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Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 24 attorneys as partners of the firm, while six attorneys have been named counsel, effective 1 November, in the largest round of partner and counsel promotions in the firm’s 153-year history.
The roster of new partners includes hedge fund, private equity and investment management specialists.
The new partners and counsel of the firm reflect Ropes & Gray’s diversity, global footprint, and dedication to developing and advancing its talent. They are based in nine offices on three continents, including Asia, Europe and North America, and nearly half of the new partners are women,
Geospatial Insight, a provider of independent research derived from the analysis of satellite, aerial and drone imagery, has announced that financial services industry and quant community veteran Steve Wilcockson has joined the company.
Responsible for GeoFinance Market Development, Wilcockson (pictured), will drive client-facing activities for all Geospatial Insight Finance Sector products and will lead product management for RetailWatch, a consumer sentiment analysis dataset.
Geospatial Insight’s solutions for the Investment sector provide syndicated independent research reports and time-series datasets for quantitative investors or proprietary research insights for private clients, family offices and hedge funds.
Wilcockson was formerly Global Industry
Cross-asset liquidity provider XTX Markets (XTX) has chosen Paris as its post-Brexit EU hub.
XTX has filed an application with the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution, the French regulator, to operate a regulated firm in France.
As one of the largest liquidity providers in European equities with a passive market share of continuous trading volumes on lit Pan-European equity venues of over 11.50 per cent and being the third largest FX liquidity provider globally, XTX is opening an office in Paris as part of its preparation for the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.
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The Supervisory Board of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) has confirmed Chief Financial Officer Iris Weidinger and Chief Executive Officer Peter Reitz (pictured), as members of the Management Board, and extended their mandates by another five-year term.
In addition, Steffen Köhler, in the position of the Chief Operating Officer, Dr Tobias Paulun, in the position of the Chief Strategy Officer and Dr Egbert Laege as the Executive Director Gas Markets will continue to be members of the EEX Management Board.
Dr Thomas Siegl, Chief Risk Officer, will leave the EEX Management Board on 1 November 2018 in order to fully focus on
Saxo Bank, the multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has appointed Lars Kufall Beck as Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective no later than 1 May 2019.
Kufall Beck will report directly to Steen Blaafalk, Head of Group Finance & Risk (GFR) and Group CFRO. Kufall Beck will be part of the global management team in GFR and Saxo Group’s Senior Management Team (SMT).
In his role, Kufall Beck will be responsible for all the important functions within Group Finance overseeing regional Finance Operations, Business Planning and Analysis, Facility Management, and Group Procurement.
During his 15-plus year career, he
OANDA a specialist in online multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics, has appointed Tim Howkins as Chairman of the firm’s Board of Directors.
Howkins has worked with entrepreneurial high-growth businesses for close to 35 years. He is best known for his 16-year career with IG Group, having initially joined the firm as CFO before assuming the role of CEO. During his nine-year tenure at the helm, Howkins steered the business through an unprecedented period of global transformation, driving significant growth in shareholder value and quadrupling earnings per share.
Howkins says, “I am delighted to be joining OANDA at
Fund administrator Apex Group (Apex) has appointed Robert Aaron as the first member of the firm’s new Advisory Council.
The purpose of the Council is to form a select group of industry leaders, with significant track records in guiding market developments, to help drive Apex forward as a leading innovator in the fund services space. The first appointed member of the council has been announced today as industry veteran, Robert Aaron.
Aaron has over thirty five years of experience in the Alternatives Industry. His impressive resume includes both buy-side experience and the leadership of several large service providers in
Fulcrum Asset Management has appointed Akio Ohtsuka as Senior Adviser. He is currently Executive Advisor of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd.
Ohtsuka will provide Fulcrum with strategic insight into the Japanese asset management landscape.
Ohtsuka has worked in many of the most senior roles at Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co Ltd and latterly, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd, since joining the firm in April 1976. He is widely recognised as a key figure in the financial services and pension market in Japan, where he has spearheaded a drive to increase uptake of alternatives and multi strategy products. From 2012 to
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Julie Flack as General Manager of its Australia business, responsible for driving growth of Broadridge’s sell-side and buy-side businesses in Australia and New Zealand.
Flack will directly manage all Broadridge associates in Australia and she will report to David Becker, Head of Asia Pacific. Her remit will also include product management across Asia Pacific, including defining product strategy and planning and in this role will report to Nidhi Singh, Vice President, Global Product Management.
Flack comes to Broadridge with more than 20 years of financial services industry experience encompassing roles across futures & options,
Spouting Rock Financial Partners has named investment industry veteran John Coyne as chairman of its asset management group effective immediately.
This is a new role for the firm which last month announced the launch of its asset management arm. Coyne was formerly Vice Chairman of Brinker Capital, a position which capped a 30-year career with the firm he co-founded.
Spouting Rock Asset Management offers a niche allocation suite of strategies that seek to capitalise on market inefficiencies.
In his new role, Coyne, a 2011 Money Management Institute Pioneer Award winner, has primary oversight for Spouting Rock Asset Management’s distribution platform.
