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CRYPTALGO, an institutional crypto-trading and brokerage firm, has appointed Ed Mount, the Co-Founder of Elysium Technology Group, and crypto expert Jon Matonis to its Advisory Board.
Ed Mount joins as Chief Adviser, Trading Technologies. Prior to launching Elysium Technology Group, Ed was Managing Director and Global Head of Electronic FX Trading at Nomura and Royal Bank of Scotland. He specialises in automated database technologies, including distributed ledgers/blockchain and their application to foreign exchange, futures and cryptocurrency trading, risk management and workflow processing.
Jon Matonis is Former Executive-Director and Co-Founder of the Bitcoin Foundation and served as Special Adviser on
Chune Loong Lum has rejoined Ropes & Gray’s private investment funds practice as counsel in Hong Kong.
Lum (pictured), represents Asia- and China-focused fund sponsors in the formation, structuring and operation of private equity funds, as well as sovereign investors and institutional investors in their fund commitments and transactions.
A fluent Mandarin speaker, his extensive experience includes counselling fund sponsors, investment advisors and asset managers in the structure, launch, capitalisation and ongoing operations of private investment funds, including buyout funds, venture capital funds, joint venture funds, credit funds, evergreen funds and auxiliary funds. Lum also has significant experience in
LMAX Exchange Group (LMAX Exchange), an institutional exchange for global FX trading, has appointed FX veteran Roland White to the newly created position of Global Head of Institutional Sales, reporting to David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Exchange.
Roland White (pictured), joins LMAX Exchange on 30 July 2018 from Commerzbank, where he was Head of Electronic Foreign Exchange Sales in London for eight years.
White brings 28 years of institutional FX expertise and a wealth of experience from a career spent at FX brokers, and bank sales and trading desks. White has grown and managed international sales teams for EBS,
European Fund Administration (EFA) has appointed Cédric Jauquet as Head of Private Asset Services and member of the company’s Executive Committee.
Jauquet (pictured), joins from Credit Suisse Fund Services Luxembourg, where he was Head of Private Equity and Real Estate Administration. Cédric has 18 years’ experience in private asset services in Luxembourg at Credit Suisse, Banque Internationale à Luxembourg’s corporate and fund services subsidiary, RBC Alternative Investor Services and PwC.
EFA further strengthens its existing team of experts by appointing Fabrice Freilinger, Head of Private Asset Investor Services, and Tomasz Szubartowski, Head of Private Asset Accounting Services. Both also
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has appointed Stuart Fiertz, Co-Founder and President of Cheyne Capital Management, and Richard Lightburn, Chief Executive Officer of MKP Capital Management, to its Board.
The SBAI is the global standard-setting body for the alternative investment industry and custodian of the Alternative Investment Standards. The SBAI and the Standards are supported by approximately 200 alternative investment managers and institutional investors who collectively manage USD3.5 trillion.
Dame Amelia Fawcett, Chairman of the SBAI, says: “Stuart and Richard, as prominent leaders in alternative investment management, will bring invaluable insights to our board as the SBAI
Paradigm Governance Partners Limited, which offers independent director services, distressed fund and value recovery services and outsourced accounting services, has hired an experienced fund professional as Manager – Fund Services to assist the business in its rapid growth.
Laura McGeever joins Paradigm after five years with Citco Trustees (Cayman) Limited. Most recently, she had been responsible for the management and oversight of the firm’s Hedge Fund Secretarial group.
Prior to arriving in the Cayman Islands, she worked with the law firm Matheson and prior to that JPMorgan Fund Services (Ireland) Limited.
Paradigm was formed earlier this year in
BTIG has appointed Pawan Misra as Managing Director and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) based in New York. As CTO, he will be responsible for helping to develop and deploy technologies across the firm.
“We are pleased to welcome Pawan to the BTIG leadership team,” says Scott Kovalik, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BTIG. “Pawan will lead the development of next generation technologies, strengthen critical infrastructure, and play a key role in shaping the technology agenda across our businesses worldwide.”
Misra, who joins the firm’s Global Operating Committee, has nearly 30 years of industry experience. Prior to BTIG,
Geoff Pullen has joined State Street as managing director, alternatives sector, EMEA.
Based in London, he will report into Maria Cantillon, head of sector solutions for EMEA, and his responsibilities will include driving the execution of the team’s regional sales strategy across hedge and private equity fund clients.
With 16 years’ experience, he joins State Street from Standard Chartered where he led the transaction banking & securities services sales to European alternative and traditional asset managers. Prior to this he held senior sales roles at both HSBC Securities Services and BNP Paribas.
He holds a BSc (Hons) in
Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust has appointed Zehrid Osmani as joint Portfolio Manager of the Company, alongside Tom Walker, as part of a considered succession plan.
Osmani (pictured), joined Martin Currie last month to lead its Global Long-Term Unconstrained (GLTU) team, which will complement his additional role as joint Portfolio Manager of Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust.
Osmani’s co-management responsibilities take effect on 30 June 2018.
Osmani will work alongside long-standing manager Tom Walker, who has been the Portfolio Manager since 2000, one of the longest tenures in the investment trust industry. Over that period, Walker has generated
Asian institutional alternative funds platform Gordian Capital today has established a Shanghai Representative Office to support its growing number of clients in mainland China.
Gordian Capital’s client base in China currently includes an asset manager with AUM of USD16 billion, a wealth management group that manages USD15 billion for High Net worth Individuals and a large private corporation with USD12 billion of assets. Gordian Capital, on behalf of these three clients, has structured, launched and is currently operating offshore fund vehicles to assist these firms expand outside China and to diversify both their client and asset base.
Established in
