BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Nick Jenkins as head of technical for trustee and depositary services in the UK. Jenkins has 30 years’ experience in the trustee and depositary industry. He joins from Citi where he was head
Preqin, the alternative asset industry data and intelligence specialist, has appointed David Brierwood as a non-executive director. He joined the board on 12 August 2014. Brierwood holds a wealth of experience in investment data analytics and solutions, most recently
Marc Lim has joined tax firm WTAS as a managing director in the commercial and alternative investment funds practices in the San Francisco office. Prior to joining WTAS, Lim spent nine years as a tax practitioner in Japan and was
Murano Connect is establishing a presence in Midtown Manhattan and expanding its US analytics team there. Murano is a London-based firm that provides an “investment dating service,” connecting compatible funds and investors. Since incorporation in early 2011, Murano has
SEI has appointed four independent board members for its recently-launched series trust, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund (AIC) III, which addresses the rising demand for alternative strategies packaged as mutual funds. The board members, Jon Hunt, Terry Jones, Tom Lemke,
Kaspar Hense has joined Fixed income and alternative investments specialist BlueBay Asset Management’s investment grade team as portfolio manager for global sovereign and aggregate bond strategies. BlueBay’s investment grade business currently stands at close to USD30bn of AUM (as at
RWC Partners has appointed Mike Corcell to launch a US long short equity fund.
Johan Terblanche has joined global law firm Dechert as a partner in the financial services group. Terblanche, who was most recently a partner at Loyens & Loeff, will be resident in the firm’s Luxembourg office. “Our Luxembourg office has doubled
Peak Ridge Capital has added Robert Showers as a partner to the firm. Showers will be primarily responsible for assisting Peak Ridge Capital in the continuing expansion of its alternative investments platform. Most recently, Showers was the global co-head
GLG Partners, the US-listed asset manager, has appointed Javier Velasquez as head of European industrial investments and Carl Esprey and Tim Medland as co-heads of European basic resources
