FinAnalytica, a provider of portfolio risk solutions for multi-manager funds, hedge funds and asset management firms, has added Jamie Ridyard to its board of directors. Ridyard was previously chief executive at APT, a risk solutions company, having been instrumental in
GFI Group has appointed Neil Standen as head of its recently opened Nyon office. Julian Swain, Managing Director of GFI London says: “We are very pleased to have Neil Standen head our new office in Nyon. Neil’s experience and know-how
MaplesFS, an independent provider of specialised fiduciary, fund administration, entity formation and management, insurance management and trust and private client services, has announced that it has received a corporate service provider license from the Bermuda Monetary Authority. The expansion of
E*TRADE Financial Corporation has appointed Corporate Controller Brent Simonich as Chief Risk Officer after Paul Brandow advised the Company of his decision to retire, following over a decade of service to the firm. The appointment of Simonich is effective immediately, while
Macro Risk Advisors (MRA), a provider of global market risk analysis and derivatives trade execution for institutional investors, has appointed Brian Bier as Managing Director and Head of Equity Derivative Sales and Trading. He will lead the sales and execution
Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has appointed Stephan Eckstein to the newly created role of Sales Director.Based in Zurich, Eckstein reports to Roberto Valsecchi Oliva, Head of Switzerland and Southern Europe and will be responsible for developing
Citi has hired 13 professionals as part of the ongoing expansion of its global prime finance business. The recent hires are split between New York and London. They are focused in the trading and risk areas. “We are finding
Barclays Capital has hired ten managing directors based in New York and London for its prime services business. The appointments include external hires and internal transfers, and encompass the business’s major product lines: Jack Inglis: head of prime services distribution,
Ignis Asset Management has appointed Mark Lovett as chief investment officer – equities. Lovett will join Ignis on 4 October and will be responsible for overseeing more than GBP10bn of institutional and retail equity assets across Ignis’ proprietary fund range.
StatPro Group, a provider of cloud-based portfolio analytics and asset pricing services for the global asset management industry, has made two new senior appointments and announced a new divisional structure for its Canadian operations. In alignment with the Group’s strategic
