Fund of hedge funds manager Oakley Capital has appointed Julita Tonkich as an investment analyst.  Tonkich will be responsible for supporting the portfolio managers of the Oakley Absolute Return Fund.   Prior to joining Oakley, Tonkich was an investment analyst at Millennium Global Investments, where she was actively involved in long/short and event driven hedge fund search and monitoring through qualitative and quantitative research. Preceding this, she was an assistant fund manager at Margetts Fund Management.   Nick Hannan, chief investment officer, says: “We are delighted to have been able to attract someone of Julita’s calibre to Oakley at this

G2 Systems, a software consulting firm specialising in portfolio management and accounting solutions, has appointed Michael Rodriguez as director of accounting and operations. Rodriguez is the co-founder of HighRoad Fund Services, a consulting firm that provides functional and system integration solutions to investment managers. Rodriguez brings to G2 an extensive history of fund accounting and operations expertise. He will provide clients with solutions to workflow and complex investment-processing issues. “We are delighted to have Michael join our firm,” says George Michaels, founder, G2. “With Michael on board, we now offer clients solid fund administrator and fund accounting consulting services in

IndexIQ, a developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, has named Julie S. Abbett senior vice president and portfolio manager. In her new role, Abbett will be responsible for helping to oversee portfolio management of IndexIQ’s growing line of alternative investment products, including the firm’s separately managed accounts business. Prior to joining IndexIQ, Abbett was a portfolio manager at Deutsche Asset Management. During her nine years at the company, she served as a director and portfolio manager for various US and global strategies, where she oversaw approximately USD10bn in assets under management, including in the DWS Disciplined Market Neutral Fund, the

Oak Hill Advisors has appointed Alexandra Jung as co-head of the firm’s European business. Jung is based in London and, along with Richard Munn, will direct investments in European companies and manage the firm’s European operations. Munn, the former head of European loan syndications at Deutsche Bank, joined Oak Hill Advisors in May 2005 with the opening of its London office. Jung joins Oak Hill Advisors with more than 15 years of leveraged finance, distressed debt and special situations experience, particularly in Europe. She her career at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin in the financial restructuring group. In 1999, she

Securis Investment Partners has appointed Al Selius as head of a newly-opened New York office. Selius’s role will be centred on accelerating the development of Securis’s activities in the US with particular focus on product development and complementing the existing asset management and fundraising operations of Securis.   Selius has been involved in nearly every development in insurance linked securities trading in the past decade.   He was previously managing director at Swiss Re Capital Markets and head of all its traded products. He is a highly experienced trader in multiple fixed income products, and under his watch trading volumes

London West End-based agency broker Hoare Capital is expanding its credit, ABS and inflation teams as it gears up into quarter three. Among those joining is Richard Gathercole, who will head the corporate credit sales team concentrating on high yield and distressed debt. Gathercole has 27 years of experience and joins from the Bank of Scotland where he held a similar capital markets role.  Sergio Marques joins as a senior credit sales specialist for France and Iberia, after a sales role at Bank of America in London.  Mark Rogers has joined Hoare Capital as head of ABS sales. He has

Rampart Investment Management, an asset management firm specialising in option strategies, has appointed Richard R. Davis as senior vice president of sales and consultant relations. Davis brings more than 15 years of sales and research experience in the financial services industry to Rampart. As the senior vice president of sales and consultant relations, Davis will spearhead the company’s business development programme, focusing on institutional and high net worth investors. Additionally, Davis will focus on building and enhancing Rampart’s relationship with consultants and partners, and educating them on the benefits of Rampart’s options programmes. “The combination of Dick’s research and sales

Deloitte has appointed Ellen C. Schubert and Ray J. Iler to the hedge fund team of its asset management services practice.

Eddington Capital Management, a fund of hedge funds specialist, has named Andrew Popper as its new chairman.

Icap, an interdealer broker, has expanded its alternative investments business with the hires of Laura Prager and Linda Prager, who will act as co-heads and managing directors of the al