Thomas Eggar has expanded its private client team with the appointment of tax adviser Andrew Watters. Watters (pictured), who joined as a director based in its London office, will focus on growing the firm’s specialist contentious tax services including pre-emptive

Union Bancaire Privée has made three hires within its asset management division, as part of the expansion of its sales activities in Europe and Asia.   UBP believes that there is significant potential in European markets and has appointed a new

Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen has named Greg Kramer as a member of the firm, effective 1 January. “Greg is a talented attorney who has achieved notable results for our firm and clients,” says Andy Chonoles, Kleinberg Kaplan’s managing partner.

Managed Funds Association today announced that after ten years of service as the Managed Future Association’s (MFA) General Counsel, Stuart Kaswell is to step down later this summer. Working with MFA Members and staff, Kaswell has helped shape the US

Todd Groome, former chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has joined the Highwater Group. Groome (pictured) has 28 years of experience in international financial markets, working in both public and private sectors and across geographies. Prior to his

MUFG Investor Services (MUFG), the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Oliver Scully as Head of EMEA Sales and David Sarfas as Global Head of Private Equity. They will be based in London and report

The Securities Information Processors’ (SIPs) Operating Committee has added three new members to its Advisory Committee. The new members are Chris Nielsen, Managing Director, Charles Schwab & Co, W Todd Watkins, Director, E*TRADE Financial Corporation, and Matt Billings, Managing Director, TD

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is to open a new office in Dublin, Ireland, to continue providing an authorised regulatory reporting service for clients in the EU27 and the UK post-Brexit. DTCC offers a Global Trade Repository (GTR)

LiquidX has opened new offices in London and Singapore and established a New York-based desk exclusively focused on Latin American transactions. “Clients around the world are recognising the power of doing business on the LiquidX marketplace,” says Glenn Kocher (pictured),

Pillar Capital Holdings Limited (Pillar), a Bermuda-based insurance asset manager focused on collateralised reinsurance and catastrophe insurance-linked securities, has appointed Jeff Franklin as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), effective immediately. Franklin joined Pillar as SVP & Portfolio Manager in 2013. He