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Fortress Investment Group has appointed Jeff Feig, Citigroup’s global head of developed markets foreign exchange and a senior manager at Citi, as a portfolio manager and co-chief investment officer of the Fortress Macro Fund.
Feig, who will also serve as co-president of Fortress’s liquid markets business, joins Fortress to broaden the investment management talent at the USD3.8 billion Fortress Macro platform as well as to lead and further develop a diversified, multi-fund liquid markets business.
“Jeff brings a remarkable skill set in foreign exchange and rates trading,” says Mike Novogratz, Fortress principal, director and co-CIO of the Fortress Macro
International legal, tax, fiduciary and fund services group Maitland has appointed David Kubilus to the newly-created role of head of business development, client management and marketing.
Kubilus (pictured), a US national, is an international executive with experience in both the US and Europe.
He will be based in Maitland’s London office, forming part of Maitland’s executive committee and reporting to CEO Steve Georgala.
For the past 16 years, Kubilus has worked for State Street and its affiliates in Boston and Luxembourg, most recently as head of business development in Luxembourg. Prior to State Street, he worked for American Express
GoldenTree Asset Management, an investment firm that manages alternative and traditional asset strategies for sophisticated institutional and high net-worth investors, has opened a Singapore office.
Shahriar Saadullah has been appointed as managing director to run business development in Asia Pacific. He reports to Kathy Sutherland, GoldenTree’s global business development head.
The Singapore office will initially focus exclusively on business development in permitted areas, although hiring investment professionals to operate from that location could be a future consideration.
“The opening of a Singapore office is an indication of our commitment to investors in the region and underscores the growing
J Christopher Giancarlo has been officially sworn in as a commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Giancarlo joins the CFTC from the GFI Group, an interdealer broker based in New York, where he was executive vice president.
Giancarlo joined GFI in 2001 as part of the acquisition of FENICS, where he structured strategic alliances with major investment banks.
Prior to joining FENICS, he was a partner in the New York law firm Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, where he practiced corporate and securities law.
Giancarlo is a retired board member and former chairman
BNY Mellon’s dedicated managed accounts provider, HedgeMark, has added three new senior executives.
Bill Santos is global head of business development, responsible for global business development, marketing, and relationship management.
Maxine Alexis, head of the legal consulting group, will oversee all legal matters relating to the structuring and operation of HedgeMark’s Dedicated Managed Account (DMA) solution.
Neil Novembre, head of fund accounting, will oversee fund accounting operations for DMA.


In February, BNY Mellon announced an agreement to acquire its remaining ownership interest in HedgeMark. The deal was completed in early May.


“We’ve seen increased demand in
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has appointed Mark McGoldrick, managing director of Concept Capital Markets, and Greg de Spoelberch, director of marketing and operations at Opalesque, as the New York Chapter's regional co-directors.
McGoldrick and de Spoelberch will lead HFA in the region and help produce member educational programs and events. They will serve alongside McGladrey Partner Sal Shah, regional director for both the HFA’s Northeast Chapter and Connecticut Chapter.
McGoldrick has been a managing director at Concept Capital Markets since August 2011 following the firm's acquisition of Alaris Trading Partners, an introducing brokerage he founded in February 2006.
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed Walid Al Attar as a member of its Aluminium Committee.
Al Attar, responsible for marketing and sales at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), is the first representative from the Middle East to sit on the committee.
“We welcome Mr Al Attar to the committee,” says Garry Jones, LME CEO and vice chairman of the Aluminium Committee. “The Middle East is an increasingly significant region for the global aluminium industry, so it is appropriate that it is represented on the committee, which essentially acts as a sounding board for the LME’s global strategy in
Euronext is to launch Spotlight Options, a segment dedicated to the development of new option classes requested by market participants, on its Amsterdam and Brussels derivatives markets in July.
Through a combination of liquidity provider support and dedicated promotion by sponsoring brokers, underlying assets with notable market events or activity will be put in the spotlight via options.
On the new Spotlight segment Euronext will initially admit for trading options on Euronext-listed underlying values at the request of and supported by market participants. This will create additional investment and trading opportunities in SMEs and newly listed stocks. The added
Aitan Goelman has been appointed as the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) director of the division of enforcement.
Goelman (pictured) is a former federal prosecutor with more than 20 years of experience litigating both criminal and civil matters.
“I’m very pleased that Aitan Goelman has agreed to join the agency as director of enforcement. Aitan brings valuable experience in government and private practice, as well as a strong commitment to public service. He will be a tough, aggressive and fair leader at a critical time in the Commission’s history,” says CFTC chairman Timothy Massad. “I especially want to
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has added three females to prominent leadership positions.
FINalternatives publisher Deirdre Brennan has been appointed as UK regional chapter director; C&A Consulting director Amy Poster has been added to the Regulatory & Government Advisory Board and named HFA high-net-worth chair; and The Rudin Group CEO April Rudin has joined the board of directors.
To recognise the female trio's additions the HFA is offering a complimentary six month membership to all female hedge fund professionals worldwide including managers, investors and industry service providers.
Rudin, HFA's high-net-worth chairwoman, was elected to HFA's board of directors
