Hazeltree, a provider of integrated buy-side treasury management and portfolio finance solutions to hedge funds, private markets, asset managers, fund administrators, insurance companies, and pension funds, has expanded its product team with Joseph Spiro as a Director of Product Management.  Spiro will focus on extending the capabilities of Hazeltree Collateral Management with specific focus on the Uncleared Margin Rules and Standard Initial Margin Model (UMR and SIMM) mandates. Spiro has been a part of the derivatives industry for over 20 years, specialising in derivatives collateral management. Prior to joining Hazeltree, Spiro held senior Product and Operations Management roles at Societe

Russian market maker BCS Global Markets (BCS GM) has appointed Dmitry Trub as Chief Information Officer (CIO). Trub will be responsible for driving software development to maximise BCS GM’s investment banking functions drive efficiency in the service provided to BCS GM’s institutional clients. Trub has almost 20 years of experience of both developing and making decisions related to technically complex solutions for corporate and investment banking to ensure that BCS GM continues to use the most advanced technology for the benefit of its trading teams and clients. Previously Trub was a Director and Head of Global Market Equities, Russia at

Sidley Austin has appointed Oren Gertner as a partner in the firm’s premier Investment Funds practic in New York. Gertner joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, where he was in the firm’s Corporate department, practicing in the Investment Management group. “Over the past two years, Sidley has prioritised the growth and development of our private equity funds and other illiquid private funds capabilities, particularly within international money centres like New York,” says William D Kerr, global leader of Sidley’s Investment Funds practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. “The arrival of Oren, who is an exemplary talent

US Bank Global Fund Services has hired Chris Rosenthal as senior vice president, business development.  In this role, Rosenthal will be responsible for developing new business relationships nationally for asset managers, insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions. He will be located in the Hackensack, New Jersey office.  Rosenthal is an experienced senior executive who brings more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry at organisations such as Bankers Trust Company and the United States Trust Company. Most recently, Rosenthal was director of asset servicing sales and relationship management at BNY Mellon. “Our team continues to grow

Lee Capital Management (LCM) has appointed John Donaghey, CFA, CAIA as Head of Institutional Business, effective immediately.   Donaghey will join the firm as a Partner and will be responsible for organizing, building, and executing on all aspects of institutional sales, marketing, and consultant relations globally.  He will report directly to the Management Committee.  He will also join the firm’s Investment Committee.  “We are excited to have John join our firm. He has been a senior member of some of North America’s most successful asset management organisations and brings deep experience with alternative investments and institutional clients and knowledge of the

Algorithmic trading company, Vanguard Capital AG, has appointed Imran Lakha to its Senior Management team.  With his past experience working with some of the largest tier 1 investment banks, including his last role as portfolio manager working with global alternative asset managers, BlueCrest Capital Management, Lakha will be working in an advisory capacity to help drive business growth.  Effective immediately, Lakha’s expertise in investment appraisal and risk management will allow him to review trading across asset classes, whilst benefiting investors with his superior macro knowledge and insight.  With the goal of becoming the market leader in quantitative investment strategies, Vanguard

SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed a new director and head of business development for Mauritius and India. The move comes following SANNE’s announcement last year to expand the business and open an office in Mumbai, India.  Based in SANNE’s Mauritius office, Varounen Goinden will have a key role in developing and driving the business development strategy for Mauritius and India while continuing to deliver on SANNE’s expansion strategy in the region by generating new business leads and growing the brand.  With more than 12 years’ of industry experience, Goinden joins SANNE from the

Liontrust’s has appointed, subject to regulatory approval, Mandy Donald  as an Independent Non-executive Director on the firm’s board, effective 1 August 2019. Donald will also become Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee on 20 September 2019. Donald has board experience in both complex organisations and early stage environments, and brings a background of strategic planning and operational management to the company. A chartered accountant by training, she spent 18 years with EY before steering her focus towards the growth of new companies, serving on the boards of a diverse range of start-up businesses. Mandy is a Trustee of The

Man GLG, the discretionary investment management business of Man Group, has appointed Patrick Kenney and Santiago Pardo as portfolio managers within its credit business.  Based in London, they will focus on global (non-US) stressed, distressed and opportunistic credit, and report into Simon Finch, CIO of Credit at Man GLG.   Kenney has more than 19 years of experience investing in credit markets. He was Head of International Credit Opportunities and Managing Director at DE Shaw & Co. for nearly ten years from 2003 to 2012, where he built and managed a multi-billion dollar international fundamental credit investing business. Patrick joins