big xyt, an independent provider of smart data and analytics solutions to the global trading and investment community, has appointed Gilles Meyruey as Head of Business Development (Continental Europe).

BTIG has appointed Isaac Boltansky as a Managing Director and Director of Policy Research. In this newly created role within BTIG’s Research and Strategy division, Boltansky will analyse and forecast how potential policy shifts will impact investors, corporations and other market participants.

Karim Ghachem has been appointed as a Managing Director in the Sales division dedicated to Man GPM.

Fulcrum Asset Management has assembled a panel of strategic advisers as it experiences increasing demand for illiquid investments through its Alternative Solutions business. 

Hanover Investors has appointed Jeremy Westhead as its first Chief Business Officer.

Professor Álvaro Cartea has been appointed as the new Director of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (OMI), an academic research institute at the University of Oxford that specialises in machine learning and data analytics within quantitative finance.

South Street Securities LLC (SSS) has appointed Andrew Leone as Managing Director in its Equity Finance Team.

European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group (AlbaCore) has made three senior hires to reinforce its Operations, Business Development and Investor Relations teams.

Kneip, a specialist in fund data management, has appointed Cyril Molitor as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). 

Alderwood Capital (Alderwood), a London-based fund manager, has appointed Cathy Jones as a Partner and a member of its Investment Committee.