Mark Ferguson has been appointed as Head of UK Wholesale Distribution at Kames Capital.

Eventus Systems, a global trade surveillance and risk management software platform provider, has appointed Jeff Gale as Sales Director, EMEA, based in London. 

YRD Capital, a Fund of Funds (FoF) focused on quantitative trading in digital assets, has appointed Ian Morely as Chairman.

Everysk Technologies, an investment technology company providing multi-asset portfolio analytics with data-centric, machine learning techniques, has appointed Terri Engelman Rhoads, a former partner of Guggenheim Group, and tech entrepreneur Rufus Griscom, to its Board of Advisers.

Torstone Technology, a provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, has added David Pearson to its product team. 

Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay) is taking on the US CLO Management business of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), BlueBay’s parent.

London-based RJ O'Brien Limited (RJO Limited), sister company of Chicago-based independent futures brokerage and clearing firm RJ O'Brien & Associates (RJO), has appointed a veteran team of brokers to establish a new specialty in soft commodities. 

Balchug Capital, an event-driven and value investment manager with particular focus on emerging markets, has opened a new office in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. The firm's head office is in Moscow.

Seven Bridges Advisors has appointed Elise Rosenberg as Managing Director and Head of Business Development. 

Ernst Jansen has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) with immediate effect.