LGT Capital Partners has appointed Jaime Castán, formerly of Man Investments, to the executive team of its hedge fund business. Castán has been appointed co-head of the firm’s hedge fund investment management team, responsible for LGT Capital Partners’ research competence centres. Thomas Weber, partner at LGT Capital Partners, says: “the addition of Jaime to our team further strengthens our hedge fund business. Jaime brings a wealth of experience to our global manager selection process and will be a very effective leader of our team of research analysts.” “I have been very impressed with the team, the investment culture and stability

GlobeOp Financial Services has appointed Philip Tazza as global head of investor services. Tazza reports to Vernon Barback, GlobeOp president and chief operating officer, and is based at the company’s Harrison, New York office. He is also a member of GlobeOp’s operating committee. "Phil will continue to strengthen GlobeOp’s services and initiatives related to the increased transparency, due diligence and performance data our clients’ investors now require," says Barback. "Responding to the market’s evolution, he will also focus on the support we can offer fund managers, both as they serve their existing investors and reach out to potential new investors."

Pierre-Edouard Coiffard has joined Olympia Capital Management as deputy chief investment officer in charge of strategic analysis. He is based in London and will report to Guido Bolliger, chief investment officer. Coiffard was previously senior portfolio manager at Altigefi, a subsidiary of Sal. Oppenheim and Deutsche Bank, where he created and managed the Altipro range of funds since 1998. He previously founded LC & Co, which in turn created Altigefi, in which he was a major shareholder until its sale in late 2007. Bolliger says: "I am pleased to welcome Pierre-Edouard to the investment team. His 17 years of experience

Matrix Group, the privately owned UK financial services business, has appointed Simon Elvidge as group head of compliance and assurance. Elvidge, who has over 20 years’ experience in senior compliance and control function roles, joins from Numis Securities where he was head of compliance and managed the compliance teams in both the UK and US. Before this, Elvidge worked within Société Générale group and for Newedge Group, the joint venture between Société Générale and Calyon. Over a period of 8 years he held a series of senior roles with varied oversight responsibilities covering global, European and UK aspects of the

Asset Control has promoted Andrew Wolf to the position of sales director, Americas. Asset Control has promoted Andrew Wolf to the position of sales director, Americas. Based in New York, Wolf will be responsible for overseeing the expansion of the North American sales team, including adding new sales executives in Canada and specific metropolitan areas in the US. He will also pursue new markets for Asset Control’s AC Invest, a consumption-based data management platform designed to give business users improved control, reduced complexity and rapid implementation.   Wolf has 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, having spent

Heptagon Capital, an asset management business, has hired Arnaud Gandon as chief investment officer of the investment management division and Natalia Greslikova as head of institutional sales for the Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Gandon joined in August having previously been at Union Bancaire Privée in London for 12 years, latterly as head of global equity where he managed institutional mandates and private discretionary portfolios. Before joining UBP, Gandon was an associate director at Gerrard Investment Management, responsible for European manager selection. Prior to that he spent two years managing a multi-asset advisory portfolio for Credit Agricole Indosuez’s private bank

EIM has hired John Ward for the role of head of operational due diligence. Ward will lead EIM’s existing team of experienced operational due diligence professionals and be responsible for maintaining the firm’s position as an industry leader.  “Risk management and operational due diligence are two critical pillars of EIM’s fiduciary responsibility to its clients,” says EIM’s chairman Arpad Busson. “John Ward brings to the firm a wealth of practical knowledge and will be instrumental in developing this function.” Ward will join EIM on 8 November from Nomura Funds Research & Technologies America where he was executive director and chief