HedgeCo.net -Dresdner Kleinwort, the investment banking division of Dresdner Bank AG announced the appointment of Chris Baildon as Head of Equities Distribution for US based Hedge Funds. Baildon joins as a Managing Director and will report to Mark Small, Head of Equities in the US and Martin Newson, Head of the Hedge Fund Solutions Group based in London.

Baildon previously worked at UBS where he specialized in the coverage of hedge funds as Head of European Sales Trading. Martin Newson, Head of Hedge Fund Solutions said, “Chris is an important addition to our team and the ongoing development of our of hedge fund offering. The European markets are extremely significant to US based hedge fund clients, perhaps now more than ever, and the appointment of Chris further improves our ability to offer the funds the very best levels of servicing.”

According to reports, Dresdner Kleinwort plans to double the number of hedge fund specialists in its investment bank over the next three years, aiming to increase hedge fund sales from 10-15% of fees and commissions to 25%.

The bank currently employs close to 50 staff focused on hedge funds across its corporate finance, equities, fixed income, currencies and derivatives divisions, and plans to double this to 100. Newson, hired last November to set up the bank’s hedge fund solutions group, said the new appointments would be spread over three years.

Alex Akesson
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HedgeCo.Net
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