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Ken Goodreau has joined FlowPoint Capital Partners as chief investment officer and portfolio manager.
FlowPoint has also hired Nick Trotman as chief operating officer and portfolio manager.
Goodreau will be responsible for leading the FlowPoint investment strategy as well as consultant relations and marketing. He brings 20 years of experience in investment management to the firm.
"I enjoyed getting to know Ken as a client, and look forward even more to working with him," says Charles Trafton, lead portfolio manager and managing partner of FlowPoint.
Before joining FlowPoint, Goodreau was chief investment officer at Tiedemann Investment Group,
John Riley, the legislative affairs director at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is leaving the agency this month after a 30-year career in Federal service.
Riley, a former Capitol Hill staffer, has led the Office of Legislative Affairs while Congress debated and passed landmark financial reform legislation and as the CFTC implemented its key provisions.
“During his 30 year career in public service, John has contributed his knowledge and experience to the benefit of this agency, to the Congress, and to the citizens we serve,” says acting chairman Mark P Wetjen. “His understanding of the legislative process helped the
Alternative investment manager Man Group has appointed Pierre-Henri Flamand as senior portfolio manager at GLG.
Flamand will join the firm in 2014 and focus on a global catalyst-driven strategy.
Flamand brings 20 years of experience in investing to Man Group. He spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs where he was head of the principal strategies group. Most recently, he ran Edoma Capital Partners, a Europe-focused event-driven hedge fund.
Manny Roman, CEO of Man Group, says: “We are delighted Pierre-Henri will join Man Group and play a key role as a Senior Portfolio Manager at GLG. We provide a
Milestone Group, a provider of fund processing solutions to the funds industry, has appointed Robert Caporale as managing director and head of North America.
Caporale (pictured) brings 30 years of experience in financial services and technology.
He spent the last 12 years at JPMorgan where he held senior leadership positions in strategy, business management and sales within the Investor Services business line.
Caporale has worked extensively with asset managers, alternative investment managers, insurance companies and pensions. Prior to JPMorgan, Caporale held senior positions at IBM, Deutsche Bank and Fiserv.
Geoff Hodge, CEO of Milestone Group, says: “We’re excited to
bfinance has made a number of senior management changes within its London office and promoted key executives.
Chris Jones, managing director – head of alternatives and public markets, will take on the role of head of the London office.
Pal Sarai, senior director – UK markets, will assume additional responsibility for leading the UK and Ireland client coverage team.
Derek Williams, managing director, private markets has also been promoted to head of private markets.
Other developments in the London office include a number of recent hires including Emily Porter-Lynch who joined bfinance last month as a director,
TABB Group has promoted Matt Simon to principal, head of futures research for the capital markets research and consulting firm’s expanding Research Alliance Derivatives practice.
The promotion will be formally announced today at the firm’s second annual derivatives conference, Derivatives 2014: A Market in Transition at the W Chicago Center in downtown Chicago, where he will conduct a special “armchair” conversation with Michael Harris, president of Campbell & Company.
CFTC commissioner Scott O’Malia is the event’s keynote speaker.
“Matt consistently has shown that he is one of the most respected analysts in capital markets,” says Bob Iati, a
Private financial cloud provider Options has appointed former NYSE Euronext executive Richard Hughes as senior vice president, managing director for Europe.
Hughes, who was most recently responsible for global business development at NYSE Technologies, NYSE Euronext’s commercial technology division, will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s wider European division and associated efforts to drive new business growth, deliver service excellence and further develop Options’ regional relationships and broader European presence.
Hughes brings 25-plus years’ experience in building and developing high performing teams and selling complex business integration solutions to the financial services industry.
In addition to his most
The global investment team of Centaurus Capital, led by chief investment officer Randy Freeman, is to join the Fortress Investment Group’s liquid markets business.
The team, which will be rebranded as the Fortress-Centaurus Global Strategy, will operate out of Fortress’s offices in Hong Kong, London and New York, and will immediately transition to Fortress’s technology, infrastructure and marketing platforms.
The addition will further diversify Fortress’s liquid markets business, adding a seasoned team with 20 years of experience in the fast growing global equity long-short and event-driven space.
Centaurus Capital was co-founded by Freeman and Bernard Oppetit in 2000. The
Advise Technologies, a software solutions provider for investment managers, has hired Tom Cahill as the company’s new General Manager for Europe.
This announcement comes as Advise customers complete a second round of successful Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) Annex IV filings with European regulators.
As part of a continued commitment to Europe and growth in its European client base, Advise has expanded its European presence with local staff to provide the highest level of service to clients.
Bringing 20 years’ experience in the IT and software sectors, Cahill has grown and led European operations at a number of
SYZ Asset Management, the institutional asset management arm of Swiss banking Group SYZ & CO, has appointed Derek Borthwick as business development director for Scotland, the North of England and Northern Ireland.
Borthwick will promote SYZ Asset Management’s capabilities, including the SYZ AM and OYSTER funds.
He joins SYZ Asset Management from JP Morgan Asset Management, where he was responsible for leading fund distribution to clients in the northern region of the UK.
Borthwick will be responsible for promoting the full range of SYZ Asset Management’s capabilities in the northern region of the UK market, including segregated mandates
