ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) has appointed Dame DeAnne Julius, a founding member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, as a director. The appointment is effective immediately. Julius’ appointment has been approved by the Financial Conduct
Axioma, a provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio management solutions, has appointed board industry veteran Mark Traudt as managing director and head of product engineering. His role will be to further Axioma’s leadership role in financial technology innovation.
The entire team of Larch Lane Advisors is to join Fierra Capital, boosting the US division of Fiera Capital Corporation's existing capabilities in alternative investing and adding expertise in alternative investment management, risk management, fund accounting and firm operations. The Larch
FlexTrade Systems, a specialist in multi-asset execution and order management systems, has appointed Shane Remolina (pictured) as director of sell-side OMS technologies for North America. Based in the company’s headquarters in New York, Remolina will head sales and business development
Investment funds lawyer Christopher Knight (pictured) has joined Akin Gump as counsel in its investment management practice in the Hong Kong office. He joins the firm from the Hong Kong office of DLA Piper. Knight has extensive experience advising
UBS Asset Management has appointed Hayden Briscoe (pictured) as head of fixed income, Asia Pacific, with immediate effect. Briscoe joins UBS from Alliance Bernstein, bringing a wealth of experience with more than 24 years of fixed income and currency experience.
Jupiter has appointed Magnus Spence as head of investments, alternatives, responsible for developing and expanding Jupiter’s capability in this asset class. Spence, who joins on 30 August 2016, will focus initially on the current range of Jupiter long/short equity UCITS
Backstop Solutions Group, a provider of cloud-based solutions for hedge funds, funds of funds, pensions, endowments, private equity firms, consultants and family offices, has expanded into the Asia Pacific region with the opening of its sixth office and the hiring
Assured Guaranty has appointed David A Buzen as senior managing director of its newly formed alternative investments group. Buzen was previously president and chief executive officer of CIFG Holding. Additionally, Stan Cotek, formerly treasurer and managing director of finance
Apex Fund Services has made three senior appointments from KPMG, State Street and JP Morgan. Nitin Khanapurkar (pictured), who joins the Apex Group from his role as a senior partner at KPMG, becomes Apex’s global head of risk and compliance
