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People – Diversus Investment Advisors opens Hong Kong office and appoints Vincent Pun as Principal, JPMorgan stops trading with Cidatel over hiring, Kiitos hires ex-Cantillon manager, PCG Asset Management hires ex-HF trader Gregg Wurster, Dean of Harvard Business School joins Blackstone`s Board of Directors, Mark Shafir, who helped sell Lehman, joins Citigroup

Friday, September 19, 2008

Opalesque Exclusive: Diversus Investment Advisors opens Hong Kong office and appoints Vincent Pun as Principal Diversus Investment Advisers, an independent fund placement and advisory firm, today announced the opening of the Hong Kong office and the appointment of Mr. Vincent Pun as a principal.

Mr. Pun will be responsible for Diversus’ newly opened office in Hong Kong and will focus on fund origination, screening, due diligence as well as institutional investor and manager research across private equity, venture capital and hedge fund sectors in the Asia Pacific region, with coverage on the Gulf, Europe and North America…Corporate website: www.diversusinvestment.com

JPMorgan stops trading with Cidatel over hiring From CNBC.com: Citadel Investment Group said on Thursday that JPMorgan Chase had stopped trading with it because the hedge fund firm has hired a string of JP Morgan bankers in recent months…Full article: Source

Kiitos hires ex-Cantillon manager From Hfmweek.com: Santtu Seppala, has taken a second stab at managing a hedge fund after the fund he managed at Cantillon shut down, HFMWeek has learned. Full article (subscription required): Source

PCG Asset Management hires ex-HF trader Gregg Wurster PC......................

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