APP OINT MENTS
People This month’s appointments
Amundi has recruited a new head of international high-yield bond management, Kenneth Monaghan, who joins Amundi Smith Breeden, the group’s fi xed income management centre in the US. Monaghan was previously responsible for the high-yield fi xed income activities at Rogge Global Partners in the US. He brings 30 years of experience in structuring high-yield fi xed income solutions. Amundi currently manages more than €13 billion in euro high-yield bonds from its Paris offi ce. The group’s global fi xed income platform manages €440 billion in total. The platform covers the full spectrum of fi xed income market segments from government bonds to non- listed private debt.
Old Mutual Global Investors has announced that Joshua Crabb has joined the business as head of Asian equities. Crabb will start at Old Mutual Global Investors (UK) Limited in London and expects to return to Hong Kong to work for Old Mutual Global Investors (Asia Pacifi c) Limited when required regulatory approvals have been received. He will be supported by a new team of two dedicated analysts, Kris Whitlock and Dmitry Lapidus. Reporting to Julian Ide, CEO of Old Mutual Global Investors, Crabb will lead the development of the Asian equities product range. The team will manage two funds, the $270+ million Old Mutual Pacifi c Equity Fund and the $40+ million Old Mutual Asian Equity Fund, sub-funds of the Dublin-domiciled Old Mutual Global Investors Series PLC umbrella fund. These products will be core to Old Mutual Global Investors’ UK and offshore client base. Old Mutual has also announced that Ashton Bradbury has decided to retire from the company, as well as the City, at the end of 2014. Bradbury now wants to focus on personal interests outside of the City after 14 years with the company. Tim Service, who has been deputy manager of the Old Mutual UK Specialist Equity Fund over the last two years, will become co-manager of the fund until the end of the year, when he will then take over as lead manager. Service will continue to work alongside Bradbury to ensure that there is a smooth hand-over of responsibilities before he leaves.
Deloitte has announced two appointments in its hedge fund practice for the UK and EMEA regions. Chris Farkas joins Deloitte as UK hedge fund leader. He was Deutsche Bank’s European head of hedge fund consulting in its prime brokerage group, working with global top 100 hedge funds and signifi cant hedge fund start-ups. Prior to Deutsche
Bank, he was head of sales at GlobeOp and executive director on the Goldman Sachs European hedge fund consulting team. Farkas qualifi ed as a Canadian Chartered Accountant in 1999 before joining Deloitte Canada. Farkas’s appointment follows the announcement that Deloitte’s Brian Forrester will take on the role of hedge fund leader for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. He is a partner with Deloitte in Ireland, having recently returned to Ireland after two years with the UK fi rm. Forrester has 20 years’ experience in the hedge fund industry, working in the Caribbean and Channel Islands as well as the UK and Ireland.
International law fi rm Akin Gump has announced that four partners in the corporate, restructuring and funds practices will be joining the fi rm in London and Hong Kong from Bingham McCutchen. They are Vance Chapman (corporate, London), Thomas John Holton (funds, London), Matthew Puhar (corporate, Hong Kong) and Thiha Tun (funds, London). These practitioners join 22 partners from Bingham McCutchen who, as announced on 17 September, will be joining Akin Gump in London, Hong Kong and Frankfurt over the coming weeks.
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has announced the formation of a new AIMA Council, AIMA’s global board of directors. The former US SEC Commissioner, Kathleen Casey, continues as non-executive chairman. The newly elected members of the AIMA Council are: Karl Wachter, general counsel, Magnetar Capital; Eva Sanchez, general counsel, Citadel Europe; and Choo San Yeoh, director, Albourne Partners (Asia). Those continuing their Directorships of AIMA are: Olwyn Alexander, partner, EMEA Hedge Funds Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Andrew Bastow, vice president – head of European structuring and regulatory affairs, AQR Capital Management; Stuart Fiertz, president, Cheyne Capital Management; Jack Inglis, chief executive offi cer, AIMA; Simon Lorne, vice chairman and chief legal offi cer, Millennium Management; Tim O’Brien, general counsel and chief compliance offi cer, Pine River Capital Management; Christopher Pearce, chief operating offi cer, Marshall Wace Asia; Henry Smith, global managing partner, Maples and Calder; and Philip Tye, director, Nighthawk Capital. The retiring slate of directors are: James G. Dinan, founder, chairman and CEO, York Capital Management; Robert De Rito; Paul Sater, partner, EY; Phil Schmitt, president,
Summerwood Capital; and Mark O’Sullivan. AIMA’s Council is elected every two years and is comprised of members from its three regions – the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacifi c. Casey is currently a senior advisor with Patomak Global Partners and a non- executive board director of HSBC Holdings.
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has announced two new leadership appointments focused on the expanding hedge fund community and institutional investor demand in Korea. Serving as HFA’s new Korea Chapter regional co-directors will be Robert Kim, global advisor for Alternative Summit Korea, and Raymond Kang, CEO of Prodigy Capital Management LLC. The Korea-based hedge fund community, comprised of approximately 20 fi rms, estimated at $2.7 billion assets under management as of 30 June 2014, is expected to grow signifi cantly in the next two years based on research by the Alternative Summit Korea team within the Korea Economic Daily. From a global perspective, there are just 12 Korea-dedicated hedge funds, and approximately $2 billion of hedge fund assets under management are allocated to Korea as of August 2014, according to data provided by Eurekahedge.
Max Nardulli has joined Dexion Capital PLC, the alternatives investment bank, as head of international sales. In this position, he will be responsible for Dexion Capital’s distribution strategy and investor network across a number of different regions globally. Nardulli was previously head of international sales and distribution at Cheyne Capital where he was in charge of business development globally ex-UK. Prior to this, he was managing director, head of alternative capital markets at Goldman Sachs International, for EMEA and Asia ex- Japan. Before that, he had a number of roles within GSAM business development team focusing on Southern Europe and Latin America.
NewSmith have announced that Charles Hopkinson- Woolley is joining them as head of alternatives and product, having built his career at Deephaven Capital Management, Deutsche Bank and Cazenove. Hopkinson-Woolley will guide NewSmith’s strategy in this critical investment category. His hiring follows the appointment of Nick Watts as partner and vice chairman, Max Harper from F&C Asset Management as sales manager and Matthew Wright from Carmignac as partner and head of UK and European distribution. THFJ
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