GLMX Technologies (GLMX), a technology solution for trading money market instruments including repurchase agreements (repo) and securities lending, has appointed two senior executives – Gareth O’Loughlin as VP of Engineering and Joseph Russo as Director of Money Market Sales. Based in New York, they will support GLMX in its next phase of growth and play an important role in the firm’s development of a fully integrated digital ecosystem for trading front-end products. O’Loughlin joins from Gagosian, the largest commercial gallery in the art world, where he was the Chief Technology Officer with global responsibility for all technology. He will focus

Daemon, a USD4 billion alternative investment management firm founded in Brazil, has expanded its US alternative investments arm. The expansion of the business will enable the firm to further build upon its decades-long track record of investing across export finance, quantitative and ESG strategies globally. In conjunction with the US expansion, Daemon has bolstered its leadership team with the addition of two managing partners: Paul J Huchro, an experienced credit trader and former Partner and Head of Credit Flow Trading at Goldman Sachs, and Erik Buischi, formerly Head of Volatility at Stone Ridge Asset Management.    Based in Miami, Huchro

Cboe Global Markets, a provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, has appointed Stephen Berte as President of its BIDS Trading unit, effective 4 April, 2022. Berte has nearly twenty years of experience in equity trading and is joining BIDS from Tourmaline Partners, where he was a Managing Director and founded and led its Boston office.  Berte started his career in equity trading with Standard Life Investments in Boston where he was Head of Equity Trading for the Americas and Asia Pacific, before becoming Global Head of Equity Trading, based in Edinburgh. He then went on to become Head

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has appointed Nadia Grant as Head of Global Equities. Based in London, Grant will report to Guy Davies, CIO, Fundamental Active Equities. In her new role, Grant will be responsible for BNPP AM’s Global Equity team based in London and Paris. Her career spans 22 years and she joins from Capital Group, where she was a portfolio manager within the Capital Solutions Group responsible for global multi-asset solutions. She was previously Columbia Threadneedle’s EMEA-based Head of US Equities, prior to which she held various portfolio management roles at JP Morgan Asset Management. She began

State Street Digital, State Street Corporation’s dedicated digital division, has added three veteran digital executives to its leadership team. Katie Richards joins as global head of operations and Marcus Grubb as global head of product. Both report to Nadine Chakar, head of State Street Digital. Additionally, State Street announced that Derren Selvarajah has joined as Product PMO lead for the Product Strategy team. Selvarajah reports to Grubb. Richards, based in Zurich, will be responsible for driving the execution of State Street Digital’s strategy and developing sustainable and scalable operational solutions.  Selvarajah, based in London, is joining as the Product PMO

Cryptocurrency hedge fund Tyr Capital has appointed Olivier Trombert as CEO. The residing CEO, Nick Norris, will take over the operational side of the business as Chief Operating Officer (COO), following the launch of Tyr Capital’s new venture fund last month. Trombert brings with him over 25 years of experience in the financial industry, having started his career at Société Générale where he progressed from junior trader to head the energy options trading desk.   In 2007, Trombert joined Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) to develop the energy trading in EMEA and US regions. Over a three-year period, he developed SCB’s

GAM has appointed David Dowsett as Global Head of Investments effective 4 April 2022. Dowsett will be responsible for leading all GAM’s investment teams and will report to GAM CEO Peter Sanderson. Dowsett will use his investment expertise to act as a counsel and coordinator, enabling the firm’s investment teams to build on recent strong investment performance by facilitating an open and transparent investment culture. How experience of building an asset management business will enable him to provide input from an investment perspective to help deliver the best outcomes for our clients and deliver asset growth. Juan Landazabal who is

Baton Systems (Baton), a global fintech applying distributed ledger technology to post-trade processing, has appointed Ronn Baker as Senior Director of North American Sales. Baker previously served at Wells Fargo, where he was most recently Director of Innovation & Digital Strategy, spearheading the implementation of DLT, cryptocurrencies and digital assets for the FX trading and Capital Markets division. Having been at Wells Fargo for nearly 15 years, Baker brings vast experience, with his tenure at the company spanning FX technology, eCommerce sales and institutional sales for cross-border payment solutions and services.   Reporting to Baton’s Global Head of Sales, Alex

PineBridge Investments (PineBridge), a private, global asset manager focused on active, high-conviction investing, has hired Kirk Sweeney as Chief Executive Officer for Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, Sweeney will be responsible for PineBridge’s Asia Pacific business and will join the firm’s Management Committee. He will report directly to PineBridge’s CEO, Greg Ehret, who is based in New York. Sweeney has lived in Asia for more than three decades, holding various leadership positions across the region at some of the world’s most prestigious investment managers.   PineBridge has a strong heritage in Asia with an on-the-ground presence and investment history

Fasanara Capital has made two significant additions to thitse team to strengthen deal origination and support the launch of its new Fintech-focused Venture Capital Fund. The first addition is Raj Dutta, who has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer.  Dutta joins Fasanara having spent the majority of the last twenty years in various head of marketing and investor relations roles at institutional hedge funds and fund of hedge funds. These include Lombard Odier, Oxford Asset Management, at its peak a USD5 billion quantitative hedge fund, and UBP, at the time the second largest allocator to hedge funds globally, with USDF55