AIMA appoints 3 new directors

Global hedge fund association AIMA has appointed three new directors to its governing body.

The three directors are Simon Lorne, vice-chairman and chief legal officer of Millennium Management; Tim O’Brien, partner, general counsel and CCO of Pine River Capital Management; and Stuart Fiertz, president and co-founder of Cheyne Capital Management (UK).

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Millennium Management is a global multi-strategy investment firm with AUM of approximately $22 billion. Pine River is a global multi-strategy relative value investment firm with about $14 billion AUM. Cheyne Capital is one of Europe’s leading alternative asset managers with AUM of approximately $7billion. All three organizations have offices in the US, Europe and Asia.

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The three now sit on AIMA’s global council. AIMA’s Council is comprised of members from its three regions—Asia Pacific, EMEA and the Americas—and includes key figures at hedge fund manager firms, senior practitioners in the hedge fund service sector and an investor representative.

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