Brian R Hall, OBE, former Chairman of the Board of Oyster Consulting (Bermuda) Ltd, has become Chairman Emeritus.  Hall (pictured) has served as Chairman of the Board since the company’s inception. His son, B Robert (Rob) Hall, a Founding Principal and Managing Director of Oyster Consulting, will now take on the role of Chairman . Virginia-based Oyster Consulting provides financial firms across the United States the sophisticated, expert support necessary to navigate today’s volatile economic environment, complex regulatory schemes, and evolving technologies. In 2012, Oyster Consulting launched a platform for its services in Bermuda through Oyster Consulting (Bermuda), formerly known as Inter-Ocean

TABB Group has added two capital markets industry veterans, George Bollenbacher as head of fixed income research, and Russell Rhoads, as head of derivatives research.  Bollenbacher, a long time industry expert and thought leader, has spent twenty years as a bond trader and ten years in the capital market technology business, assisting banks, asset managers and custodians in implementing process and technology changes. He is the author of “The Professional’s Guide to the US Government Securities Market” and “The New Business of Banking,” as well as many articles on the evolution of the financial markets, many for TabbFORUM. He earned

Tim Clipstone has joined the Guernsey office of Ogier as a partner in its top-tier investment fund team. Clipstone (pictured), has a strong reputation for his work with offshore investment funds, specialising in investment fund structuring, equity fundraising, mergers and acquisitions and group reorganisations.      Ogier’s Guernsey team were recently Guernsey legal counsel to the launch of a GBP202 million music IPO fund, and are ranked in the top tier by IFLR.   This year Ogier has been named Offshore Law Firm of the Year by Chambers Europe and International Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Week

Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Alastair McGill as General Manager of its Messaging, Reconciliation and Connectivity solutions business (MRC). McGill (pictured), who has over 25 years of experience in the financial technology sector, will now hold responsibility for the strategy and execution of Broadridge’s MRC business. Based in London, he has global responsibility for this business. He reports to Tom Carey, President of Broadridge International.   Broadridge’s Messaging, Reconciliations and Connectivity solutions are designed to deliver operational efficiencies and business controls, while mitigating risk, for financial services firms ranging from asset and wealth managers to investment banks and broker dealers,

Permian Capital Management, the San Francisco-based digital asset manager, has appointed financial industry executive, Josh Kernan, as Global Head of Distribution. “Josh is a proven financial services executive who understands the demands of institutional investors,” says Shaunak Mali, Partner and co-founder of Permian Capital Management. “His expertise will be invaluable to Permian’s mission of bridging the nebulous world of digital assets with traditional finance.” Josh joins Permian Capital Management with over 24 years of experience managing alternative investment products and investment platforms. He started his career at Charles Schwab & Co. where he founded the Alternative Investment Department and worked

London-listed service provider JTC has promoted alternative fund specialist James Tracey to Managing Director of its Guernsey office.  In his new role, Tracey (pictured) will be pivotal in leading the firm’s Guernsey office as it continues to grow its institutional and private client service range from the jurisdiction, whilst he will also assume additional cross-jurisdictional responsibilities as he takes a seat on JTC’s Institutional Client Services (ICS) Board. With more than 15 years’ experience in international financial services, Tracey joined JTC in 2015 following the firm’s acquisition of Kleinwort Benson’s fund administration business and has worked in all areas of

Axioma has appointed Hamish Seegopaul as Managing Director, Head of Index. He was previously a Director at Credit Suisse, where he was responsible for delivering Quantitative Investment Strategies and Commodity Investor Products to institutional investors. “Hamish brings a superb combination of leadership and experience in both index sales and development to Axioma’s growing indexing business, which leverages our portfolio-construction and risk-modelling expertise to build and enhance systematic strategies,” says Ian Webster, Senior Managing Director. “We are excited about the growth opportunities for this business and delighted to have Hamish taking up the reins.”    In his nine years at Credit

Outsourced trading solutions firm Tourmaline Partners has appointed industry veterans Seth Hoenig and Aidan Toomey as Managing Directors.   Hoenig comes to Tourmaline with 20 years of trading experience and most recently served as Head Trader at Glenhill Capital. He previously worked as a trader at Sigma Capital Management/SAC Capital Advisors and Spear Leeds & Kellogg/Goldman Sachs. Toomey also brings 20 years of trading experience and comes to Tourmaline from outsourced trading firm Outset Global Trading, where he established the firm’s New York office. He has held senior trading roles at HSBC, JPMorgan, Jefferies and Raymond James, and began his