People Moves

Denver-based alternative investments firm Big 5 Asset Management has added a real-estate fund to its lineup, buying a real-estate investment trust fund from Credit Suisse.

The $13 billion New York-based firm could double the size of its staff in its Hong Kong office over the next two years.

Tim Throsby has been named global head of stock derivatives and regional head of equities for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Jeremy Wien has spent the past three years as head of VIX options trading at Société Générale, which was the biggest trader of Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index contracts last year.

Timothy Maher has joined the $32 billion New York-based hedge fund as a senior vice president and co-head of investor relations at Paulson Europe.

Both the chief operating officer and chief financial officer of the Drawbridge Global Macro Fund are out.

Olusegun Aganga, who is based in London, heads Goldman’s hedge fund consulting services.

George Kountouris has joined the US$7 billion London-based quantitative shop from Portland Capital, a property hedge fund backed by banking scion Jacob Rothschild and British venture capital legend Ronald Cohen.

Corzine was named chairman and CEO of MF Global Holdings, the futures brokerage spun off from the Man Group three years ago, and will become and operating partner of private equity firm J.C. Flowers.

Colin Watson joins from Hartford Investments Canada, where he was a member of the finance team.