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THETA, a specialist provider of buy-side trading technology as a service, has appointed Neena Dholani as Head of Business Development and a Board Member.Dholani has 25 years of experience in Capital Markets, specialising in fixed income e-commerce and technology sales to the buy-side. She has an in-depth knowledge of applying technology solutions for multi-asset trading across the full order-execution life cycle, including front to back workflows and regulatory frameworks.
Dholani joins THETA from FIX Trading Community, where she was Global Marketing and Membership Director. Previous roles include Head of e-Commerce Sales at Commerzbank and Societe Generale, and senior fixed income
Cappitech, a provider of regulatory reporting, best execution analysis and business intelligence solutions for the financial services industry, has appointed Fabrice Bensimon as Sales Manager for Switzerland, France, Luxembourg and Belgium.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Greg Knapp has rejoined fund administrator Opus Fund Services as VP, Business Development. Based in Austin, Texas, Knapp has extensive experience in the fund administration space and has built very strong relationships in the fund services industry. He was previously with Opus from 2009-2015 and, after living in San Francisco for over 20 years, has recently relocated to Austin.
“We are very excited to welcome Greg back to Opus. As Opus continues to grow quickly, Greg is a natural fit as we seek to accelerate our organic growth and further the firm’s presence”, says Jorge Hendrickson, Chief Revenue Officer at Opus.
MackeyRMS, a provider of SaaS-based research management software built to give fundamental investment teams an easier way to create and share investment research in real time, has appointed Sheryl Hawk as VP, Customer Success.In this role, Hawk will lead the firm’s customer success team and oversee the expansion of its data-driven, client-centric initiatives to maximise the value the firm’s cloud-based research management platform delivers to fundamental investment teams seeking to maintain a complete and real-time view of their firm’s investment research. She will report to the CEO.
Hawk brings to Mackey nearly 25 years of experience working with SaaS
Sanne, a leading global provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has promoted Rubina Toorawa from Chief Operating Officer, Mauritius to the role of Country Head, Mauritius.
In her role, Toorawa will have oversight of the Mauritius operations, including the group’s business outsourcing leadership teams and business development function. Rubina will be taking over from Peter Nagle as he transitions to a newly created role as Managing Director, Global Head of Client Growth.
Toorawa says: “I am humbled by the opportunity to lead such a dynamic, focused and energised team. We have a strong business proposition and I
Nickel Digital Asset Management has appointed Fiona King, as Managing Director, Institutional Sales, and James Drace-Francis, as Senior Advisor.
King and Drace-Francis, working full-time from Nickel’s London office, will be responsible for the development of the firm’s franchise and distribution of investment strategies to institutional asset allocators worldwide.
King and Drace-Francis bring a total of almost 50 years’ of financial services experience. King held senior positions at Lumyna Investments and Bank of America marketing their UCITS platform and prior to this was Head of Global Sales for UCITS at Rothschild Asset Management. Before this she was at Thames River Capital
Pictet Asset Management, the investment management arm of the Geneva-headquartered wealth management giant Pictet Group, is opening a Shanghai office under China’s wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) rules, allowing it to further capitalise on growing investor demand there.
Pictet AM has registered its Shanghai WFOE with the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC), enabling the firm to raise funds from domestic mainland investors to invest in its offshore strategies under the Qualified Domestic Limited Partners (QDLP) programme.
The move – which follows WFOE launches by several high-profile hedge fund firms in recent years – builds on Pictet AM’s existing China strategy.
Angel Oak Capital Advisors (Angel Oak), an investment management firm specialising in value-driven structured credit, has appointed Abhi Kane as managing director and alternative investment strategist. Kane’s primary focus will be supporting Angel Oak’s portfolio managers and expanding the firm’s alternative investment strategies, both public and private, to a broader range of investors.
Working from the New York City office, Kane will service family offices, wealth management platforms and other institutional investors to ensure they have the optimal solutions for their alternative investment needs. As a specialist in alternative investments, Kane brings a wealth of experience and knowledge critical to helping
Takekai International, a professional asset management firm that offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span across all main segments of the global capital markets, has appointed Pavel Hajek Managing Director for the newly enhanced Alternative Investments department. Takekai International, a company dedicated to outperforming its competitors through client satisfaction and innovative market approach, has recently enhanced the Alternative Investment team, adding personnel and widening the departments hierarchic structure, creating a top-to-bottom division of experts in the field of alternative investments such as private equity, hedge funds, commodities and tangible assets, among others.
The alternative Investment Division currently overarches a 23 staff-member
AccessFintech, a fintech company aiming to evolve the financial operating model through data and workflow collaboration, has appointed Boaz Zilberman as Executive Vice President for Business Development.Zilberman brings 20 years of broad experience in financial services, predominantly at IHS Markit, where he managed legal, business development, alliance partnerships, M&A, strategic initiatives and new ventures across IHS Markit’s information, software and processing divisions. Zilberman joined IHS Markit during its early stages and worked closely with the company’s founders and senior executives over 12 years, successfully delivering an explosion of new services and phenomenal growth in revenues from USD4 million to USD4
