develop partnerships that will play a critical role in our domestic and international growth. John brings a wealth of
Skënderbeg Alternative Investments, the investment adviser for fund of hedge funds the Skënderbeg Fund, has made two new hires.
Elaine Xie has joined the firm as business manager while Masaru Kaga joins as business development manager. Both will be responsible for managing and driving Skënderbeg's sales process.
Miranda Ademaj, CEO of Skënderbeg Alternative Investments AG, says: “We find ourselves in the fortunate position of needing to add further resources to serve our clients and we are confident that adding Elaine and Masaru to the team will further enhance the breadth, capabilities and ultimately the performance of our business. The
Whitney George is to join Sprott as senior portfolio manager.
George will be based in New York and will be a key contributor to the expansion of Sprott's business in the US.
George is a veteran portfolio manager who spent the last 23 years in senior roles at Royce & Associates in New York. George was co-chief investment officer of Royce from 2009 to 2013 and was most recently managing director and portfolio manager. In his time at Royce, he was instrumental in helping to build the firm into one of the largest and most respected small-cap managers in
Lowenstein Sandler is expanding its executive compensation team for its private equity, hedge fund, venture capital and other clients with the addition of James E Gregory as a partner in the firm.
Gregory has joined Lowenstein Sandler’s employee benefit and executive compensation practice in its New York office. He was previously a partner at Proskauer Rose.
Gary M Wingens, Lowenstein Sandler’s chairman and managing partner, says: “Lowenstein Sandler is well known for providing comprehensive legal services to many of the leading private equity, hedge and venture capital funds, as well as to dozens of early-stage tech and biotech companies
Neuberger Berman Group has appointed investment management expert Celine Dufetel as its new head of client service, effective immediately.
Dufetel joins Neuberger Berman from management consultant McKinsey & Company, where she was a partner and served as leader of the North American asset management practice. She has deep expertise across the asset management arena, including the institutional, wealth management and retirement channels, and has led teams across a broad range of strategy, distribution, organisation and operations engagements.
Dufetel is currently a member of the board of directors for CityHarvest, a non-profit organisation committed to ending hunger in communities throughout
GAM has appointed three senior quantitative professionals to the GAM Alternative Investments Solutions (AIS) team, enhancing the group’s capability in liquid quantitative solutions.
Dr Lars Jaeger, founder of Alternative Beta Partners, an investment boutique based in Switzerland, and his colleagues Dr Pierre-Yves Moix and Dr Stephan Müller, have joined the group to enhance GAM’s existing liquid alternative risk premia solutions which are focused on institutional clients.
GAM has been managing portfolios of alternatives and investing in liquid quantitative strategies for clients for over 25 years. The GAM AIS alternative risk premia approach provides actively managed portfolios that aim to
