International Asset Management, a fund of hedge fund investment manager, has appointed Jon Pollowitz as investment analyst and Stephen Bienashski as junior investment analyst, both based in IAM's New York office.

Pollowitz (pictured) joins from Cadogan Management where he spent three years as a senior research analyst. Prior to this he was an equity research associate at Bear Stearns.

Previously, Bienashski held roles at Regions Financial and Merrill Lynch.

These appointments follow the recent addition of Nan Mead as vice president of client development to the New York team.

Morten Spenner, chief executive at IAM, says: "We are delighted that both Jon and Stephen have chosen to join IAM's team in New York. These appointments further strengthen our offering in the US and demonstrate our commitment to expanding our investor base in the region. We launched our New York office over seven years ago now and due to the expansion of our US team we're pleased to announce that we will be moving to a new office within New York in the next few months to accommodate our growing team."