AM Investment Partners, a USD800m hedge fund firm managing three market-neutral single strategies, has hired Stephen Thurer as a senior portfolio manager for the firm’s volatility arbit

Putnam Investments has announced that David Glancy has joined the firm as managing director and portfolio manager.

Gerken Capital Associates, a San Francisco-based alternative asset fund manager, has appointed Eswar Menon as group portfolio manager.

EEA Group, the equity, environmental and alternative investment group, has appointed former TT International partner John Hobson as chief executive officer.

Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mary L.

Harcourt Investment Consulting, a provider of alternative investment solutions, has appointed Stephan Fritz as its chief executive officer, effective 1 March 2009.

Citi has hired Mark Harrison into the role of European head of prime finance.

Mourant International Finance Administration has appointed Spyros Makras and Tony Parmar, who will be based out of its New York office.

Zurich-based Signina Capital, a specialist in structured asset management, has expanded its investment management team with the addition of Rick Pearson.

Activist hedge fund manager Centaurus Capital has dismissed its advisory board, which included the shadow UK business secretary, Kenneth Clarke, and José María Aznar, the for