People
Align, a global provider of technology infrastructure solutions and managed IT services, has appointed Vernon Bratton as senior business development associate.
Bratton brings twelve years of sales experience, with five years in the alternative investment industry. Prior to Align, he most recently served as director of business development of Context Summits and Context Family Network, the preeminent producer of events for the alternative asset management industry. He has a strong track record of establishing meaningful and strategic relationships with investment managers, advisors and services providers, as well as institutional investors.
“Vernon’s unparalleled knowledge uniquely positions him to drive and
Sucden Financial has appointed industry expert Rafael Caporale as Head of LME Options Market Making, forming a new division within the firm.
Caporale will be responsible for establishing and running a dedicated options trading team, targeting clients looking for liquidity in LME options. He will be drawing on internal expertise and experience.
Caporale started his career in 2004 at Bache Commodities and began managing their options book in 2006. Following the acquisition of Bache by Jefferies and onward sale to Société Générale, Caporale was retained as Head of Metals Options Trading and Deputy Head of Metals Trading, until their withdrawal
RFA, an IT service, financial cloud and cyber security provider to the alternative finance sector, has made two strategic hires aimed at enhancing the team leading its operations in Europe.
Jon Melville, appointed Head of Client Relations in Europe, has over 20 years’ experience, including Director level roles within strategic IT and the service delivery landscape. He helps clients ensure that their business goals and technology strategies are aligned and the RFA partnership remains transparent.
Amar Shah, appointed Head of Client Services in Europe, is responsible for ensuring a seamless client service experience across all RFA delivery teams. Amar has over 20 years’ experience including C-suite roles with alternative
FlexTrade, a global cross-asset execution and order management system, has added extra staff at its office in Paris to address increased demand in both sales and service for the company’s growing prospect and client base in France.
Manuela Bauer, Sales Director Europe, says: “FlexTrade has had an incredible reception in France, and our fast-growing client base in Paris communicated a wish for local support. The Paris office will enable us to strengthen our partnership with French asset managers and cater to their evolving technology needs, which has expanded beyond equities into other asset classes, such as FX and fixed income.”
Dillon Eustace has appointed Shane Coveney as a Partner in the firm’s Asset Management and Investment Funds Practice.
With over 10 years’ experience, Coveney’s practice focuses on the structuring, establishment and operation of Irish regulated investment funds with particular expertise in exchange traded funds, UCITS and alternative investment funds and advising on the significant legal and regulatory developments impactingasset managers and fund promoters.
Coveney’s promotion to Partner builds on the Firm’s position as one of the largest and most experiencedlegal advisor to Irish domiciled investment funds with 16 Partners and an additional 20 lawyers advising global and domestic asset managers and fund promoters. The appointment is
Thalēs, a technology-driven derivatives brokerage and capital raising firm, has appointed Peter D’Angelo, Michael Geismar, and Andrew W Lo as new members of its Advisory Board.
The Advisory Board brings together a prominent group of professionals including Institutional Investor, Hedge Fund, Academic, Legal, and Technology experts. As advocates of Thalēs, the Advisory Board supports the firm and its management team through strategic analysis and advice.
“Many of these distinguished professionals have been a source of informal advice to us over the years. As members of the Advisory Board, their guidance will be invaluable to the continued success of the firm”, said Stephan Solomon, Chairman
Alpha FMC (Alpha), a specialist in asset and wealth management consulting, has hired industry benchmarking expert Emma Haffenden as a Senior Manager to broaden the types of benchmarking that the firm currently undertakes.
Haffenden joins Alpha from Accenture where she was responsible for a number of strategic asset management benchmark programmes, following their acquisition of Investit in 2017.
Alpha already has an industry-leading benchmarking team which plays a central role in helping its clients understand their businesses and take actions to meet their strategic objectives. In her new role, Haffenden will widen this offering to enable Alpha to drive
Trium has appointed Jamie Murphy as Head of Risk at Trium Ireland as part of the firm’s initiative to create a Dublin-based Super ManCo.
Subject to regulatory approval, the Irish office will add to Trium’s distribution capabilities, create a platform for growth and safeguard clients, partners and investors against long-term political uncertainty.
Murphy joined the Irish office, led by Andrew Collins, in April to oversee risk and regulatory compliance, working closely with the wider team in London. He will also be the designated person for management functions under CBI UCITS and non-UCITS regulations.
Murphy joins from KB Associates, bringing more
GPP, a prime broking, investor services and wealth solutions firm, has appointed Margaret Ammon as a non-executive director.
Ammon, a highly experienced financial services professional, is currently Chief Risk Officer at M&G Investments. Over the past two decades she has held positions at Schroders, KPMG, Colonial First State Global Asset Management and Old Mutual Asset Managers.
Ammon’s appointment to the board follows a strengthening of GPP’s management team, with recent hires including Todd Johnson as COO, James Parker as Chief Risk Officer, Tiffany Roberts as Head of Compliance and Andrew Rae-Moore to the Prime Brokerage team. With the firm now
Electronic US Treasuries (UST) trading venue, LiquidityEdge, has reported record trading volumes during May 2019.
The platform saw record volumes for the second time this year, with average daily volumes (ADV) rising to 16.35 billion (single count) across both on-the-runs and off-the-runs in May 2019.
Since launching in 2015, LiquidityEdge has rapidly grown its US Treasuries market share and volumes, firmly establishing itself as an alternative platform for fixed income trading. With over 100 clients on the platform, the surge in activity shows the benefits of the directed, disclosed model championed by LiquidityEdge.
Bryan Farrell, Head of Sales
