Nickel Digital Asset Management has appointed Fiona King, as Managing Director, Institutional Sales, and James Drace-Francis, as Senior Advisor. 

Pictet Asset Management, the investment management arm of the Geneva-headquartered wealth management giant Pictet Group, is opening a Shanghai office under China’s wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) rules, allowing it to further capitalise on growing investor demand there.

Angel Oak Capital Advisors (Angel Oak), an investment management firm specialising in value-driven structured credit, has appointed Abhi Kane as managing director and alternative investment strategist. 

Takekai International, a professional asset management firm that offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span across all main segments of the global capital markets, has appointed Pavel Hajek Managing Director for the newly enhanced Alternative Investments department. 

AccessFintech, a fintech company aiming to evolve the financial operating model through data and workflow collaboration, has appointed Boaz Zilberman as Executive Vice President for Business Development.

Nasdaq’s Quandl, a provider of alternative and core financial data, has appointed Hamza Khan as Head of European Data. Khan was formerly the CEO and founder of Suburbia, a technology company that specialised in alternative data solutions.

Global litigation funder, Therium Capital Management, announced today that Ben Smyth has joined the firm’s investment team as an Investment Officer.

Meraki Global Advisors has appointed David C Laub Jr as a senior trader in the New York office. Meraki’s client base has expanded among the tri-state multi-asset hedge fund community since the establishment of its New York outpost in April 2020, led by the firm’s Head of Business Development, Michael Ashby.

CloudMargin, creator of a collateral and margin management solution native to the cloud, has appointed Mario Platt as Vice President, Head of Information Security. 

TransFICC, a specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for Fixed Income and Derivatives Markets, has appointed Gary Vann as Head of Sales.