People
Charles River Development has appointed Spiros Giannaros as president of Charles River Development (CRD) with responsibility for day-to-day operations of the company including product, development, sales and services for the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS).
Giannaros will report to John Plansky *pictured), who remains chief executive officer of Charles River and leader of State Street Global Exchange and State Street Alpha, the Company’s front-to-back investment servicing platform for global investment managers, hedge funds, asset owners and insurers. Charles River IMS provides many of the front- and middle-office capabilities of State Street Alpha.
“I’m very pleased that Spiros
Global investor services group, IQ-EQ, has appointed Colin Targett as Managing Director of its Bermuda and Cayman Islands operations.
This strategic new hire follows other senior appointments announced in recent months evidencing the Group’s drive to build its Funds, Private Wealth and Corporate servicing operations in the region.
Targett brings to IQ-EQ more than two decades of senior experience in the fund services space. A qualified chartered accountant by academic training, his career originally began in Bermuda where he spent 10 years working with a number of blue chip organisations, driving forward business growth and leading on all technical aspects of
Liontrust has recruited Gonzalo Thomé to expand the company’s distribution in Spain, Portugal and Andorra.
Thomé joins Liontrust in response to growing demand for the company’s Dublin UCITs range from Iberia and to provide greater local support to fund buyers. The range includes equity, fixed income and sustainable funds.
Prior to joining Liontrust on 2 December, Gonzalo was deputy sales director and senior fund analyst at Banco Inversis in Madrid. Before that he was a fund of funds manager at Banco Sabadell.
James Beddall, Head of International Sales at Liontrust, says:“Gonzalo is a key addition to our distribution team. As
Accelerate Financial Technologies (Accelerate), a provider of institutional-caliber hedge fund and private equity ETFs for investors seeking long-term performance, has appointed Fred H Mannix, CIM, as Vice President, Investment Management.
“We’re pleased to have Fred join team Accelerate as an officer and shareholder,” says Julian Klymochko, CEO of Accelerate. “Fred will be substantially accretive to the Company by bringing his vast network, unique insights and notable experience running bottom-up, value-based long/short equity strategies on a proprietary basis.”
Mannix’s priority will be to drive Accelerate’s Standard Wealth division, which will offer unique traditional and alternative investment solutions for Canadian, US and
Fund finance lawyer Aimee Sharman has joined Mayer Brown as a partner in the firm’s Banking & Finance practice in London. Sharman was previously at Hogan Lovells.
“Aimee is a talented, established lawyer in the fund finance market, and we are delighted to welcome her to the team,” says Dominic Griffiths, London partner and co-head of Mayer Brown’s global Banking & Finance practice. “The continued expansion of our fund finance capabilities is a key priority for the firm given our strategic focus on the global finance market and financial institutions. We are investing for growth in the main markets in
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has appointed Virginia Rothwell as its first Chief People Officer.
Rothwell will drive the Group’s people agenda, while leading multi-jurisdictional HR, employee engagement and training teams. The appointment is effective immediately.
Rothwell joins the Aztec Group from real estate firm JLL where she held the position of UK HR Director since 2014. In this role, she sat on the JLL UK Board and led the firm’s people strategy.
Rothwell has enjoyed an international career in sectors such as technology, professional services and retail banking, where she has developed people agendas for
Vistra, a global corporate service, trust and fund administration provider, has made three senior appointments to its global compliance team – Stephen Costello as Regional Compliance Director, Americas & Caribbean, Salima Fajal as Regional Compliance Director, Europe, and Nico Van Bockstal as Regional Compliance Director, India, Middle East and Africa – effective immediately.
Reporting to Vistra’s Chief Compliance Officer Tanya Scott-Tomlin, they will be responsible for the strategic direction and implementation of Vistra’s internal compliance strategy in the respective regions. In addition, Nico Van Bockstal also heads Vistra Middle East’s Governance, Risk, Compliance and Finance consultancy team which supports Middle
ROW Asset Management, a quantitative global macro investment firm founded in 2010, has hired Andy Schneider as Managing Director, Global Head of Business Development, effective immediately.
Schneider brings more than 18 years of investment management business development experience with over 10 years working within the systematic trading space. He will report to ROW’s Newport Beach, CA and New York City offices.
Previously, Schneider was Director of Business Development, North America for ISAM, a London-based systematic investment manager. Between 2009 and 2016, he worked at Campbell & Co, focusing on domestic institutional sales and consultant relations and from 2002 through 2008
Alternative credit specialist CIFC has recruited Anders Samuelsen from Muzinich as it continues to build its European team.
Samuelsen, who began his career as a credit portfolio manager at Saxo Privatbank in Denmark, will be based in London, and joins as VP, focusing on northern Europe.
CIFC has also announced the hire of Aidan Reynolds, from Murano Connect, where he oversaw the investor research desk.
Both will be working with European Managing Director Josh Hughes (pictured) in the investor services team.
Hughes says: “Anders and Aidan have
Multi-manager CTA funds specialist Abbey Capital has promoted Mick Swift to Chief Executive Officer at the company.
Swift has been Deputy CEO and Director of Research since 2012 and one of the key drivers behind the growth and success of Abbey Capital since joining the firm in 2002.
Swift is a member of Abbey Capital’s Investment Committee and is also a director of Abbey Capital and its holding company, Cavendish Capital.
Tony Gannon, founder and current Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer will continue in his role as Chief Investment Officer and Chair of the Investment Committee. As
