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Eurofin Capital has named Unigestion’s Laurent Chevallier to head its alternative investments operations.

Richard Leonard has been named a managing director and Michael Koike as vice president. Both are based in New York.

Research firm TABB Group has added a hedge fund veteran to its Chicago-based U.S. research team.

SAC Capital Advisors’ former fundraiser-in-chief has joined healthcare hedge fund shop Visium Asset Management.

Temasek Holdings has founded Seatown Holdings. But what is it?

Conflicting reports say the new investment firm could be a hedge fund platform—it would be among the largest in the region with US$3 billion. But other sources flatly deny that Seatown, which features DiMaio Ahmad Capital co-founder Nasser Ahmad as co-CEO, will be a hedge fund. Temasek veteran and former Lazard Freres banker Charles Ong is the firm's other CEO.

Jim Rogers will advise frontier market private equity firm Leopard Capital on investing in Sri Lanka.

Fund of hedge funds firm International Asset Management Limited has opened a branch office in Spain and is making a push to expand its client base in Southern Europe.

Cantor Fitzgerald has announced the creation of a new alternative investment and advisory business—Cantor Investment Advisors—which will be led by Stephen Ardizzoni.

Alternative asset management firm Prologue Capital has named Noah Estrin as a senior portfolio manager focused on trading U.S. Agency mortgages.

TCW Group has moved to quell investor discontent after it called its fired chief investment officer a drug user and pornography addict by cutting fees.