Aladdin Capital Holdings has appointed Carlyle Peake as chief operating officer of Aladdin Capital and global head of syndicate for the firm. Peake joins Aladdin from Merrill Lynch where he was managing director and head of emerging markets syndicate.   Peake will be based in Aladdin’s Stamford, Connecticut offices and report directly to Neal Neilinger (pictured), vice-chairman and chief investment officer of Aladdin, and Steve Mandella, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Aladdin Capital Holdings.     Neilinger says: ‘We are delighted Carlyle has joined the team. His depth of experience will be an invaluable asset to Aladdin as

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed John P. Riley as director of legislative affairs.

Harcourt Investment Consulting has appointed Dr. Georg Wessling as chief investment officer.

RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, has made further hires in Europe with the appointment of Carmine Meoli as head of private banking

Mark Bailey has been appointed head of EMEA for Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s global equity financing and services platform. Bailey will report to Michael Stewart, co-head of global equities, and Sylvan Chackman, head of global equity financing and services.   Bailey joined the company in 2007, and most recently served as chief operating officer for global equity financing and services.  Prior to joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bailey was with Credit Suisse for ten years within the prime services business, and was based in London, Zurich and New York.   Bailey and his family will relocate to London

The Blackstone Group has appointed Philip Levinson as a managing director, effective 6 July.

Capital Z Asset Management, a sponsor of emerging hedge fund managers, has appointed James M. Marrone, Jr. as chief executive officer, effective 1 August 2009.

Carey Olsen has added three partners to its corporate, finance and fiduciary teams in Jersey.

BTIG LLC, an institutional broker dealer specialising in trading and related brokerage services, has expanded its international capabilities with t

At first sight, it might seem deeply inappropriate for two sectors of the global fund industry to have held their biggest and most high-profile get