Professor Álvaro Cartea has been appointed as the new Director of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (OMI), an academic research institute at the University of Oxford that specialises in machine learning and data analytics within quantitative finance. Professor Cartea

South Street Securities LLC (SSS) has appointed Andrew Leone as Managing Director in its Equity Finance Team. “We are in our next phase of growing our Equity and technology offering and I see Andrew’s experience and knowledge as the perfect

European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group (AlbaCore) has made three senior hires to reinforce its Operations, Business Development and Investor Relations teams. As part of the growth of the AlbaCore platform, investing across the European credit spectrum with USD8.5bn AUM,

Kneip, a specialist in fund data management, has appointed Cyril Molitor as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).  Molitor brings 20 years’ industry experience, having occupied several senior positions at leading financial services institutions, including HSBC, Credit Suisse and AXA.

Alderwood Capital (Alderwood), a London-based fund manager, has appointed Cathy Jones as a Partner and a member of its Investment Committee. A senior human capital executive, Jones focuses on all aspects of high value performance management in the asset management

PGIM has appointed Linda Gibson as CEO of its USD119 billion quantitative equity and multi-asset solutions specialist, QMA.  Gibson has been with QMA since July 2019 as chief business officer and will step into the CEO role on 15 October.

Canoe Intelligence (Canoe), a financial technology company focused on data management processes for alternative investors, wealth managers, asset servicers, and capital allocators, has appointed Vishal Saxena as its new Chief Technology Officer. Saxena brings over 20 years of academic and

AlgoTrader, a global institutional specialist in trading infrastructure for digital and traditional assets, has appointed global financial investment expert Martin Wiedmann to its board. Wiedmann has 30 years of international investment banking experience with major global financial institutions in Frankfurt,

Monroe Capital has expanded its platform to Asia with the appointment of Alex Kim, as Managing Director and Head of Asia. The newly opened office in Seoul, South Korea reflects Monroe’s commitment to expanding its business in Asia.

Drawbridge, a premier provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the investment industry, has added three industry veterans to bolster its business development, strategy and operations teams.  Drawbridge continues to invest in premier talent to drive exceptional customer service, meet