People: Goldman's Prop Trading Chief Leaves to Start Hedge Fund

Flamand leaves Goldman where he led principal strategies group, will start his own hedge fund [MarketWatch]

Former Liontrust fund managers Lang and Pattisson plan on hiring two PMs for their new firm Ardevora Asset Management, set to launch by September [Financial News]

Nomura said to hire Deutsche's Puritz to start a U.S. convertible bond business, overseeing a team of traders newly hired from Jones Trading [Bloomberg News]

Nomura's China IB vice chair and Asia ECM head depart, adding to list of ex-Lehman colleagues leaving Nomura after collecting two-year guarantees made in 2008 [Reuters]

FICO hires analytic scientists Tsou, Liu and Li from Experian for its Greater China analytic services team serving Chinese banks [FICO]

Primus Guaranty hires Lusardi from White Mountains Insurance Group as senior advisor for new credit protection business [Primus Guaranty]