Axioma has appointed Molly McGregor as Managing Director, Marketing and Communications. McGregor was previously Chief Marketing Officer of Hanweck, a provider of real-time risk analytics for the global derivatives markets, since 2016. “Molly is a superb fit with Axioma, bringing a strong combination of fintech and financial-industry experience to lead our marketing team,” says Tom Severance, Chief Revenue Officer. “As Axioma’s growth continues to accelerate, marketing is playing an increasingly vital role in communicating the competitive advantages of Axioma’s innovative solutions to investment managers and financial institutions.”   Prior to her time at Hanweck, McGregor was with the International Securities

Cowen Inc has added Matthew Costello to Cowen Prime Services LLC’s capital introduction team as a Director. Costello will help Cowen further expand its capital solutions offering to its prime brokerage and outsourced trading clients with consultative and focussed propositions. Costello says: “I couldn’t be happier to be joining Cowen at such an exciting time. Middle market hedge fund managers need a prime services partner that is reliable and dedicated to assisting their clients and providing the necessary platform and services they require to help manage and grow their business.”   Jack Seibald (pictured), Managing Director and Global Co-Head of

Lyxor Asset Management has appointed Dan Rizzuto as Head of Business Development of its US-based business, Lyxor Asset Management Inc (Lyxor Americas).  Rizzuto brings decades of experience to the role and has an extensive record of managing business development and investor relations teams in the alternative investments industry. He assumes the role from Andrew Dabinett, who was promoted to CEO of Lyxor Americas in August 2018.    Lyxor Americas was established in 1999 and is comprised of hedge fund research, due diligence, risk, portfolio management, and structuring teams providing fiduciary management services and helping clients allocate to alternative strategies more effectively.

Managed Funds Association (MFA), a trade association for the global hedge fund industry, has appointed Mark Epley as Executive Vice President & Managing Director, General Counsel, effective 19 February 2019. Epley (pictured), will join MFA from the Office of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, where he serves as senior advisor and general counsel.   “Mark has earned a distinguished reputation as a skilled lawyer and advisor with a deep understanding of Washington and matters important to our members. His expertise will help advance our efforts to keep in place policies that work well, fine tune those that

Stone Harbor Investment Partners (Stone Harbor), a manager of emerging markets credit strategies, global high yield credit strategies, and multi-sector credit strategies, has appointed Jim Craige, Head of Emerging Markets, as co-CIO. Craige will serve alongside Managing Partner and now co-CIO, Peter Wilby. Having worked side by side as portfolio managers since 1992, Jim and Peter will continue to work together closely in leading Stone Harbor’s investment focus. Craige will retain his position as Head of Emerging Markets with overall oversight of the asset class, supported by the existing broad team including industry veterans Stuart Sclater-Booth and Kumaran Damodaran, both

The Supervisory Board of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) appointed Jens Rick as member of the Management Board. As of 1 February 2019, Rick will assume the newly created position of the Chief Information Officer. Rick is an experienced manager and entrepreneur. He joined Deutsche Börse in August 2015. As Director Energy IT, he manages the design, the development and the operation of trading systems of the M7 product family including sales and customer management. In previous engagements, Jens founded and managed software and consulting companies in the financial sector, also with a focus on data management. “With the addition of

The Supervisory Board of European Commodity Clearing (ECC) has appointed Dr Götz Dittrich as a new member of its Management Board. As of 1 January 2019, Götz Dittrich will take over the function of the Chief Operating Officer of ECC. At the same time, Iris Weidinger and Steffen Köhler will leave the ECC Management Board to focus on their mandates as CFO and COO of the European Energy Exchange (EEX). Götz Dittrich joined ECC in 2013. As Director Clearing & Settlement, he is currently in charge of Risk Operations and Physical Settlement as well as the development of the clearing

ProMeritum Investment Management, an emerging markets fixed income manager focussed on Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA), has appointment of Brian Seel, who spent the last eight years with the US Treasury Department, as Economist. In this role at ProMeritum, Seel is primarily responsible for economic and policy analysis, idea generation and research. He most recently served as the Treasury Attaché to the US Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, where he was responsible for leading Treasury’s macroeconomic monitoring, financial sector policy and engagement efforts both in Ukraine and across the CIS region.   Pavel Mamai, Founding Partner of ProMeritum, says:

AK Jensen Group (AKJ), a financial services specialist serving institutional and hedge fund clients globally, has appointed Sher Malhi as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Malhi (pictured) joins AKJ as the group expands from its hedge fund origins into the digital assets domain.   “I am delighted to be joining a firm that is driven by innovation and excellence, with AKJ’s award-winning hedge fund platform and successful entry into the digital assets space, testament to this. I’m looking forward to working alongside such an exceptionally talented team and helping to strengthen AKJ’s market leading position,” says Malhi.   Malhi brings a wealth