KKR has announced a newly promoted group of 18 Managing Directors, effective 1 January 2019. “We are thrilled to congratulate an exceptional group of senior leaders on this milestone and thank each of them for their significant contributions to maintaining our firm’s culture, integrity and success,” said Henry Kravis and George Roberts, Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs of KKR. “Nothing pleases us more than delivering results for our portfolio companies and our investors and recognising the individuals for their part in helping KKR achieve that mission.”   The new Managing Directors at KKR are: Ali Allahbachani, Lew Breckenridge, Doug Brody, Terence Gallagher,

BTIG has appointed Jennifer Bloom and Rachel Lucas, Managing Directors, as Co-Heads of US Capital Introduction. Bloom and Lucas have been instrumental in building the Capital Introduction business, holding key leadership roles within the division for nearly a decade. In their new roles, they will continue to be based out of the firm’s New York office and will report to Peter Tarrant (pictured), Head of Business Development and Global Capital Introduction at BTIG.   Bloom and Lucas will manage an active team of Capital Introduction professionals across the New York, San Francisco and Dallas regional offices. As a value-added service

Jessica Nicosia and Cian Desmond have joined Wilshire Funds Management as a Vice President and Assistant Vice President, respectively.   Nicosia will assist in developing Wilshire’s robust alternatives offering, supporting the firm’s efforts to identify and provide customised alternative investment solutions to financial intermediaries and institutions globally. Desmond joins Wilshire’s Manager Research Group, primarily focused on alternative investment strategies.   “It is with great pleasure that we welcome Jessica and Cian to Wilshire, particularly as investor interest in alternatives increases. These additions to our team are a direct reflection of the firm’s commitment to enhancing our alternatives expertise,” says Jason

RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) has appointed Dave Eikenberg as Head of US Intermediary Sales.   In this new role, Eikenberg will be responsible for developing and executing RBC GAM’s sales effort toward the US Intermediate marketplace including wealth management firms, defined contribution platforms, sub-advisory, private bank, TAMPS, Bank Trust and RIAs.   Eikenberg, who is based in Boston and reports to Jeff Masom, Global Head of Institutional Distribution, has over 20 years of industry experience with a focus on leading sales teams, previously as a Senior Manager for T Rowe Price’s Retirement Solutions business. In his eight years

genesis, an international capital markets software firm, has made two senior hires following a sustained period of growth and investment. Simon McDowell has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer and Darren Newby joins as Solutions Director, to support the company’s long term strategy.   genesis works with a wide range of financial institutions including buy-side, sell-side, execution venues and clearing houses, providing a microservices technology framework to build solutions to address the many varied and highly complex industry challenges. The firm has recently secured Series A investment of USD3 million from Illuminate Financial and Tribeca Angels.   McDowell joins from Fixnetix,

The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has increased its presence in North America with the appointment of new North American Committee members.   The new members include Bradley Belt, Vice Chairman of Orchard Global Asset Management, Marcus Frampton, CIO of Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation and Priti Singh, Head of External Portfolio Management at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). The SBAI is the global standard-setting body for the alternative investment industry, supported by approximately 200 alternative investment managers and institutional investors who collectively manage USD3.5 trillion.   The Standards Board’s North American Committee was established in March 2018 with

causaLens, a tech startup that predicts the global economy in real-time, has appointed its Strategic Board of Advisors ahead of its upcoming funding round. The lineup is set to include Jose Marques, the former Head of Trading at Bridgewater Associates and owner of Inferent Capital; Mark Roomans, the current CEO of Morningstar EMEA; and Theodore Mollinger, Director at Moody’s.   Founded in 2017, causaLens is in the process of developing the next generation of autonomous predictive technology for complex and dynamic systems, collectively known as the CLPU (causaLens Predictive Unit). Its technology is designed to help large organisations optimise business outcomes

Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Ira Kustin, an established asset management lawyer, concentrating in the representation of private funds, as a partner in the firm’s Investment Management practice in New York. The appointment of Kustin, who joins from Akin Gump, is part of Paul Hasting’s strategy to grow its credit, hedge, and private equity funds practice within its Investment Management practice.   “We are addressing the stay-awake issues our investment management clients are facing and are committed to helping them navigate growing regulation, seek new capital sources and form new strategic partnerships,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “Ira

QuantHouse, an independent provider of high performance systematic trading solutions including market data services, algo development tools and global network infrastructure, has appointed Emmanuel Carjat as Chief Operating Officer, and Denery Fenouil as Chief Technology Officer. In the role of COO, Carjat is responsible for managing QuantHouse operations helping to drive and guide the continued growth of the business. Carjat was the co-founder of Atrium Network founded in 2006 which was subsequently purchased by TMX Group in 2011, where he remained in the role of Managing director until 2015. In 2017, the TMX Atrium business was acquired by Intercontinental Exchange