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Samuel E "Q" Belk IV, has joined investment consultant Cambridge Associates as Director of Diversifying Investments.
Belk was most recently a Managing Director at the Dartmouth College Investment Office, where he was responsible for hedge fund and distressed portfolios and private equity. Prior to joining Dartmouth in 2008, he was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers Japan, where he served on the Asia risk management committee and headed a pan-Asia group focused on hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds and Asian fixed income, foreign exchange and futures products.
At Cambridge Associates, Belk will be evaluating investment opportunities and overseeing a team
BlueMountain Capital Management (BlueMountain), a private investment firm specialising in the global credit markets with USD7 billion in assets under management, has named David Rubenstein CEO of BlueMountain Europe.
Rubenstein, who joined the firm in 2006, will also continue in his roles of both CFO and General Counsel on a global basis. He is a member of the Founders’ Council of the Managed Funds Association and serves as the Chair of the OTC Advisory Group to its US Legislative Policy Committee. He also is a member of the ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee, where BlueMountain holds one of the five
Lombard Odier Investment Managers has appointed Philip Chew as head of risk, operations and information technology.
For more than 14 years, Chew led the building of risk reporting, research and portfolio management systems at BlackRock Inc. and for the last five years was Managing Director in BlackRock Solutions where he headed an organisation based in the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
Based initially at LOIM’s New York offices and then in Geneva, he reports to Hubert Keller, a Lombard Odier Managing Partner, responsible for LOIM.
“Philip developed a track record at BlackRock in building significant revenue through resilient Risk, IT,
HSBC has appointed former Citadel Asset Management COO Paul Hamill Hamill as global head of prime services.
Hamill who has over 20 years of financial services experience experience with a particular focus on alternative asset management, prime brokerage and financing both from a sell and a buy side perspective, will report to Cian Burke (pictured) head of prime services and co-head of securities services, and Patrick George, global head of equities. Burke’s role at HSBC has been expanded and he will now oversee HSS, Prime Services and the firm’s OTC Clearing offering.
HSBC launched it’s prime services offering in
International law firm Dechert LLP announced today that David A Vaughan has returned to the firm as a partner in the Financial Services Group. Vaughan left Dechert in March 2009 to join the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management, where he served for the last two years as the senior private fund policy adviser on all aspects of legal and regulatory policy related to private funds.
“We are pleased to have David back at Dechert,” says Joseph R Fleming, Co-chair of the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group. “His insight into the SEC will be of great value to
Private funds lawyer Udi Grofman has joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a corporate partner in the New York office.
"Udi is one of the top lawyers in the alternative investment management field," says Paul, Weiss chair Brad S Karp. "We are thrilled to welcome a partner of his caliber and stature."
Grofman’s experience includes structuring a wide variety of alternative investment products, including hedge funds and private equity funds as well as structuring seed and strategic relationships. Grofman regularly advises investment management firms and their principals on risk management and regulatory compliance, as well as on operational
Talisman Global Asset Management, a London-based private investment company, has appointed David Zobel to the role of chief executive officer.
Zobel was previously Head of Hedge Fund Strategies at BlueBay Asset Management plc where he was a partner and helped build the firm into a USD40bn asset manager prior to its sale to Royal Bank of Canada. Beforehand he was a Managing Director at Deutsche Asset Management, responsible for a team managing over USD2bn in alternative investments on behalf of institutions and private clients.
Zobel will work alongside Julian Sinclair, CIO, in the sourcing of strategic business and investment
Newedge has appointed Françoise Guillaume (pictured) as Global Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Based in Paris, Guillaume will also participate as a member of the Newedge Executive Committee.
Guillaume joins from Société Générale where she has worked in a range of senior leadership roles over the past 20 years, most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer for SG Group Management Resources. Previously, she worked as Managing Director of Short Term Rates for Société Générale Asset Management and Deputy Director of Fixed Income and Money Market.
IT, Operations, e-solutions, Human Resources, Finance, Risk, and Sales Facilitation will report
SkyBridge Capital, a global alternative investment firm, has strengthened its worldwide operations with the addition of Max von Bismarck (pictured) as a partner and CEO of the firm’s international operations.
Previously director and head of investors at the World Economic Forum, von Bismarck is based in Zurich, Switzerland. He has oversight of SkyBridge’s operations and marketing activities for its flagship fund of funds, seeding and hedge fund advisory services throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
"As we respond to increased investor appetite from around the world, Max’s experience and international network will serve as a great asset throughout
Ingo Heinen (pictured) has joined BlackRock as Managing Director within BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). Heinen joins the Alternative Investment Strategy Group (AISG), a team that works closely with the client coverage and portfolio management teams to develop, position and promote BlackRock’s alternative investment solutions.
Based in London, Heinen reports to Rick Arney, BlackRock’s Head of Hedge Funds and Head of the Alternative Investment Strategy Group.
Most recently, Heinen managed Institutional Equity Derivatives and Fund-Linked Sales for Germany and Austria at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Previously he spent more than 10 years at Merrill Lynch and Nomura structuring and
