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Cryptocurrency exchange BEQUANT has appointed Daniel Clayden as its new Head of Product Development.
With 25 years’ experience in Capital Markets and Financial Services Technology, Clayden’s appointment will strengthen the company’s growing roster of products in the cryptocurrency market.
Clayden has previously held roles at a number of Tier 1 Investment Banks, including JP Morgan and Credit Suisse. Before joining BEQUANT, he was Managing Director at IT Consultancy Levvel.io, and an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley. Whilst at Morgan Stanley, Daniel was responsible for Non- Equity Front Office Risk within the Front Office Derivatives Technology Group.
Clayden’s diverse
Confluence, a specialist in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, has appointed Joe Bree as Senior Global Strategic Account Executive.
In this role, Bree is responsible for expanding Confluence’s global relationships with fund and asset management clients, as well as other service providers and intermediaries. In addition, he will work with the broader Confluence sales team to coordinate, streamline and enhance direct sales plans and strategies for the firm’s largest global accounts. Bree reports directly to Domenic Ionadi, who was recently promoted to Vice President, North America Business Development.
Bree comes to Confluence with 20 years
UMB Bank, a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation has added six new team members to its Institutional Banking division.
Joining the Institutional Banking team are: Rick Menchaca, senior vice president, public finance banker based in San Antonio, Texas; Douglas Hess, vice president, senior client service manager, UMB Fund Services based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Michael Hawn, senior vice president, business development officer, UMB Fund Services based in Denver, Colorado; Josh Horvath, vice president, business development officer, Institutional Custody based in Des Moines, Iowa; Vinnie Quealy, vice president, business development officer, Institutional Custody based in Boston, Massachusetts; and David Massa, senior vice president, corporate
Essentia Analytics (Essentia), a provider of behavioural data analytics and consulting for professional investors, has appointed Robin Strong as Global Head of Sales, based in London.
Strong comes to Essentia with more than 25 years of experience in the financial technology industry and is responsible for leading Essentia’s sales strategy and execution.
Prior to joining Essentia, Strong served as Managing Director for Westminster RPA, a research commission management business owned by Cowen. In 2015, Strong founded The Investment Data Utility, a service that reduces the cost of data errors for investment managers, banks, hedge funds and insurance companies.
Trium Capital, a London-based alternative investment specialist with a full-scope UCITS platform, has taken the strategic decision to bolster its operational infrastructure by expanding into Dublin.
Subject to regulatory approval, the Irish office, led by Andrew Collins, will enhance Trium’s distribution capabilities, create a platform for growth and safeguard clients, partners and investors against long-term political instability.
Trium will create a ‘Super ManCo’ in Dublin to house all of its UCITS and non-UCITS funds, underscoring its commitment to building its presence in the UCITS jurisdiction. The new entity will also ensure the firm has the necessary permissions to manage
Former US Congressman Richard H Baker, the President and CEO of Managed Funds Association (MFA), is to step down from his positions, effective 31 December, 2019.
In a speech to the Exchequer Club of Washington DC, Baker (pictured) reflected on MFA’s decade of progress since the financial crisis – a time of transformative change for the global hedge fund industry – and shared policy recommendations to strengthen capital markets and help facilitate continued growth.
“The financial crisis dominated my first year at MFA. It also set the stage for a sweeping revamp of our financial regulatory structure. From the
The Supervisory Board of La Française AM (formerly Veritas Investment) has appointed Aurélie Fouilleron Masson as Managing Director, effective as 18 March.
The Executive Board of La Française AM is now composed of Fouilleron Masson, Hauke Hess, and Hosnia Said.
Dr Dirk Rogowski, former Managing Director of Veritas Investment, will continue to serve as Managing Director of Veritas Institutional.
Fouilleron Masson joined La Française in 2007 and has held various positions within the group including her current role as Head of Central Europe (covering Germany, Switzerland and Austria) and Global Accounts Business Manager. Aurélie Fouilleron Masson holds a Master’s degree
Ogier has added three senior lawyers to its Luxembourg team, which has grown by 16 in the past six months.
Head of Ogier in Luxembourg, Daniel Richards, says the appointments of Hélène Arvis, Walid Sharara and Anneleen Hofkens demonstrate the focus of the international law firm on its Luxembourg office, a full-service business law team acting for leading investment fund managers, banks, corporate and institutional clients.
“We are seeing strong growth in a number of areas in Luxembourg – including in private equity and real estate, with an increasing focus on regulatory matters – and these appointments further deepen our
Trade Informatics (TI), an independent provider of quantitative analytics and systematic trading solutions to institutional asset managers, has appointed Andrew Shortland as Chief Executive Officer EMEA.
Shortland will be responsible for the continued expansion of Trade Informatics’ international client base as well as building a team of data analysts and client service professionals to provide local support to the clients based outside of the US.
Based out of the London office, Shortland will report to Matthew Celebuski, Global CEO of TI.
Prior to joining TI, Shortland was Head of International Equities at Jefferies and helped build the firm’s
Maitland, a global family office, administration and advisory firm, has appointed David Hathorn as Deputy Chairman with effect from 1 February 2019 as part of the firm’s ongoing succession planning.
Hathorn has been a non-executive Director of Maitland International Holdings plc and Chairman of its Audit and Risk Committee since May 2017.
Prior to his appointment to the Maitland Board, Hathorn was CEO for 17 years of FTSE 100 packaging and paper giant Mondi plc, which is dual listed in London and Johannesburg.
Michael Solomon, Maitland Chairman, says: “We are delighted that David has agreed to take on the Deputy
