S&P Capital IQ Power Moves

Manulife Asset Management announced Robert Chepelsky, CFA, as a managing director and product manager working with its Canadian Fixed Income Investment Team. Chepelsky brings 20 years of investment industry experience to his new role. Most recently, he worked at Morneau Shepell where he spent the past ten years as an Investment Consultant. Chepelsky will be based in Toronto.  -Canada News Wire

Cowen Group, Inc. appointed Karen Holthouse as a senior research analyst and director to cover the Restaurant sector of the Equity Research department. Holthouse joins Cowen from Credit Suisse, where she worked in equity research since 2006. -Business Wire

Eaton Vance Corporation announced Bradley T. Galko, CFA, as a senior research analyst. Galko will be a vice president of Eaton Vance Management and will join the Global Industrial Research Team. Galko comes to the company from Pioneer Investment Management, where he served as a vice president and senior equity analyst covering the capital goods sector. -PR Newswire

SEI Investments Co. announced Andy Mitchell as managing director, head of Asset Management Distribution for SEI’s Canadian office. Mitchell will be responsible for developing and maintaining strategic relationships with large distribution partners, driving sales and revenue growth with existing and new clients, and managing SEI’s strategic sales plan. Prior to joining SEI, Mitchell was president of Worldsource Financial Management, a leading independent advisor network. -Market Wire

CBRE Global Investors named Jean Lamothe as head of value-add investments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Lamothe’s role will be to provide clients with a new range of investment opportunities across Europe. Lamothe, who has been with CBRE Global Investors since 2010, will continue to be based in London.

CBRE Global Investors named Michael Ness as head of UK, a role which he will combine with his current responsibilities as managing director and head of separate accounts.

Foster Dykema Cabot & Co., Incorporated announced Douglas Phillips as the firm’s new chief investment officer. Phillips will work with the  investment team on investment strategy, asset allocation and security and manager selection. Phillips has twenty-five years of experience in the investment management industry serving the needs of high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals and families, and their endowments and foundations. Prior to joining Foster Dykema Cabot, Phillips spent fifteen years at Choate Investment Advisors. -PR Newswire

Baring Asset Management, Inc. appointed Staffan Lindfeldt as head of Global Emerging Market Equities, and will be responsible for leading and managing the Global Emerging Market (GEMs) Equities Team.  Joining from Handelsbanken Asset Management in Stockholm where he has been chief portfolio manager for Global Emerging Markets since 2006, Lindfeldt will be the lead investment manager on several of the GEMs portfolios including mutual funds and segregated portfolios, subject to regulatory approval. He replaces Roberto Lampl.

Baring Asset Management, Inc. appointed Isabelle Alexander as investment manager, assisting with the management of the GEMs portfolios. Alexander has seven years investment experience and was previously a portfolio manager at Pictet Asset Management in its Global Emerging Markets Team. -Citywire

Northern Trust Corporation announced Jane Karpinski as senior vice president and controller of the Corporation and The Northern Trust Company, the Corporation’s principal banking subsidiary. Karpinski also will serve as the corporation’s principal accounting officer. Previously, Karpinski served as the chief financial officer for activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, then in 2012 was promoted to chief financial officer, International. In that role, Karpinski was responsible for all aspects of finance for all of the Corporation’s offices outside the US, including statutory and regulatory reporting, management reporting, as well as tax and fee billing.  -SEC Form 8k

State Street Corporation appointed Michael W. Bell as executive vice president and member of its Management Committee, the company’s senior-most policy-making and strategy group. Bell will assume the role of chief financial officer in August, responsible for State Street’s companywide financial strategy and functions including treasury, accounting, tax and reporting and investor relations. Bell most recently served as chief financial officer of Manulife Financial Corporation in Toronto where he was responsible for the global financial functions for one of the world’s large life insurance and financial services companies, with principal operations in Asia, Canada and the United States. He replaces Edward J. Resch. – Business Wire

Allianz Global Investors AG appointed Eugene Eun Soo Chung as chief executive officer, Korea. Previously, Chung was chief investment officer, Bond, at AllianzGI Korea after spending two years at Allianz Insurance Co., Korea as head of Fixed Income Portfolio. Prior to re-joining the company, Chung was chief executive officer, president at KyoboAXA Investment Managers Co., Korea.

PineBridge Investments LLC announced Wael Aburida as the new chief investment officer. Aburida will lead the company’s MENA Private Equity and Real Estate Team covering the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, with responsibility for deal origination, negotiations, execution, portfolio management, and exits. Aburida joins from UAE-based Waha Capital where he was director of Mergers & Acquisitions, and was previously director of the Global M&A Group for Intel Corporation, based in the California global headquarters. He also served as managing director of Nollenberger Capital Partners and DCA Partners. – Datamonitor NewsWire

Phillips Edison & Company announced Devin I. Murphy as chief financial officer. Murphy will manage relationships with capital providers and direct all financial and internal control activities, including planning and reporting, fundraising, investor relations, accounting and risk management. As a senior member of the executive team, he will help lead the development of strategic plans to meet the Company’s growth objectives. Prior to joining Phillips Edison, Murphy was vice chairman of Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley.  -PR Newswire

Westwood Holdings Group Inc. announces Mark A. Wallace, the company’s chief financial officer, as principal accounting officer. He replaces Craig Whitten. -SEC Form 8k

Cowen Group, Inc. announced Eric Helenek as managing director. Based in New York, Helenek will report to Grant Miller, Cowen’s head of Equity Capital Markets. Helenek joins Cowen from Lazard Frères LLC, where he was a director in the Alternative Capital Finance Group responsible for the origination and execution of privately-executed financings for public companies in the energy and technology sectors. -Business Wire

Lyxor Asset Management announced Frank Frecentese as the deputy head of hedge fund research for the New York office. Lyxor  had been at Citi Private Bank where he had been a managing director, global head of hedge fund investments. In that role, he oversaw the hedge fund investments business for Citi with particular emphasis on sourcing, diligence and monitoring of hedge fund investments for the firm’s advisory portfolios and placement business. -Infovest21 News

Apollo Acquisition Corp. announced that, effective as of May 17, 2013, Jianguo Xu appointed as president (principal executive officer), chief executive officer and director, and Wilson Wingsang Hui appointed as chief financial officer (principal financial officer), treasurer, and director. They replace Gregg E. Jaclin.

Jianguo Xu has been director of Hybrid Kinetic Group since June 2010 and has also been serving as vice president for global sourcing for HK Motors commencing in April 2010.

Wilson Wingsang Hui served as chief financial officer and director of Hybrid Kinetic Group since September 2007. -SEC Form 8k

Omidyar Network announced that Ory Okolloh has joined as a director, investments within the philanthropic investment firm’s government transparency initiative.

Okolloh will help drive the organization’s work in supporting innovative organizations that use technology and media platforms to provide access to information and the tools necessary for citizens to participate in the governing process.

Okolloh was formerly a policy manager for sub-Saharan Africa with Google and co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi. -PR Newswire

Parmenter Realty Partners announced that Caitlin Healey has joined the firm as their new senior vice president capital markets.

Healey will be responsible for Parmenter Realty Partners’ institutional business development and consultant relations including capital fund raising.

Prior to joining Parmenter Realty Partners, Healey was on the real estate focused fund raising team at Monument Group. Her responsibilities included research and development of potential investors as well as new business development and investor relations activities. She was actively involved in the successful raise of six domestic and international private equity real estate funds. -Business Wire

BlackRock announced the appointment of Andrew MacKenzie as managing director and head of iShares Middle East and Africa.

In this newly created role, Mackenzie will focus on driving sales for iShares across the Middle East and Africa, supporting existing client relationships in the official institutions arena as well as researching and prospecting new clients. He will report to Leen Meijaard, head of EMEA iShares sales at BlackRock, with additional reporting lines to Nick Anderson, head of MEA at BlackRock and Terry Keeley, head of BlackRock’s global official institutions group.

Kenneth D. Fuller has been appointed as a director/trustee, chairman, chief executive officer and president of the following funds, succeeding R. Jay Gerken, effective June 1, 2013:

• Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor
• Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund
• Legg Mason Partners Income Trust – Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund
• Western Asset Worldwide Income Fund
• Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund
• Western Asset Municipal Partners Fund
• Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund
• Western Asset Municipal Defined Opportunity Trust
• Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund
• Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
• Western Asset Managed High Income Fund
• Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust
• Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund
• Western Asset Inflation Management Fund
• Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund
• Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund
• Western Asset High Income Fund
• Western Asset High Income Fund II
• Western Asset Global Partners Income Fund
• Western Asset Global High Income Fund
• Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund
• Western Asset Emerging Markets Income Fund
• LMP Real Estate Income Fund
• LMP Corporate Loan Fund
• LMP Capital and Income Fund
• Clearbridge Energy MLP Total Return Fund
• ClearBridge Energy MLP Opportunity Fund
• ClearBridge Energy MLP Fund

Fuller is a managing director of Legg Mason & Co. since 2013, officer and/or director/trustee of 162 funds associated with Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor (LMPFA) since 2013; president and chief executive officer of LM Asset Services (formerly a registered investment adviser) since 2013. He is formerly senior vice president of LMPFA since 2012, director of Legg Mason & Co. from 2012 to 2013, vice president of Legg Mason & Co. from 2009 to 2012, vice president of T. Rowe Price Associates from 1993 to 2009, as well as investment analyst and portfolio manager for certain asset allocation accounts from 2004 to 2009. -Business Wire