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Carne Global Financial Services has added a senior figure in the Irish funds industry to its growing list of experienced independent fund directors, with Mary Murphy joining the firm as a Managing Director, Alternatives.
Murphy, who will be based in Carne’s Dublin office, is a well-known figure in the Irish funds business, having been a founder and a member of the senior management team at International Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, a State Street company (IFS). From IFS’ launch in 1996, she focused on the growth of its hedge fund administration business and more recently on State Street’s private equity fund
Impact Investments Partners AG, the parent company of Blue Diamond Asset Management AG, has hired Tobias Mueller as Head of European Business Development.
Mueller is based in Wollerau, Switzerland and joins from Grantham, Mayo & Van Otterloo (GMO) where he was responsible for business development and client relations activities in Switzerland. Prior to that, he worked for UBS AG in Group Internal Audit. Mueller earned his MSc in Business and Economics from the University of Bern, Switzerland, and is a CFA charterholder.
Impact Investment Partners provides marketing, operations, IT support and other critical non-investment functions to its wholly-owned asset management
Highbridge Capital Management has appointed Todd Builione, the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, as President and Chief Operating Officer. Builione joined Highbridge in 2005 as the firm’s first Head of Corporate Strategy and was promoted in 2009 to Chief Operating Officer.
As President and COO, Mr. Builione will continue to drive the development of new investment strategies and key strategic initiatives, serve as a face of the firm to its clients and counterparties, and lead Highbridge’s institutional quality organisational infrastructure. In addition to the role of President, a new position at Highbridge, Builione is a member of the Highbridge Board of
Carne Global Financial Services has added a senior figure in the Irish funds industry to its growing list of experienced independent fund directors. Mary Murphy joins Carne as a Managing Director, Alternatives, and will be based in the firm’s Dublin office.


Murphy is a well-known figure in the Irish funds business, having been a founder and a member of the senior management team at International Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, a State Street company (IFS). From IFS’ launch in 1996, she focused on the growth of its hedge fund administration business and more recently on State Street’s private equity fund services
Wealth and alternative asset management group Peregrine Holdings has added André Tonkin to its capital introduction team.
Tonkin joins Peregrine from Old Mutual Corporate where he was the market actuary responsible for creating customised investment solutions for the institutional market. At Peregrine, Tonkin will focus on the South African and international institutional market, working with existing team members Leila Kuhlenthal and Felicia Mlanjana.
“We are excited to have André join our team as the South African institutional market starts to react positively to the opportunities which the hedge fund industry offers now that Regulation 28 has recognised this
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has appointed Victor Hugo Rodriguez (pictured) – CEO of LatAm Alternatives – as the Director of the Latin American Regional Chapter.
Marcia Rothschild, Head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Brazil, and Otavio Vieira, Managing Director/Chief Investment Officer of Safdié Gestão de Patrimônio (a wholly subsidiary of Banque Safdié), will serve as Co-directors of the Brazilian Chapter. Additionally, Juan Luis Rivera, Partner at Moneda Asset Management will be appointed as Director of the Chilean Chapter and Daniel Osorio, CEO of Andean Capital Management will take the reins as Director of the Colombian Chapter.
“The hedge
Law firm Conyers has promoted Gene DaCosta, Peter Ch’ng and Fawaz Elmalki to partner status across multiple jurisdictions as it boosts its presence in several regions.
Da Costa is a member of Conyers’ Cayman Islands investment funds team, Ch’ng is based in Conyers’ Bermuda office and practices corporate law with a focus on funds and insurance, and Elmaki is in Conyers’ Dubai office where, in addition to his funds expertise, he also has a considerable Islamic finance practice.
John Collis, Chairman of Conyers, says: “It is my privilege to announce Conyers’ new class of partners and to welcome these lawyers
James Senior has been appointed acting Head of Marketing at Ignis Asset Management. James will be ably supported by Graham Miller who has been promoted to the role of Deputy Head of Marketing. James and Graham have vast experience, having worked in senior financial services marketing roles for in excess of 20 years and 10 years respectively.
Ignis has made a series of significant appointments over the past two years and has implemented a clear and focused strategy to establish the business as a leading asset management business.
Jonathan Polin (pictured), sales and marketing director, says: “I am delighted that
ACOLIN Fund Services AG, the Zurich-based distribution services company, has expanded its presence and launched an office in the UK. Lorcan Murphy, previously Head of Private Wealth EMEA at Barclays Global Investors, has been appointed as Managing Director.
For the past five years ACOLIN has been linking fund companies with distribution partners across Europe, and has established market dominance in Switzerland, Austria and Germany, as well as coverage in Sweden, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Currently ACOLIN manages distribution for 27 fund managers, and represents over CHF1bn in assets under management.
"Our clients are looking to access the UK market and
Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen) has appointed Andrew McCaffery (pictured) as Head of Institutional Hedge Funds.
Aberdeen’s award-winning fund of hedge funds business has over GBP4 billion of assets under management. McCaffery will form part of the senior management team (alongside Graham Duce and Aidan Kearney) for the entire hedge fund and long only multi manager business. He will report to Anne Richards, Chief Investment Officer and Head of Alternative Investment Strategies.
McCaffery previously worked at BlueCrest, where he was a founder member of Alignment Investors, a separately branded division of BlueCrest. He joined BlueCrest in 2008 following two years
