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CLS Group Holdings AG (CLS Group) has appointed Gabor Butor as Head of European Regulatory Affairs. He will join the executive management team and report to CEO, Alan Bozian.
Gabor’s appointment underscores CLS’s commitment to developing its regulatory affairs initiatives, which he will lead in this newly created position. Gabor will play a crucial role in developing strong and collaborative relationships with key regulators in Europe. He has significant experience of financial markets policy as the lead negotiator for the Hungarian Presidency to the EU on financial markets infrastructure regulation and, prior to this, was Financial Services EU Advisor for
Eisso VanderMeulen has joined Newedge as part of the firm’s Prime Brokerage Origination & Structuring team, reporting to Jonathan Gane, Head of Origination and Structuring, Americas in conjunction with Andy Waterworth, Head of Fixed Income and Currency Strategies in London.
Based in New York, VanderMeulen will focus on developing the FX Prime Brokerage component as part of the overall multi-asset class, multi-instrument Prime Brokerage offering.
Previously, VanderMeulen worked at RJ O’Brien where he built the FX clearing and execution platform. He started banking in 1989 in commercial lending and in 1993 joined ABN AMRO as a Relationship Manager
Carlisle Management Company, the Luxembourg-based alternative fund manager, has appointed Victor Heggelman as the company’s new chief financial officer effective September 2011.
"We’re pleased to welcome Mr. Heggelman to our Executive Management team," says Jose Garcia, Chief Executive Officer of Carlisle. "His experience in the alternative finance industry is unparalleled and he has been instrumental in the successful application of our mark-to-market valuation methodology. A significant part of our strategy is to work with people who have a solid track record in our industry. We believe Mr Heggelman will be an important member of our executive management team as we
Triton Capital Advisors a provider of managed futures investments and research services has appointed Ryan Mitchell as Senior Vice President.
Mitchell will partner with the Triton team to service and meet the alternative investment needs of sophisticated investors, family offices and registered investment advisors.
"Ryan’s extensive background in the alternative investment space will enhance Triton’s commitment to serving the goals of our clientele," says Richard Singer, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Triton.
Mitchell has over 11 years of experience in the alternative investment space. Most recently he was Senior Vice President of HedgeCo Securities, where his responsibilities included
HedgeMark International has named Richard F Brueckner, a Senior Executive Vice President and member of the Executive Committee of BNY Mellon and Chairman of Pershing LLC (Pershing), as non-executive Chairman.
In his role as Chairman, Brueckner will work with the board and HedgeMarkʼs management to establish best practices and ensure proper integration with relevant BNY Mellon and Pershing operating groups.
BNY Mellon, through its Pershing affiliate, is a significant shareholder in HedgeMark, having made an initial non-controlling investment in the firm earlier this year with an option to fully consolidate its ownership over a five-year period.
“HedgeMark has established a
Howard Freedland has joined F500 Advisory Services as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Alternative Investments.
Freedland, who started one of the nation’s first 50 hedge funds and negotiated the USD280 million joint venture between GE Capital and ResCom in 1993, will work with F500 Advisory 500’s investment professionals to create and oversee its investment policy, including evaluating hedge funds and other alternative investments. F500 Advisory Services manages more than USD250 million with some USD38 million currently invested in hedge funds and other alternative investments. F500 Advisory is an affiliate of Finance 500 Inc, an Orange County, Calif.-based broker-dealer.
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Sciens Fund of Funds Management Holdings, part of the Sciens Capital Management Group and provider of single- and multi-strategy funds of funds and managed account services, today announces the recent appointment of two senior members to its London-based team. Dr Stavros Siokos, formerly of Citigroup and Piraeus Group, has joined as President and Michael Hart joins from bfinance as Senior Marketing Director.
In his new role, Dr Siokos is responsible for the general management of the fund of funds and the managed account platform businesses based in London, Guernsey and Zurich. He is a member of Sciens’ Investment Committee and
International law firm Stephenson Harwood has appointed James Tinworth as a corporate partner to the firm’s funds practice in London. Tinworth joins from Simmons & Simmons LLP in a further boost to the corporate funds practice, following the appointment of Patrick Mousset in Paris from Mayer Brown in July.
He joins a team of five partners with specialist skills in investment trusts, property funds, open-ended investment companies (OEICs), hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, renewable energy funds and other investment vehicles in the UK and offshore jurisdictions.
Tinworth specialises in investment management and investment funds work, with a
ALPS Fund Services (ALPS), a provider of administration services to the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Michael W Gull as Vice President, Business Development for the firm.
Gull, who has 20 years of Wall Street experience, will be responsible for growing ALPS’ hedge fund administration business on the East Coast.
“With the continued growth of our Boston operations and the large number of managers launching new products in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, we are excited to have Michael on the ground for us in Manhattan,” says Jeremy May, President of ALPS Fund Services. “Michael has a proven
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Dan Haxby as Head of Realisations within RBS’s Strategic Investment Group (SIG). SIG is responsible for all aspects of the equity positions that the bank takes through debt for equity swaps and new money investments in restructuring situations. It sits within RBS’s Global Restructuring Group.
Haxby used to work as the Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage at JP Morgan, before moving to the same role at RBS’s Global Banking and Markets business (GBM). In the new role Haxby will work the lifecycle of a SIG investment from the identification of equity opportunities through to their
