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Cassini Systems, a provider of pre- and post-trade margin analytics for derivatives market participants, has established a new office in Sydney, the firm’s first physical presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.
CloudMargin, creator of a collateral and margin management solution native to the cloud, has appointed David G White to the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer. White has 14 years of capital markets experience in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets and supporting technology.
Based in London and reporting to CloudMargin CEO Stuart Connolly, White is responsible for establishing and meeting targeted revenue objectives; overseeing the sales and marketing teams and ensuring cohesive strategies for those areas; enhancing the sales management processes, and working with partner firms to create a seamless platform for increased sales cohesion.
Connolly says: “I had
Danny Tan has been appointed as the head of investment funds for the Asia-Pacific region by law firm Ashurst International.
Sucden Financial, a global multi-asset execution, clearing and liquidity provider, has appointed Thomas Hodge to build and run its new average pricing function within its LME business.As Head of LME Average Price Trading, Hodge will complement and extend Sucden Financial’s existing ability to facilitate LME hedging requests, providing a dedicated averaging service to allow an exact match between client risk and the LME’s daily date structure. In addition, Hodge will be developing quantitative analytics and models for use within the firm’s LME trading business.
Prior to joining Sucden Financial, Hodge was Co-Chief Investment Officer at Commodities World Capital (CWC), where
Sukanya Lal has been appointed as a Business Director in IQ-EQ’s Singapore team where she will focus on business development for India-focused private equity, hedge funds and family offices.Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…
Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity software and services firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, has appointed Simon Eyre as Managing Director overseeing the European market.Eyre will lead Drawbridge’s engineering, product and customer engagement teams across Europe.
With deep expertise in the financial services sector, Eyre brings more than 20 years of IT governance, technology architecture, cybersecurity and corporate strategy experience to Drawbridge. He most recently served as Director of Information Security at Edge Technology Group and was responsible for cybersecurity for both Edge and its clients. Eyre holds the CISSP certification. Earlier in his career,
Kleinberg Kaplan’s private funds associate Rita Fitch has been named to the junior advisory board for WOMEN IN FUNDS, a social community for female leaders in the private investment funds industry and select leaders at law firms, allocators and industry consultants.“Kleinberg Kaplan shares WOMEN IN FUNDS’ mission of building up female talent in the funds industry. We share in Rita’s excitement for this new leadership role and support her as she takes this meaningful step in her career,” says Jason Grunfeld, partner and head of business development for Kleinberg Kaplan. “At Kleinberg Kaplan, we understand the value of a diverse
RWC Partners has appointed Nick Clay to lead a new Global Equity Income investment team. RWC has also recruited Andrew MacKirdy, Robert Canepa-Anson and Colin Rutter from Newton as additional members of the team.
Tradeweb Markets, a global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, has added Steven Berns to the company’s Board of Directors, effective 3 April, 2020. An independent director, Berns will also chair the audit committee of the board.
Berns most recently served as Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Shutterstock.
Martin Brand, Chairman of the Board, says: “We are pleased to have Steven joining Tradeweb’s Board of Directors. His deep financial expertise, in addition to his wide-ranging governance and operations experience in digital brands, makes him a valuable addition to the board. He also knows
UMB Fund Services (UMB) has hired Mike Huisman as senior vice president, director of transfer agency.
