Broctagon Fintech Group, a multi-asset liquidity and brokerage technology provider, has appointed Michael Lee as Head of FX Sales to support its move towards establishing a greater presence in the APAC region. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…

Cowen has expanded its Fixed Income Outsourced Trading team with two senior hires, Vincent Governara and Chris Taliercio. Both traders bring over 15 years’ experience in the credit space at buy-side and sell-side institutions.   The newly created roles have resulted from increased demand for Fixed Income as an outsourced trading asset class, a service which Cowen Outsourced Trading launched earlier this year, providing an institutional caliber desk with access to a breadth of competitively priced liquidity and high-quality execution and reporting. In addition, Cowen’s robust technology solution provides a highly scalable global platform for its Fixed Income clients.  Governera

United Fintech has announced its Advisory Board, with the appointment of six world-class experts who will play a key role in the global expansion of the fast-growth firm launched by Christian Frahm to help banks, hedge funds and asset managers to accelerate their transition to a digital world through access to fintechs specialising in capital markets. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…

Barnes & Thornburg has added eight prominent lawyers, consultants and staff in Delaware, including partners Thomas McGonigle, Shawn Tucker and Michael Maimone.  Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…  

Jonathan Marcus has joined Reed Smith’s Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group (ENR) as a partner in the Washington office.  His multifaceted practice includes advising clients on commodity, derivatives and digital asset regulation, litigating private suits involving the derivatives and energy markets in federal district and appellate courts, and handling government enforcement matters before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.  “Jonathan has deep experience in areas critical to our clients at the intersection of energy, commodities and financial services,” says ENR chair, Prajakt Samant. “Having argued and won at the

Fund oversight and governance provider INDOS Financial, now part of JTC Group, has appointed Clay Dupuy to lead its expanding outsourced Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer team.  Dupuy will operate from INDOS’s Ireland offices in Enniscorthy (Co. Wexford) and will be responsible for the teams which provide AML Officers to funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands, Ireland, and Luxembourg. A graduate of the University of Florida, and of the Business Schools of the Universities of Dublin and Manchester, Dupuy was an AML specialist at BNY Mellon Fund Services (Ireland) until June 2019. He joins INDOS Financial from consultants KB Associates where

The companies admitted to trading at the European Energy Exchange (EEX) have elected a new Exchange Council.  Amongst other things, the Exchange Council appoints and supervises the Management Board of the Exchange, approves the rules and regulations of the exchange as well as changes thereto and is involved in all essential decisions concerning the further development of the exchange. The Exchange Council of EEX consists of 24 members. The Exchange Participants voted in four different election groups in order to adequately represent their different interests in the Exchange Council. The election was carried out via postal vote and resulted in

Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools and insights, has appointed Kumsal Bayazit — CEO of world leading science and health information and analytics provider Elsevier — to the company’s Board of Directors.  Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…