Cole-Frieman & Mallon (CFM), an investment management law firm, has appointed Garret Filler as a partner. Filler comes to CFM after most recently serving as President of Allometrics, a startup at the intersection of gaming and finance.

Coremont, an FCA-regulated financial services firm that provides complete front-to-back portfolio management support for hedge funds and institutional asset managers, has appointed Yu Xu as deputy head of product. Yu joins with a particular focus on infusing a product-led culture

Cowen Digital, the digital asset division of Cowen Inc, has made a series of new appointments drawn from leading digital asset businesses to expand the firm’s Institutional sales team.

Sam Trabucco, the co-CEO of Alameda Research, a crypto hedge fund set-up by Sam Bankman-Fried in 2017 before he went on to found crypto exchange FTX, is stepping down after just a year in the role, according to a report

Floating Point Group (FPG), a cryptocurrency prime brokerage with an institutional trading desk and settlement platform, has appointed Peter Eliades, former JP Morgan and Wells Fargo banking executive as head of distribution. Eliades joins a predominately technical and crypto-native leadership

Eventus, a global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, has appointed Robbie McDonnell as sales director, Australia & New Zealand. McDonnell is a nearly 30-year veteran of financial markets technology, serving in a variety of senior

Ryan Israel has been appointed as the new chief investment officer at Pershing Square Holdings, the hedge fund run by billionaire investor Bill Ackman, according to a report by Reuters. Israel has been with the firm for 13 years having joined

Genesis Global Trading is laying off 20% of its 260-strong workforce weeks after it emerged that the cryptocurrency lender and brokerage firm has a claim of $1.2 billion against now-bankrupt hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC). Recent court filings revealed

OpenFin, the operating system of finance, has appointed Vicky Sanders as Chief Digital Officer. Sanders, an entrepreneur and experienced industry operative, will drive digital transformation across the company’s ecosystem of buy-side and sell-side institutions, along with the global vendor community. The

Genesis, a full-service digital currency prime brokerage, has made a series of leadership changes to position the company for its next phase of growth with  CEO Michael Moro stepping down with immediate effect. He will continue to advise the company