Alpima, a specialist front-office platform for institutional and professional investors, has appointed Matt Johnson as Managing Director of Sales, reporting to IIan Heiman. Johnson joins Alpima from CoinShares, where he was Head of Sales. Previously, Johnson worked in a number of senior industry roles, most recently at Invesco, Nomura, ETF securities and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Pierre Mendelsohn, Founder and CEO of Alpima, says: “We are delighted to have Matt join us. Matt is a very talented professional and a great manager. He brings unique expertise acquired on both the buy- and sell-side across a broad range of products

FlexTrade has appointed Lak Loi and Vahid Shirani as co-heads of sell-side OMS business development for the EMEA region.  Based in the company’s London office, both Loi and Shirani will be responsible for strengthening and expanding the company’s sell-side OMS solutions into the EMEA region. “I am pleased to welcome Lak and Vahid to the global OMS team and the FlexTrade office in London,” says Rajiv Kedia (pictured), FlexTrade’s Principal and Associate Founder. “Considering the changes and opportunities that have been occurring in the sell-side OMS market, it became paramount for us to expand our presence in EMEA with a more

The Supervisory Board of the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) elected Dr Thomas Book as the new chairman. Book succeeds Dr Jürgen Kroneberg, who passed away unexpectedly in February 2019. Book has been a member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG since 1 July 2018 and Chief Executive Officer of Eurex Exchange since March 2016. Furthermore he is Managing Director of Eurex Deutschland since May 2007. Book has more than 20 years experience in the field of electronic trading and clearing. After joining Deutsche Börse Group in 1995 he was part of the project that founded Eurex. Appointed to

Independent investment consultancy bfinance has appointed Philip Coté, CFA, FRM as Director, Client Consulting in the firm’s Canada team.  Joining the client consulting team at bfinance’s Montréal office, Coté brings over sixteen years’ experience in financial services, investment consulting, manager research and product development globally.   Philip’s appointment marks a significant step in the development of the North American divisions of the London-headquartered consultancy. He will work closely with Senior Director Les Marton and the team to so support major institutional investors in Canada including public and private pension funds, insurers, family offices, foundations and endowments.   Prior to joining

BTIG has relocated its New York location to an expanded space at Park Avenue Tower – 65 East 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan, effective immediately.  The firm currently employs over 600 industry professionals across 18 offices throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific.   Over the past 12 months, BTIG has hired more than 100 employees globally, and plans to continue to build out its team in key growth areas.  “The new space will better support the needs of our employees as they work to identify opportunities for institutional and corporate clients,” says Jennifer Mermel, Chief Operating Officer of BTIG. “The

Simon Lewis OBE, Chief Executive of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) is stepping down from his role when his current contract expires at the end of October. Lewis was the founding CEO of AFME when he joined in 2010. Since then AFME has more than doubled in size with over 80 people now based in London, Brussels and Frankfurt. Simon has led a team that has developed the Association into a powerful voice for banks operating in Europe’s wholesale financial markets and ensured that AFME plays a pivotal role as a bridge between its members and policy makers in the

AQR Capital Management (AQR) has established an office in Frankfurt, Germany.  “We are excited to open our Frankfurt office and broaden our footprint in Europe,” says David G Kabiller, Co-Founder and Head of Business Development at AQR. “We believe that a local presence will allow us to better serve our existing German clients and deliver our diverse platform of quantitative strategies to investors.”   AQR’s expansion into Germany is supported by a dedicated local team led by Axel Weiss, PhD, Managing Director and Head of Germany and Austria Business Development. AQR’s German team will collaborate closely with its London office

Dentons has bolstered its UK Asset Management team with the addition of partner and investment funds specialist, Ted Craig, to its London Corporate practice. Craig joins from MJ Hudson where he was a partner and head of private funds. Craig acts for funds sponsors and investors, including both first-time and established managers, pension funds, secondary funds, funds of funds and investment consultants, and single and multi-family offices on matters relating to the establishment and operation of and investment into private investment funds across all asset classes. Craig also acts for buyers and sellers on direct and indirect secondary transactions and

SmartStream Technologies, a financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) solutions provider, has announced a new client-driven, strategic focus, in line with the new FSA (now PRA) rules governing liquidity management for UK and foreign branches. In response to the new regulations, SmartStream has appointed Nadeem Shamim to lead cash and liquidity management solutions globally.   Shamim brings over 30 years of experience in treasury, cash and liquidity management within transaction banking and treasury consulting, across Europe and Asia. Prior to SmartStream, Nadeem was at Standard Chartered Bank, in his role as Managing Director he was responsible for corporate treasury solutions. Previous

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has elected three new members to its Board of Directors at the firm’s Annual Shareholders Meeting.   The Board plays a critical role in overseeing the strategic direction of DTCC, working closely with the firm’s leadership and advising on topics including risk management, regulatory matters, the development of new products and services, emerging fintech and more.   The new directors are Kieran Hanrahan from JP Morgan Chase’s Corporate and Investment Bank, Graeme McEvoy from Morgan Stanley, and Joseph Noto from Barclays.   Kieran Hanrahan is a Managing Director in JP Morgan Chase’s Corporate