Palamon Capital Partners, a pan-European growth investor, has appointed Katherine Ireland as an associate principal.

Ireland joins Palamon having earned her MBA from Harvard Business School in 2015. She was previously an associate in the London-based investment team at Centerbridge Partners with responsibility for managing European distressed credit and private equity investments. Ireland began her career at Goldman Sachs International as an Analyst where she advised European industrial companies on strategy and financing. 

This is the third hire to the investment team over the past 14 months, a period of high activity for the Firm.  Palamon completed the exits of Prospitalia and Retail Decisions for a 3.0x and 2.5x return, respectively, while acquiring legal services group, Simplify; Italian luxury brand, Il Bisonte; and, UK foreign exchange provider, Currencies Direct.  

Francis J Troise has returned to former employer ITG, an independent execution broker and research provider, as chief executive officer and president. 

MUFG Fund Services, part of MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Tim Thornton as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Harmoney Corp Limited, which describes itself as Australasia's largest and fastest growing peer to peer lending marketplace, today announced that two of the world's leading P2P experts Jon Barlow, founder of Eaglewood Capital Management and Phin Upham, principal at Thiel Capital, have joined its advisory board and become shareholders.

The AIMA Council and the MFA Board have formed a joint Global Steering Group (GSG) with the goal of achieving synergies that will benefit the combined membership and the alternative investment industry globally.

European mutual fund platform Allfunds Bank has appointed former Eurizon Capital Ugo Sansone to head its business in Luxembourg to help drive its international expansion.