Marjorie Kaufman was named managing director and head of marketing and client services for Guggenheim Partners subsidiary Guggenheim Global Trading, according to spokesman Thomas Mulligan.
The position is new. Ms. Kaufman is responsible for developing and running a marketing plan for a new multistrategy fund the firm is preparing to open to institutional investors. She will report to Loren M. Katzovitz, managing partner of Guggenheim Global Trading.
The firm expects to make some additional hires to Guggenheim Global Trading in the next couple of months, Mr. Mulligan said.
Ms. Kaufman was a managing director at Golden Seeds. Jo Ann Corkran, managing partner at Golden Seeds, did not return a phone call by press time.