TigerRisk Partners, a risk, capital and strategic advisor to the global insurance and reinsurance industries, has appointed Stephen Fromm as Vice Chairman of TigerRisk Capital Markets & Advisory.  “Steve Fromm is one of the most experienced and skilled insurance investment bankers in the industry today,” says Tony Ursano, President of TigerRisk Partners. “Over his 25-year career, Steve has played an important role in many of the deals that have shaped our industry. He is a sharp, strategic thinker and an invaluable addition as we continue to deliver unique and integrated risk, capital and strategic advice to our clients and prospects.

Hermes Investment Management, the USD46.9 billion manager, has appointed Nachu Chockalingam as Senior Emerging Market Debt Portfolio Manager. Based in London, Chockalingam reports into Fraser Lundie, Co-Head of Credit. She will help manage the performance and risk of existing emerging market allocations across all liquid credit strategies. This includes the Hermes Unconstrained Credit Fund, which was launched in May 2018 and has since raised USD386 million. The fund invests across the global liquid credit spectrum, which includes emerging market debt, along with investment grade, high yield, convertibles, asset-backed securities and loans.   Chockalingam joined Hermes from Jupiter, where she worked

Saxo Bank, a fintech specialist focussed on multi-asset trading and investment, has appointed Thomas Hovard as COO of Global Distribution and Client Services, effective from 4 February 2019.  He will report directly to Damian Bunce, Chief Commercial Officer of Saxo Bank.   Hovard joins Saxo Bank from Danske Bank where he most recently served as Global Head of DCM Sales & Research. During his 16 year tenure with Danske Bank he has held several positions in both research and sales.   In his role at Saxo Bank, he will be responsible for the ongoing operations of the Global Distribution and

Law firm Bedell Cristin has appointed Catherine Cadman as head of knowledge to lead its knowledge strategy. In this newly created role, Cadman (pictured), will be based in the firm’s Jersey office and will have oversight of its global presence across six jurisdictions.   With more than 20 years’ leadership experience in knowledge management roles, at both onshore and offshore law firms, Catherine is tasked with maximising how knowledge is captured, shared and applied across Bedell Cristin.   The head of knowledge role has been created as a result of Bedell Cristin’s recent growth and an increased strategic emphasis on

Drooms, a provider of data rooms in Europe, has appointed Rosanna Woods as Managing Director UK. Woods is responsible for the entire UK operation, with responsibility for the team, including training and development, distribution of Drooms’ software solutions, strategic business development and customer retention.   Drooms allows companies to have controlled access to confidential corporate data across company boundaries and specialises in providing tailored solutions for the entire value chain and lifecycle management of assets. Its technology is constantly evolving and Drooms recently announced it had become the first virtual data room provider to harness blockchain technology to improve its

CAMRADATA is boosting its client research and investment analysis services with the appointment of two new employees. Business broadcast journalist Romil Patel has been appointed at Funds Europe as Asia and Middle East Editor and research lead, and Tom Ashford joins the CAMRADATA team as Associate – Database and Investment Research. With their support, CAMRADATA will expand its research offering to meet growing demand from asset managers and investors for in-depth analysis of asset classes, asset managers, services providers and the financial markets in which they operate to better inform their investment decision making.   Patel has worked at prestigious

Avelacom, a connectivity and IT infrastructure solutions provider for the financial services industry, has opened a new office in Singapore, managed by Gabriel Bassas, VP Sales for APAC. In the past year Avelacom has seen double-digit growth in new business volumes coming from the APAC region, driven by clients demanding professional-grade connectivity services between APAC venues and exchanges, and to those in Europe and the USA. New business is expected to increase over the next few years, also driven by the growth of APAC crypto exchanges, which are starting to deploy high performance physical IT infrastructure demanded by trading institution

GAMCO Investors is to take on the separate accounts of Loeb Partners Corporation, a firm with over USD400 million in assets under management for private wealth clients, endowments and foundations, with Peter Tcherepnine joining GAMCO as a Senior Vice President in December to manage the portfolios. Tcherepnine was born and educated in France and the United States and became a US citizen in 1960. He has managed portfolios for individuals, companies, and trusts for over fifty years. After graduating from Harvard University with a BA degree and serving for two years as an officer in the US Army Artillery, he

BakerHostetler has appointed Adam Gale, a seasoned attorney who advises investment funds and managers on a variety of fund formation and compliance matters, as a partner and co-leader of the firm’s Investment Funds team. Gale joins the firm from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, where he was co-leader of its Investment Funds practice.   Gale’s practice focuses on counselling middle-market private investment funds on a wide range of matters, including forming and structuring US and international private investment funds, representing institutional investors in their investments, providing regulatory and compliance counsel to funds and asset managers, advising on initial