ICAP, a markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, has appointed Jenny Knott (pictured) as CEO Post Trade Risk and Information Services. Knott joins ICAP from leading African financial services group Standard Bank Group where

Preston Hollow Capital has added Lynn Wheatley (pictured) as Senior Credit Underwriter. Wheatley’s corporate responsibilities include evaluation, analysis and underwriting of the real property components of the firm’s investments.  “Lynn’s extensive experience as a commercial real estate underwriter give us

Castle Hall Alternatives, a provider of operational due diligence to the hedge fund industry, is planning to create up to 50 new positions in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Province of Nova Scotia, through the company Nova Scotia Business, is

Sir Hector Sants is to join Julius Baer International Limited as Chairman effective 1 July 2015.  Sants succeeds Gian A Rossi, Head Northern, Central and Eastern Europe and member of the Executive Board of Bank Julius Baer & Co Ltd,

J Christopher Giancarlo has been officially sworn in as a commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Giancarlo joins the CFTC from the GFI Group, an interdealer broker based in New York, where he was executive vice president.

BTIG has added Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, as a global custodian and clearing broker for BTIG’s multi-custodial and clearing Prime Brokerage platform. With this new relationship in place, BTIG provides two custodian and clearing broker options, Pershing and

BNY Mellon has been appointed by alternative fund managers Saemor Capital and Pelargos Capital to provide AIFMD depositary, fund administration, and middle office and investor services for assets valued at EUR800 million. BNY Mellon will support three existing Dutch funds

Linedata has appointed John Kiley as EVP of Sales and Co-Head of the Global Front and Middle Office Asset Management business line.   Kiley will be responsible for global business development and client adoption strategies across the Front and Middle

Harneys has recruited two partners and one senior associate to the firm’s investment funds practice in the Cayman Islands. Ian Gobin, Matthew Taber and Jonathan Bernstein are leaving Appleby and will join Harneys in the Cayman Islands as soon as

The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has appointed Mark McGoldrick, managing director of Concept Capital Markets, and Greg de Spoelberch, director of marketing and operations at Opalesque, as the New York Chapter's regional co-directors. McGoldrick and de Spoelberch will lead HFA