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Capricorn Private Investments appoints CIO

Capricorn Private Investments (CPI) has appointed Manoj Soni as Chief Investment Officer. Manoj was formerly Managing Director and Head of Absolute Return and Credit at Partners Capital. CPI is the private investment office of the Capricorn Group, a family-owned global alternative asset manager.   Geoff Snelgar, Chairman of Capricorn, says; “The

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MUFG Investor Services makes key hires

MUFG Investor Services (MUFG), the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Oliver Scully as Head of EMEA Sales and David Sarfas as Global Head of Private Equity. They will be based in London and report to Mike McCabe, Managing Director, Global Head of Business Development,

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MPOWER Financing appoints director of engineering

Parimala Pakalapati, a financial technology executive with more than a decade of fintech and startup experience, has been appointed director of engineering of MPOWER Financing. Pakalapati will oversee the company’s global engineering team, drive technology initiatives and work closely with internal and external stakeholders to establish technology solutions at a

OakNorth appoints new COO

OakNorth has appointed Amir Nooriala, former MD of BGC Partners, as its Chief Operating Officer. After graduating with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham, Amir Nooriala spent four years working in California for Cisco Systems as a system engineer, before returning to the UK to work

Aurelius Group expands management team

Aurelius Equity Opportunities, a pan-European mid-market investor, has made changes to its Executive Board. From 1 August 2018, Donatus Albrecht will look after the group-wide M&A strategy of all business areas of the Aurelius Group and will step down from the Executive Board of the listed Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE

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Simmons & Simmons opens for business in Dublin

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has opened for business in Dublin, having always had close links with the Irish funds industry. Simmons & Simmons says that Ireland has been the fastest growing major fund domicile in Europe over the last five years, a tangible reflection of the benefits the

TerraStream makes new Advisory Board appointment

Coinsilium Group Limited, a financer of early-stage blockchain technology companies, has appointed Malcolm Burne as a project advisor to TerraStream, its Gibraltar-registered wholly-owned subsidiary, with immediate effect. Burne has a long-standing career in financial markets in the UK, Australia and Canada including directorships of a number of listed mining companies.

Mercia adds to EV Growth team

Mercia Fund Managers has expanded its equity team with the appointment of Matt Molyneux as Investment Manager. A chartered accountant with 12 years’ experience in finance, Molyneux joins from BDO in Manchester, where he spent seven years in the transaction services team providing due diligence to private equity firms.  

Drake Star Partners adds two new partners to US senior team

Technology, media and communications global investment bank Drake Star Partners has hired two new partners to strengthen its US senior team in both its New York and San Francisco offices. Kevin Berry joins the firm’s San Francisco office as a Partner, Business Development. Juan Mejia joins the firm’s New York

AMP Capital adds to global asset management team

AMP Capital has appointed Malcolm Brown as a Senior Principal in its Global Infrastructure Equity business in London, marking the continued growth of its global real assets capability. Brown was formerly Chief Executive of Angel Trains, the UK’s largest rolling-stock company. AMP Capital manages a majority stake in Angel Trains

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