Giampaolo Guarnieri and James Soutar are joining FrontPoint Partners...

Giampaolo Guarnieri and James Soutar are joining FrontPoint Partners LLC, Greenwich, Conn., as partners. They will manage a number of Japanese and Asia Pacific equity hedge funds, starting with a Japan long/short equity fund. Mr. Guarnieri will head a team based in New York and Tokyo and Mr. Soutar will oversee a team based in Hong Kong. Mr. Guarnieri was a senior portfolio manager in New York and Mr. Soutar was a portfolio manager based in Hong Kong for Sofaer Capital International Inc., New York.