Peter Mallinson, a former partner and equities specialist at Goldman Sachs, is joining CDK Group, a New York-based fund of hedge funds manager with more than $900m (€735.7m) in assets. CDK is also opening a London office.

Mallinson retired in 2002 after 19 years at Goldman, including six years in Hong Kong as head of the Asian equities business. Most recently he was head of European equities based in London.