RBC BlueBay Asset Management has made two appointments in its Environmental, Social and Governance Investment team: Younes Hassar has joined the London office as senior ESG analyst, while Emir Beganovic has joined the Minneapolis office as an ESG Analyst.
Top hedge fund talent is migrating from the traditional financial centres of London and New York to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain, on the back of cost-of-living and tax increases, according to a report by Financial News.
Cboe Global Markets, Inc (CBOE), a provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, has elected Hillary A Sale as a new member of the Boards of Directors for the Cboe US Securities Exchanges, Cboe Futures Exchange, and Cboe SEF.
ICG, a global alternative asset manager, has appointed Remko van der Erf as Managing Director, to drive fundraising and service ICG’s client base in the Benelux region. Van der Erf will be based in ICG’s Amsterdam office and work alongside longstanding Managing Director, Leo Houtekamer.
Tourmaline Partners, an outsourced trading solutions firm for hedge funds and other asset managers, has appointed Matt Ney as a managing director and senior equity trader in the the firm’s Connecticut headquarters.
Northern Trust has appointed Steven Reydel as Head of North America Fund Accounting and Michael McMaster as Head of North America Fund Administration. The company says both will play "a pivotal role in supporting ongoing growth in the Global Fund Services (GFS) business".
Hedge fund Davide Leone & Partners has appointed Graham O'Mahony, a long-serving trader at hedge fund-turned-family office Adelphi Capital, as the firm's new head of trading, according to a report by the Trade.
RBC BlueBay Asset Management has appointed Haris Nikitakis as senior risk manager. Based in London, Nikitakis will work alongside senior risk manager, Francesco Gessa running the Portfolio Risk Management team.
PGIM Quantitative Solutions , the quantitative and multi-asset solutions specialist of PGIM, has grown its London-based team with the appointment of Roy Martins as chief business officer for the PGIM Wadhwani investment platform.
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has strengthened its customer engagement and commercial functions with the appointment of Christopher Pennington as chief revenue officer.