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Alter Domus, a provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry, has appointed Vincent Georgel O’Reilly as Head of Financial Institutions Strategic Partnerships.
Based in Luxembourg, Georgel O’Reilly will report to Alter Domus’ Chief Executive Officer, Doug Hart, and will become a member of Alter Domus’ Group Executive Board.
Georgel O’Reilly joins Alter Domus from State Street where he led the alternatives segment for EMEA and was a member of their Executive Operating Group and EMEA Management Committee. He is an experienced global business leader with an advanced experience set in mergers and acquisitions, new revenue generation, and executive
Joshua Crabb will become Head of Asia-Pacific Equities at Robeco, taking over responsibilities from Arnout van Rijn as of 1 July 2022.
Van Rijn has decided to relocate back to the Netherlands after 14 years in Hong Kong, and will strengthen Robeco’s Sustainable Multi Asset team as of 1 September 2022.
Crabb, who moved to Hong Kong in 2001 has worked closely with van Rijn over the past three years when he joined Robeco. He will succeed him as fund manager of Robeco Asia Pacific Equities and will be joined by Harfun Ven. Ven has been with Robeco since
Cowen Inc has launched a digital asset division, Cowen Digital offering full-service trade execution and custody solutions on a platform that provides institutional clients with secure and compliant access to the digital asset ecosystem.
Custody solutions are provided through Cowen’s strategic partnership with Polysign’s Standard Custody & Trust.
Over the last 15 months Cowen has been focused on building the infrastructure and systems necessary to launch Cowen Digital. The new division brings proven expertise in traditional finance to support and assist institutional clients as they plan and execute their digital asset investment strategies, underpinned by Cowen’s integrated institutional-grade infrastructure.
BestEx Research Group, a provider of high-performance algorithmic execution and measurement solutions for equities, futures, and foreign exchange trading, has appointed Andrew Westhead as Managing Director of Research.
Westhead has more than 15 years of experience in the research, development, and deployment of execution algorithms with a particular focus in equities, futures, and FX. Prior to joining BestEx Research, he was the Director of Smart Execution at Graham Capital Management, a systematically focused hedge fund.
Earlier in his career he spent more than 10 years in the Quantitative Strategies Group at Bank of America, leading the research and development of
More than 500 hedge funds have been set up in London since 2019, according to a report by City AM.
Data released by SigTech reveals that the the UK is second only to the US which has 67 per cent of the global share of hedge funds. New York alone is now home to almost 7,000.
Regulation remains in sharp focus. Digital participants from across the financial markets spectrum are keen to dive in headfirst while others, partly due to a perceived supervisory gap, remain on the sidelines.
VG, one of Jersey’s largest independent providers of trust, corporate and fund administration solutions, has strengthened its corporate team with the appointments of Gabriela Jakubczyk, Matthew Hibbs and Zach O’Shea.
The new hires build on a host of other appointments so far this year as VG continues to develop its corporate and capital markets offering.
Jakubczyk joins VG as Associate Director in the corporate team where she will work alongside Steve Langan, Director of Corporate and Capital Markets, to build and develop the team and VG’s offering. She joins from Aztec Group, a fund and corporate services provider to the
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today announced it has appointed Jesse Cole as global head of its Private Markets segment.
In this role, Cole will be responsible for defining and executing State Street’s global strategy for Private Markets and will work closely with his peers in global sales and the product organisation to manage and grow private markets business across all client segments.
Cole is based out of Chicago, IL and will report to Paul Fleming, global head of State Street’s Global Alternatives Segment.
Harrington Cooper, a USD6 billion cross-border fund distribution specialist, has expanded its European footprint with the addition of sales professional Teresa Del Alcazar.
With 15 years of experience in the asset management industry, Del Alcazar joins as head of sales for France, Switzerland and Benelux and is tasked with expanding Harrington Cooper’s reach across these key client areas.
Joining from Alken Asset Management, Del Alcazar has buy-side research and sales roles experience within asset management. She worked as a hedge fund analyst and junior portfolio manager at Caledon Asset Management, before moving onto selecting long only strategies at EFG Asset
Fund manager Pierre Andurand has suggested that European governments should impose a 100 per cent tax on Russian oil rather than banning its import completely, according to to a report by Bloomberg Quint.
Andurand’s idea, which he shared via Twitter, is that countries unable to source alternative supplies could buy Russian oil at a discount of 50 per cent to compensate for the additional tax, which would hurt Russian oil revenues while ensuring European supplies.
Andurand’s commodity fund made 109 per cent in the first three months of the year.
