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Alternative asset and corporate services provider Sanne, has appointed Sakuya Tajima as Head of Business Development ̶ Japan.Read the full strip at Institutional Asset Manager…
Data management and analytics solutions provider, Asset Control, has appointed a new director, Stef Nielen, to focus on the firm’s growing buy-side customer base.
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Options, a managed service and IT infrastructure provider to the global capital markets industry, has appointed former Finastra Head of UK Hedge Funds and Overall Buy-side for the Nordics, Nick Palmer, to its management team. Palmer joins Options as a Sales Director where he will be responsible for business development and sales across Managed Colocation, Managed Applications and Managed Platform products. He brings with him over a decade of experience in financial technology, having previously been involved with Bloomberg, Clearwater Analytics and Finastra, with specialist expertise in Enterprise Front to Back systems and digital transformation.
During his time at Finastra, Palmer
Appital, the Equity Capital Marketplace, has made two strategic appointments to its management team. Brian Guckian will join as Chief Business Development Officer and Philipp Eberle as Head of Strategy; both will support Appital’s mission to bring technological innovation and automation to equity capital markets. Appital aims to ‘unlock and uncover’ liquidity for investors, enabling buy-side firms to execute large volumes, often in excess of five days of Average Day Volume (ADV), with minimal market impact or risk of price erosion.
Guckian is an experienced Head of Equities with over 25 years experience working in the financial services industry. He was
INTL FCStone Financial, the fixed income division of INTL FCStone Inc, which is rebranding to StoneX Group Inc effective 6 July, has appointed George Brickfield as Managing Director, Distressed Debt and Loan Sales. Brickfield will strengthen the Company’s distressed debt trading capabilities and report to Anthony Diciollo, Co-Head of the Fixed Income Division.
Anthony Diciollo, Co-Head of the Fixed Income Division at INTL FCStone Financial, says: “George’s knowledge and experience in distressed debt and loan markets complement and build upon our existing strengths. He will be a valuable asset to our team as we continue to expand our distressed debt capability.”
Brickfield brings over
Iris Weidinger, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the Management Board of European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) for personal reasons. Weidinger has resigned from all positions at EEX Group effective 30 June 2020.
Weidinger has been with EEX since the foundation of the company. In 2000 she started at the predecessor exchange LPX. In 2008, she was appointed to the Management Board of EEX. As Chief Financial Officer, she was responsible for finance and personnel of the EEX Group. During this time, she also took over board mandates for the clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC) and the European spot exchange
Alvarium, an independent investment firm and global multi-family office, has lunched Alvarium Securities (ASL), which will provide customised, client centric advisory, distribution and research services for corporate clients. This move contributes to Alvarium’s expansion across service lines and geographies, following 24 months of organic growth and acquisitive activity.
Based at Alvarium’s London office, ASL will be headed up by ex-Peel Hunt broker Mark Thompson alongside Eddie Nissen, who joins from JP Morgan. It will give institutional and family office investors an opportunity to meet, analyse, trade and participate in the growth of some of the leading Investment Trusts and REITs.
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has established a new regional committee focusing on the SBAI’s work in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA Region). Elena Manola-Bonthond, CIO of CERN Pension Fund, has been appointed Chairman and Doc Horn, Head of Total Return Equities, Pictet Asset Management, Deputy Chairman of the Committee.
Manola-Bonthond says: “I am honoured to chair the SBAI’s EMEA Committee to help further the important work and growing adoption of the Alternative Investment Standards in this region. As a global investor, having agreed standards facilitates our due diligence and raises the quality of manager practices
London-based research analysis provider Substantive Research has appointed Drew Hermann as Head of Sales, Americas, part of the firm’s expansion plan to build out its North American operations. In his role, Hermann will work closely with asset managers to source quality, differentiated research while also optimising their investment research budget.
Hermann brings over a decade of investment research market experience across the United States, Canada, and LATAM along with a background in strategic management, product development, and enterprise sales.
Mike Carrodus, CEO and Founder of Substantive Research, says: “Drew comes to us after an incredibly successful few years as Managing Director,
Alpha Blue Ocean Advisors (Alpha Blue Ocean), an alternative investment firm specialising in providing innovative financial solutions for publicly listed entities, has appointed a new Chief of Staff, Marianne Tremblay.Tremblay joins Alpha Blue Ocean after a distinguished career at National Bank Financial, WealthBar Financial Services and Deltec Bank & Trust. She has extensive experience working with emerging companies in disruptive and innovative industries, such as biotech/life sciences, virtual reality, Blockchain, quantum computing and artificial intelligence. She was educated at John Molson School of Business (Bachelor of Commerce).
Pierre Vannineuse, the founder of Alpha Blue Ocean, says: “Marianne’s market expertise,
