LPA, a capital market technology and advisory firm, has appointed Kristian Liiv as its new regional manager for Scandinavia. Liiv will lead client relationships in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark for LPA, and be responsible for the business development, strategy, and growth of the company’s activity in the region. He will be based in Stockholm, Sweden and will work to help LPA’s clients transform and digitalise their activity, maximise productivity and ensure regulatory compliance.    Kristian has over 20 years of international experience in the financial technology and banking sector, with major companies including FIS, Provenir, Klarna, SEB and Swedbank,

VG, one of Jersey’s largest independent providers of trust, corporate and fund solutions, has reshaped its senior funds team with Trevor Norman announcing his retirement from his role as director of VG, with effect from 30 April 2022, after 33 years with the company. Norman joined VG in 1988 and most recently headed up the company’s funds and Islamic finance team, as well as overseeing both client-facing and internal matters. During his tenure Norman has been involved in several innovative transactions, including the first Jersey domiciled Shariah-compliant fund in 1996 and an award winning Islamic financial leasing (Sukuk) transaction in

Risk modelling and solutions company RMS has appointed Michael Steel to the company’s top leadership position of General Manager. Steel succeeds Karen White, who has recently stepped down following the completion of the Moody’s acquisition. With more than 30 years of experience in the risk and capital management gained in the insurance industry, Steel most recently served as Global Head of Business Development at RMS and has been at the company since 2016. Steel will work directly with Steve Tulenko, President of Moody’s Analytics, along with the Moody’s and RMS senior management teams to ensure RMS continues its mission and

AXA IM Alts, a specialist in alternative investments with c €183 billion ($202 billion) of assets under management, has appointed Stephan Ackermann to the newly created role of head of client group, North America. This strategic appointment forms part of AXA IM Alts’ ongoing expansion of its international platform, allowing it to better serve its global client base and achieve its significant growth ambitions in the Americas region and in the US in particular.   Ackermann, who was most recently head of client capital group Asia Pacific & US at AXA IM Alts, has relocated to New York to lead

Christopher Venezia, a former partner of marketing and investor relations at Glenview Capital Management has been appointed as head of business development at long/short equity hedge fund manager Senvest Management, according to a report by AlphaWeek.

Trading technology expert George Tsimperopoulos has joined hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management as head of execution services, just three years after arriving at Goldman Sachs as as a managing director in 2019, according to his LinkedIn profile. Prior to joining Goldman, Tsimperopoulos, who describes himself as a specialist in low latency equities electronic trading technology, was co-chief technology officer at Capula Investment Management. 

AxeTrading, a fixed income trading software company, has appointed Greville Lucking as its new chief executive officer. Lucking, who has been with the firm since 2018 in the role of head of customer support & integration, is an experienced business leader within the fixed income technology sector, having been the chief operating officer of EMBonds until its acquisition by BGC Partners.  He has previously held senior roles at Formicary and prior to that was with WestLB.

Muddy Waters Capital (Muddy Waters), an activist investment firm, has appointed Marta Obando as head of investor relations and marketing.

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has appointed Olivier Laplénie as Head of Quantitative Portfolio Management. Based in Paris, he will report to Denis Panel, Head of Multi-Asset, Quantitative & Solutions (MAQS). BNPP AM is combining its two quantitative business lines under unified leadership in order to accelerate its growth in quantitative management and simplify its organisational structure. Alongside his current role Head of Quantitative Fixed Income, Laplénie has been appointed Head of Quantitative Portfolio Management, combining quantitative management across bonds and equities, with assets totalling more than €13 billion.

Derivatives marketplace CME Group has announced a new regional leadership structure to support its growing international business in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific. The new structure is designed to enhance the company’s ability to provide local expertise and globally relevant products and services that meet the diverse risk management needs of its clients around the world. Reporting to Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Commodities, Options and International Markets and a member of the CME Group Management Team, the following executives have been appointed to new roles: Michel Everaert, has been named Managing Director