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The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has launched an initiative to engage with the Brazilian hedge fund industry and announced the appointment of a local representative, Michelle Noyes of BRZ Investimentos.


“The maturity and sophistication of the Brazilian hedge fund industry has been noted internationally, and what is clear is that there is not only an interest from the global industry – whether from managers, investors or service providers – in Brazil, but there is also an increasing desire from the Brazilian industry to engage and to think globally,” says Andrew Baker, AIMA’s CEO.


“As the global hedge fund industry
James Burron, FCSI, CAIA, has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of AIMA Canada with effect from 1 May, 2011.

Burron will work closely with AIMA Canada’s Executive Committee and its membership on a broad range of association management and executive duties, including member liaison and communications, as well as focusing on broader policy and strategy objectives.
Gary Ostoich, Chair of AIMA Canada, says: "James Burron has a solid background of more than 15 years of international experience in the securities industry including a significant background in the alternative investment industry. Most recently, he has been involved in product origination
Deloitte has appointed Bob Contri as leader of its financial services industry group in the United States. Contri currently serves as Deloitte’s leader to the banking and securities sector.
Contri succeeds Jim Reichbach, who held the role for the last three years. Reichbach will now serve as senior leader to several of Deloitte’s most important financial services clients and as leader of Deloitte’s global banking and securities practice.
“We are in a unique time, as the strategies that financial institutions undertake today will determine who the leaders are tomorrow,” says Contri. “Whether it is regulatory reform, sweeping changes to the
The former Attorney General for the Cayman Islands, Richard Coles (pictured), is the new Chairman of Cayman Finance, the voice of Cayman’s financial services industry.
Coles was appointed last week at the organisation’s AGM in Cayman and immediately declared his commitment to further develop Cayman Finance’s relationship with the Cayman Islands Government.
“This organisation has developed an impressive history of working with Government to achieve its mission of promoting Cayman’s financial services industry," says Coles. "It is my intention to build upon this relationship further and to take the activities of Cayman Finance to a new level.”
The new
Carne Global Financial Services has appointed Roisin Cater as an independent director for the boards of client funds in the Cayman Islands.
Cater is a highly experienced Cayman Islands lawyer with an extensive track record in the funds business, including with law firm Mourant, where she was Managing Partner, and the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX), where she worked as a Senior Listing Executive. She was appointed to the board of the CSX in 2007, and is also a member of the listing committee, reviewing and approving listing requests. She originally trained with Linklaters London.
John Donohoe, Chief Executive of
Alternative fund administrator HedgeServ has opened an office in Chicago. The new office will provide fund administration for hedge funds, funds of hedge funds and private equity funds.
Jerry Fuesel, who has 18 years of industry experience and joins HedgeServ from Amundi Alternative Investments Services.Managing Director, will lead a team of 22 professionals in Chicago. He was most recently a Managing Director of Amundi AI Services, Inc, the Global Head of Operations of Amundi AI and a Director of Amundi AI, Ltd.
"By establishing a presence in Chicago, we are better positioned to service our clients in one of the
Two new recruits in New York have boosted Equity Trust’s presence in the North American market. Felicia Fratila and Lawrence Kho, experienced professionals who have worked for Equity Trust since 2007, have moved to New York to join local Managing Director Wouter Plantenga.
Equity Trust’s New York operation is a representative office offering a one-stop sales presence in New York, and also functions as an intermediary for existing and potential clients throughout North America, and other parts of the world.
The office, set up in 2006 and headed Wouter Plantenga, provides the network of professionals and institutions in the US
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
