Partners Capital, a London and Boston based private investment office, has appointed Ethan Hall as director of research and Sean Farrell as an investment principal.  Hall was previously head of investment research at Centaur Financial Services, a USD100m fund management company he founded in 1995, which manages individually tailored portfolios

Butterfield Fulcrum, an administrator for the alternative investment industry, has appointed Mark Boyes as director of business development.  He is based in London and reports to Joost Lobler, Butterfield Fulcrum’s head of business development for EMEA and APAC.  Boyes will be responsible for identifying and developing strategic partnerships to help

Securities and investment banking firm Jefferies has hired Magnus Christensson as a managing director and European head of the firm’s fund placement group based in London. He joins Jefferies from Atlantic-Pacific Capital and has more than 12 years of private equity fundraising experience. Steve Gray, global head of the fund

Growth equity firm General Atlantic has named Mike McTighe, chairman of Pace, Volex Group and WYG Group, as a special adviser to the firm. In this role, McTighe will provide strategic counsel to GA and its portfolio companies with a focus on the European region, supporting the firm’s active value-added

Angelo Gordon has added Richard Leonard to its private equity group as a managing director and Michael Koike as a vice president. Both are based in New York. Prior to joining Angelo Gordon in October 2009, Leonard was a managing director at Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill where he focused on leveraged

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a provider of legal services to growth enterprises and the financial institutions that invest in them, has named Christopher W. Kirkham as a partner at the firm. Kirkham (pictured) will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office. Kirkham specialises in the representation of private

ATG Media, a provider of information and services to the auction industry backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners, has increased its headcount to 58 full time members of staff in the last three months. Eight new roles, six internal promotions and a growing business have created 14 job vacancies. The

Matrix Private Equity Partners, the small buyout specialist, has expanded its team with the appointment of Christopher Price as an investment manager.    The hire comes on the back of two Matrix new deal completions: iglu.com and Country Baskets. Price (pictured) joins the firm from Foresight Group. Mark Wignall, chief executive