A former Goldman Sachs hedge fund specialist has joined UBS Global Wealth Management, according to a report by finews.asia. Theresa Wong, who was formerly a hedge fund specialist for Greater China coverage at Goldman Sachs, will report to UBS Wealth Management’s head of hedge funds and investment specialists Gunther Jost. Wong pent nine years at Goldman Sachs in various hedge fund related roles, the most recent of which was in the alternative investments and manager selection group (AIMS) providing advisory services for private wealth, institutional and third-party distribution clients in Asia Pacific.

Tradeweb Markets Inc, a global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, has appointed markets veteran Thomas Pluta as its next president.

Options Technology, a Capital Markets services provider, has promoted Micah Kroeze to chief product officer. Kroeze joined Options as VP, Product Management in 2018 with extensive industry experience from NYSE Technologies and Vela Trading Systems, where he oversaw the growth of the firm’s market data and hosted services product lines. He was subsequently appointed senior vice president of Product Management for Managed Colocation in 2021, with key responsibilities for Options’ managed trading infrastructure and connectivity services, and the overall delivery of the firm’s strategic roadmap. Kroeze has been integral in many of Options’ recent acquisitions and successes, particularly in the

Acadian Asset Management is to introduce a systematic credit capability to serve growing client demand and has hired Scott Richardson as director, systematic credit to lead this effort. Richardson will build out and lead a team of portfolio managers, researchers, traders, and support personnel focused on this new initiative, with plans to seed the first strategies in 2023. This work will initially focus on corporate credit-based strategies including high yield corporate, investment grade corporate, and credit long-short.   Richardson has over 15 years of experience in leading both systematic equity and credit investing at BGI/BlackRock and AQR. He has over

Maven 11, an Amsterdam-founded blockchain and crypto asset investment firm, has appointed Derk Aalbers as director finance and operations.

Algebris Investments, a global asset manager specialising in financial credit and equity, has appointed Samuel Sibony as co-portfolio manager, managing $620 million in the Global Credit Opportunities strategies. James Friedman will continue to lead the team as lead portfolio manager.  The Global Credit Opportunities strategies are managed on the basis of a team approach with Sibony working alongside the members of the existing Global Credit Opportunities portfolio management team – Gabriele Foà (co-portfolio manager), Simone Mallardi (co-portfolio manager) and Lennart Lengeling (investment analyst). Sibony joins from DC Advisory, where he was a senior member of the London-based restructuring team, covering

Pryor Cashman has appointed Robert M Friedman and Richard C Leska as partners in the firm’s Corporate Group. Friedman was formerly a partner at Moses & Singer, while Leska was formerly a partner at Meister Seelig & Fein.   Friedman has extensive experience representing clients in the formation of private investment funds in venture capital, growth, buyout, mezzanine, infrastructure, secondary investment, special opportunities, real estate, hedge, debt, and art asset classes in the United States, Europe, India, Israel, and Japan. He also advises management of private investment funds in structuring general partners and management companies, and in the full range

Dinosaur Group Holdings (Dinosaur) has appointed Luis Rangel, a financial and commodities market executive, as managing director, commodities. In this newly created position, Rangel will focus on physical commodity and derivative markets, supporting clients in merchant banking, trading, risk management and advisory services. Rangel has 20 years of experience working for banks and brokerage firms where he serviced a multitude of global food companies, international merchants, processors and hedge funds. In addition, he spent 11 years in director level roles at Nestle and Diageo, leading their global grain and commodity purchasing as well as their price risk management strategies. Rangel

TS Imagine, a global specialist in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, has hired 100 new staff globally in the first half of 2022 on the back of strong growth a year after Trading Screen and Imagine Software merged to become TS Imagine. The new hires include several senior hires with decades of experience in capital markets and technology including: Puiter Kogan, global head of infrastructure; Marina Melnick, Chief Business Development Officer-Eastern Europe; Thomas Benevento, Product Management Risk/Margin; and Per Loven, Global Head of Marketing and Alliances.

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 Akbar Sheriff as global chief operating officer and partner. Sheriff has 20 years of experience across financial services, technology and strategy consulting, with a focus on growing client-centric, tech-enabled businesses. Akbar joins from State Street (NYSE:STT), a globally systemically important institution (GSIFI) with ~$12 billion revenue, where he held multiple global and regional leadership roles, including leading the company’s highest earning core product suite as Global Head of Custody and Digital Client Experience, and heading State Street’s substantial