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.

Acuity Trading is expanding its team with the appointment of Vladislav Novopoltsev as a Product Manager and Gustavo Avalos as a Data Scientist. 

Sanne, a global provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Jan Barre as Director of Business Development.

SFOX, an independent crypto prime broker, providing global liquidity and best price execution from a single account, has appointed Shawn Egger as Head of Execution Services. 

Jenny Chen has been appointed as Managing Director, Head of Sales in the Americas a big xyt, an independent provider of market data analytics and smart data solutions. 

Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ), a law firm serving the financial services industry, has added Douglas S Mintz as a partner and co-chair of the Business Reorganisation Group. Mintz, who is based in the Washington, DC office, was previously a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

Eventus Systems, a multi-award winning global trade surveillance and risk management software platform provider, has appointed Vincent Turcotte as Sales Director for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, operating out of Hong Kong.