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May 18th, 2012
The asset management arm of Bank of Nova Scotia has hired Damian Hoang as a senior derivatives strategist to assist some of its well-known money managers.
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May 18th, 2012
Moore Capital Management LP, the hedge fund founded by Louis Bacon, hired former Morgan Stanley executive Patrick Lynch as a credit portfolio manager at the $15 billion firm, according to an investor.
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May 18th, 2012
Sir David Cooksey, the former chairman of UK Financial Investments, the vehicle that holds the government’s stake in bailed-out banks, has joined the advisory board of Strategic Value Partners (SVP), a hedge fund, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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May 18th, 2012
Oak Hill Advisors (OHA), an over $13bn manager of credit hedge funds and distressed funds, has hired former UBS employee Declan Tiernan as managing director in the client coverage group, according to an announcement Thursday by the New York-headquartered firm.
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May 17th, 2012
Two Sigma Investments, which runs approximately $9 billion in hedge fund investments, has hired Wray Thorn, who was until recently a senior managing director at Marathon Asset Management, as chief investment officer for “private markets investments” for its Two Sigma Holdings division, a new position.
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May 17th, 2012
Two former QVT Financial principals, who were founder members when the activist hedge fund span out of Deutsche Bank’s prop desk in 2004, are prepping a new event driven fund planned to launch in Q3 this year, HFMWeek has learned.
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May 17th, 2012
Eric Evans, a portfolio manager focused on healthcare at Steve Cohen’s $14bn hedge fund titan SAC Capital, has departed the firm, HFMWeek can exclusively reveal.
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May 17th, 2012
Oklahoma Police Pension & Retirement System, Oklahoma City, terminated hedge-fund-of-funds manager Attalus Capital, which ran $73 million, because of personnel changes, confirmed Steven Snyder, executive director and chief investment officer of the $1.8 billion retirement system.
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May 16th, 2012
Agecroft Partners, a global hedge fund consulting and third party marketing firm, has hired hedge fund veteran Cara Fleckenstein as a Managing Director.
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May 16th, 2012
The global head of mergers and acquisitions at Credit Suisse, Boon Sim, is leaving to take a senior position at Temasek, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.
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