Alger Management has appointed Robert Gourlay as Senior Vice President and Director of International Sales.  Gourlay, who will be based in London, will be responsible for strengthening and developing Alger’s relationships with private bank, multimanager, and institutional investors outside the US. He joins Alger with more than 20 years of experience in institutional sales, previously serving four years at Advent Capital as a Managing Director and Head of Business Development EMEA, where he focused on a European client base. He also dedicated 10 years in sales to RWC Partners, building a network of clients and raising assets for vehicles in

Man GLG, Man Group’s discretionary investment management business, is to acquire Sanlam FOUR’s strategic bond business. Subject to regulatory approval, Sanlam’s investment strategy and assets currently under management will become part of Man GLG’s fixed income offering. Portfolio managers Craig Veysey and Francois Kotze will both tmove to Man GLG, and will continue to run the strategy with a consistent approach, philosophy, process and toolkit, aiming to provide continuity to the growing number of existing investors.   The strategic bond strategy is focused on investing in attractively valued corporate and government bond opportunities across the global bond universe. The investment approach

Cowen has appointed Bobby Croswell as a Managing Director and Head of Business Development in its outsourced trading group.   Croswell (pictured), who will initially be located in Cowen’s Boston office, is tasked with expanding the outsourced trading business in Boston, throughout the US and globally.     Cowen’s global outsourced trading team is now 20 people strong with professionals across the US and in London, Belfast and soon to be Hong Kong.   Croswell says: “I am thrilled to join Cowen’s outsourced trading team. The group has an exceptional reputation in the industry and is fully-committed to providing its clients

After almost 12 years in the role, Geoff Cook has decided to step down from his role as Chief Executive of Jersey Finance, the promotional body for the Jersey finance industry. Appointed in 2007, Cook (pictured), has been at the helm of the organisation, helping guide the island through the financial crisis of 2007/8 and playing a key role over the last decade in driving Jersey forward as an international finance centre of excellence.   He will remain in his position as CEO throughout his notice period. The Board is already engaged with the Appointments Commission in terms of advertising

MDX Technology (MDX), a provider of real-time data collaboration and distribution solutions for the trading community, has appointed Darren Bishop to help drive global business development activities and create innovative new product offerings. Reporting to MDX CEO Paul Watmough, Bishop brings deep domain expertise, a unique understanding of the specialist needs of the MDX target customers, together with first-hand experience of building a specialist financial technology business.   Bishop’s impressive career spans some 30 years in the market data and credit & rates arenas. Most recently he was CEO at LiquidityChain, a TP ICAP backed venture. During this time, he

London-based broker-dealer BTIG Limited has appointed Christopher Rollins as its Chief Executive Officer CEO, effective immediately. Rollins (pictured), assumes leadership of the firm following a successful role as Managing Director, International Equities, and Head of US Execution Services at BTIG, LLC in New York.   He will be tasked with expanding BTIG’s existing suite of multi-asset class products, and accelerating the growth of its geographical footprint across Europe. Prior to BTIG, Rollins spent more than 15 years at Goldman Sachs in several key leadership roles including Managing Director and Co-Head of European Execution Services in London. Previously, he spent over a decade

SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has appointed Lee Jones as Chief Commercial Officer. Lee brings with him over two decades’ experience in technology and sales across start-ups, private equity and large global enterprises. His appointment will help further SteelEye’s disruption of the data analytics market as it continues to expand and enhance its secure and scalable data storage platform for the benefit of its increasing list of global clients, including asset managers, hedge funds, forex and credit firms.    Prior to joining SteelEye, Lee was CEO of voice and data recording and analytics firm Redbox, where he

Active asset manager J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has appointed Aled Smith as Investment Director. Smith will provide investment oversight to JOHCM’s 16 investment teams, based in London, Boston, New York and Singapore, as well as search for market-leading investment talent as the company seeks to add to its range of investment strategies over time.   Smith most recently served as Director, Equities Division at M&G Investments. During his 18 years’ service with M&G (2000-July 2018), he helped build the company’s Global Equities team into a highly-rated, multi-billion AUM business, managed a number of equity funds as well as

Swiss investment boutique Quaero Capital is building on its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) capabilities with the hire of specialist ESG analyst Georgina Parker. Georgina Parker (pictured), joins from the Swiss sustainable finance consulting firm Conser Invest. She will work with funds across the Quaero Capital investment department, identifying opportunities to expand and enhance their approaches to responsible investment. She began her career in 2007 as an equity analyst with Bessemer Trust, working in both London and New York.   In 2014 she co-founded BroadMinded, a London-based network supporting gender equality for ambitious women, and in 2015 she worked as

Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has strengthened its business restructuring offering in the Midlands with the appointment of a new partner. Ryan Grant joins the firm’s Birmingham office today, bringing more than 18 years’ experience in business restructuring having been a partner at AlixPartners (formerly Zolfo Cooper) for the last eight years.   He has worked across a variety of sectors, including retail, real estate, automotive, manufacturing, and leisure and hospitality. Ryan also works closely with banks, private equity houses and hedge funds, particularly within the mid-market.   His role at BDO will see him enhance the firm’s existing