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People - Joost Lobler resigns as MD of Equity Fund Services, BlueCrest hires four asset managers for new division, Ex-Optima CIO Robert Picard plans heading/acquiring a hedge fund firm in near future, MF Global names Bernard W. Dan president and global COO, Kim Sang-Won takes over RCM`s Korea fund

Friday, September 12, 2008

Opalesque Exclusive: Joost Lobler resigns as MD of Equity Fund Services From the Opalesque team: Joost Löbler, Managing Director of Equity Fund Services, announced that he has resigned per August 15, 2008.

According to information obtained by Opalesque, Löbler commented: “Working at Equity Trust has given me tremendous proud and satisfaction, especially by building and expanding Equity Fund Services into a well known medium sized fund administrator. However, the recent developments at the company have caused insurmountable differences of opinion for me about the future strategy for the company. These issues have made me decide to continue my career outside Equity Trust.”

Loebler indicated he would be joining a "globally respected, innovative and fast growing fund administration company" in November 2008.

BlueCrest hires four asset managers for new division From efinancialnews.com: UK hedge fund manager BlueCrest Capital Management has hired four asset management veterans to launch a new division focusing on lower risk investment strategies for institutional investors.

BlueCrest has appointed Steve Steve Ilott, Andrew McCaffery, George Cooper and Richard Williams as the founding principals of a new division of called Alignment Investors... Full article: Source

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