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Maples Fiduciary, a division of MaplesFS and leading global provider of specialised fiduciary, entity formation and management, insurance and administration services, has appointed Campbell Congdon and Wendy Zhang as independent directors.
They will provide fiduciary services to a wide range of alternative investment funds, including hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity funds, unit trusts and segregated portfolio companies.
As governance issues have come to the forefront and investors and regulators are increasing their demand for stronger oversight, Maples Fiduciary has enjoyed a long standing reputation in the industry as one of the premier independent professional service providers that
Duco, a provider of enterprise data quality and reconciliation services, has opened a new office in Singapore to cater to customers across Asia Pacific.
Duco is used by global financial institutions to accelerate digital transformation programs helping to solve a range of data quality, integrity and reconciliation challenges across multiple departments.
Christian Nentwich (pictured), CEO, says: “The data quality and reconciliation market is moving towards self-service, which Duco helped pioneer. To better support our customers, we see Singapore as a fantastic hub due to its strong support for Fintech and innovation, and the presence of both local and global
The Marlborough Group has appointed Richard Goodall to its board as Director of Strategy and Business Development to help capitalise on market opportunities and drive continued growth.
Goodall, who has over 30 years’ financial services experience, joins from Parmenion, where he was Distribution and Marketing Director. Previously he held senior roles with SEI and Ascentric.
The Marlborough Group includes UK-authorised and offshore fund management companies; an investment management business providing discretionary fund management services; and a fund services business, providing Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) and fund hosting services.
Wayne Green, Director of Marlborough Group, says: “We are delighted
Dash Financial Technologies, a capital markets technology and execution provider, has appointed James Doherty as Managing Director, Head of Equity Product.
Doherty (pictured), joins Dash following a nearly twenty-year tenure at Credit Suisse, where he co-founded the Advanced Execution Services (AES) electronic trading platform and managed the day-to-day product development of its algorithmic equities trading business. Prior to joining the AES group, he worked in the firm’s Equities Proprietary Trading, Fixed Income, and IT divisions. Most recently, Doherty was Managing Partner of a machine learning-driven investment firm he co-founded.
Dash Financial Technologies CEO Peter Maragos, says: “The buy side
SANNE, a specialist provider of outsourced corporate, fund and private client administration, has promoted Karlien De Bruin to Director and Head of SANNE’s Management Company (Manco) business in South Africa.
In her new role, Karlien (pictured), will lead a team of business and operational professionals in delivering best-in class expertise whilst promoting and growing the Manco business.
Graeme Rate, Head of Hedge at SANNE, says: “This promotion reflects my confidence and that of SANNE’s that Karlien is the right person to continue driving and strengthening our Manco business. Karlien is an experienced leader with a broad and deep
ProMeritum Investment Management, an emerging markets fixed income manager focussing on Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA), has appointed James Marshall as Director, Local Markets.
Marshall (pictured), will primarily be involved in the research and execution of the firm’s investment strategy in local markets, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. Previously, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Enko Capital Management (Enko).
Prior to Enko, Marshall worked at JP Morgan for 12 years, having joined that firm in 2005. At JP Morgan, Marshall was an Executive Director within Global Emerging Markets with responsibility for the sub-Saharan Africa Local Markets trading business.
BNP Paribas Capital Partners (BNPP CP), BNP Paribas Asset Management’s alternative investments selection specialist, has appointed of Charlotte Laurent as Head of Sales.
Based in Paris, Laurent (pictured), joined in September and reports to Gilles Guerin, CEO of BNPP CP. In this newly-created role, she will be responsible for developing BNPP CP’s alternative offering with European investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, banks and family offices, with a key focus currently on BNP Paribas CP European Special Opportunities Debt Fund, a closed-ended fund of funds that recently held an initial closing.
BNPP CP offers a range of alternative investment
IronX has appointed Dimitris Hatzis as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
The new Crypto Exchange, a joint venture between the Global Leader in Online Trading, the IronFX Group and the World Blockchain Giant, EmurgoHK, allows private and institutional investors to exchange cryptocurrencies, as well as trade forex, commodities, equities, and other tradable assets.
Special Report: Cryptocurrency & blockchain – November 2018
IronX is a fully regulated cryptocurrency trading exchange after being approved by the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in September 2018. Previously, IronX sold 67.6 million tokens in a Private Sale by Invitation, with a
Investment research marketplace ERIC has appointed Daren Riley as Chief Executive, with responsibility for driving the company’s strategy to strengthen lasting investment research relationships in the MiFID II world. 


Riley started providing consultancy services to ERIC in 2017 with a focus on business and product development. His appointment as Chief Executive reflects an evolution of ERIC’s strategy to address the realities of the investment research market under MiFID II. 


Riley will use his wealth of institutional asset management experience to focus the ERIC offering on generating longer-term subscription-based research relationships between investment managers and research providers, while also growing
Duco, a provider of enterprise data quality and reconciliation services, has added HSBC and Merrill Lynch veteran Spencer Lake as a non-executive director.
The company has also significantly bolstered its senior management team with the appointments of Danielle Price as Head of Finance and Operations, Peyton Kay as Vice President of Strategic Marketing, and Scott Glazer as Head of Sales, North America.
Prior to joining Duco, Lake spent 10 years at HSBC where he served as a Group General Manager, Vice Chairman of Global Banking and Markets, Co-head of Global Markets, and Global Head of Capital Financing. Previously he
