Commcise, a Euronext company and provider of commission management and research valuation solutions to the buy-side and sell-side, has added Richard Hooke and Scott Douglass to the firm’s global business development and product strategy teams. Hooke is based in London as Director of Product Strategy. He brings a wealth of experience in the FinTech area having focused on providing leading-edge front office systems for the asset management community in his previous roles as Head of Products at LatentZero and latterly as the Buy-side Product Director at Fidessa. Amrish Ganatra, Managing Director at Commcise, says, “We are delighted Richard has joined

Andrew Hsu, a member of the DoubleLine investment team since the firm’s inception and head of both the Asset-Backed Securities and Infrastructure investment teams, has been added as a co-portfolio manager of the USD53 billion DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund.  Hsu joins the portfolio management team of Jeffrey Gundlach (pictured), lead portfolio manager and Philip Barach, co-portfolio manager. The DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund invests primarily in fixed-income securitisations, also referred to as structured products, including Agency and private-label residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS), commercial MBS, collateralised loan obligations and asset-backed securities. “Andrew has been part of my investment team for

Intelliflo is structuring its business team to deliver expansion internationally, with Australia the first country in the delivery pipeline. Announced at the Intelliflo Change the Game Conference last month (18 June 2019), the firm is developing its multi-faceted business management system, Intelligent Office, for use by financial intermediaries operating in territories outside the UK. Australia will be the first international territory to have access to Intelligent Office, with plans to roll out access to the system across multiple countries in the future. To head up the International push, Intelliflo has hired Johann Koch as Business Development Director – International. Koch

Stephen Moore, the lead manager of the Artemis US Extended Alpha and US Absolute Return funds, which between them in their OEIC and SICAV forms represent some USD3.4 billion (GBP2.7 billion, EUR3 billion) in AUM, has decided for personal reasons to leave the firm. with William Warren, co-manager of the funds since launch, set to take over as manager.  To ensure a smooth transition, Moore will continue working for Artemis and managing the funds until 30 September 2019, when Warren will become their manager.   Warren joined Artemis as a partner in 2014 from Columbia Threadneedle, where he had worked

SANNE, a a global provider of alternative asset and corporate business services has appointed Milivoje Jakimov to the role of Country Head – Belgrade. Based in SANNE’s Belgrade office, Milivoje will be focusing on product development and technology, exploring new strategic business development opportunities throughout the regions SANNE operates in whilst raising the brand and people profile of the Belgrade office. In the last three years since SANNE’s acquisition of FLSV Fund Administration’s (FAS) Belgrade office, it has evolved into a technological centre of excellence for client and group services, growing from 35 employees to a strong team of more

Asset manager Insight Investment has made five new appointments to its 70-strong Client Solutions Group (CSG). Specialists within the group work closely with clients and their advisers to design and deliver portfolios to achieve their investment objectives. The new appointments include three solution designers: Callum Duffy from KPMG, Emily Tann from Hymans Robertson and Phil Spencer from Legal & General Investment Management. Two additional hires include a new Client Director, Blanca Koenig from DWS Group, and Client Service Specialist, Lauren Colfer, who has joined from BNY Mellon. The group is further supported by the appointment of Charmaine Ooi, formerly of

Makoto Nagao has been appointed to the newly created role of Director, Business Development adding further strength to SANNE’s Asia-Pacific business. With more than 35 years of experience, Nagao brings a wealth of knowledge, following a lengthy career with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, SMFG. While he was at SMFG, Nagao-san was General Manager in areas such as Shinjuku Corporate Business and the Equity Portfolio Department within SMBC, part of the SMFG organisation. From 2014 to 2017 Nagao-san was the Executive Senior Managing Director at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management, one of Japan’s largest asset managers, responsible for Business Planning. Together with Country

Quantexa, a decision intelligence company specialising in AI and network analytics, has added John McAdam, board member of data visualisation company Tableau, to its board.  With over 30 years’ experience, McAdam served as president and CEO of F5 Networks where he brought the company to profitability and grew annual revenue from USD100 million to USD2 billion. Prior to this, he was General Manager of the web server sales business at IBM, after serving for 10 years as President and COO of Sequent Computer Systems, which was sold to IBM in September 1999.   Working with Tier 1 customers globally, including HSBC, Quantexa

Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) has appointed Andre Keijsers as managing director of its UK office. Starting in August 2019, Keijsers will focus on the future growth of Kempen’s specialist actively-managed investment strategies, the firm’s growing UK fiduciary management business. Keijsers joins Kempen from Vedra Partners, a family-led multi-family office. Prior to this, he worked as a Director at Kings Rock Global Investment Partners and Gottex Fund Management.   Andre Keijsers, newly appointed UK Managing Director at Kempen, says, ‘This is an exciting time to take up this role and I look forward to working with all of my new colleagues