Crytocurrency exchange Coinbase has appointed Alesia Hass as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hass (pictured), joins Coinbase from hedge fund firm Och-Ziff Capital Management where she held the same position. At Och-Ziff, Haas oversaw all aspects of accounting, tax, treasury, financial operations, internal audit and shareholder services, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy for OneWest Bank, and held senior finance, investment and strategy roles with Merrill Lynch and General Electric.   “I’m incredibly excited to have Alesia join Coinbase as our new CFO,” says Brian Armstrong, Co-founder & CEO at Coinbase. “She brings deep

OpenFin has appointed Mark Yallop as a non-executive board director. Yallop (pictured), serves as an Independent Member of the Prudential Regulation Committee at the Bank of England and as Chair for the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) Markets Standards Board (FMSB). Prior to his current tenures, he served as UK Group CEO at UBS, responsible for UBS’s Investment Banking, Wealth Management and Asset Management activities; Group COO and main board director at ICAP; Group COO at Deutsche Bank; and on the board of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).   Yallop says: “As the financial services industry emerges

JP Morgan Asset Management has appointed Alistair Lowe as managing director and senior portfolio manager, Quantitative Beta Strategies (QBS).  In this new role, Lowe (pictured), will oversee QBS’s team of alternative beta and quantitative equity portfolio managers in New York. He reports to Yazann Romahi, Chief Investment Officer of Quantitative Beta Strategies, and will be based in New York.    Prior to joining JP Morgan, Lowe was an independent consultant advising asset managers and RIAs in asset allocation and portfolio construction. Previously he was a senior advisor to the investment committee at the quantitative liquid alternatives manager AlphaSimplex. Lowe spent the

Dash Financial Technologies, a provider of multi-asset trading technology and execution services platforms, has appointed Jamie Bogen as Managing Director, Execution Services. In this role she will be responsible for helping advance the firm’s institutional business development strategy across the buy side and further enhance Dash’s consultancy-led approach to execution customisation, workflow and analytics/visualisation.   Jamie (pictured), brings over 25 years’ experience in the capital markets, working on both the buy and sell side. She joins from Bloomberg Tradebook, where she spent nine years, most recently serving as a senior client relationship manager. Prior to Tradebook she spent over twenty

Stroock has added to its Private Funds Group with the appointment of Michael Emanuel as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Emanuel (pictured), has served as senior regulatory and compliance counsel at both big banks and leading investment management firms. He joins as a partner in the firm’s New York office.   Emanuel joins from Eagle Investment Solutions, a Princeton, NJ-based asset management firm, where he served as general counsel, chief compliance officer, and co-chief operating officer. Previously he served as regulatory and compliance counsel for other major investment managers, including Harbinger Capital Partners, Loeb Partners Corp. and State Street

The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) has appointed Eric Bigelsen as Senior Vice President, Sales for the Americas. In his role, Bigelsen (pictured), will be leading the sales and business development efforts for The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) initiative for banks, broker/dealers, asset managers, hedge funds and trading companies.   Bigelsen has over 25 years of experience building successful businesses in the financial services industry. He has worked in leading companies in data, analytics, research, ratings, compliance and technology solutions. During his career, he has served as Senior Vice President at Moody’s Investors Service, Senior Vice President at Moody’s

Jupiter has appointed Darren Starr as a Fund Manager in the firm’s growing GBP1.9 billion liquid alternatives business. Starr has dual US and UK citizenship, and over 10 years’ experience managing US equity long-short portfolios across roles at UBS, SAC Global Investors and Caxton.   In his new role, Starr will work closely with the other members of Jupiter’s absolute return team, including James Clunie, manager of the Jupiter Absolute Return Fund unit trust, Jupiter Global Absolute Return and Jupiter Global Levered Absolute Return SICAV funds, and Mike Buhl-Nielsen, manager of the Jupiter Europa Fund (SICAV). Subject to regulatory approvals,

Commcise, a provider of integrated commission management, research evaluation and reporting solutions for investment managers, brokers and research providers, has added commission management and change management specialists John Kennedy and Jonathan Pearson to its growing team in North America.  Kennedy, Senior Consultant, most recently at IHS Markit, has over 25 years commission management and client experience, with a proven track record in the design, delivery, and implementation of reporting and technology solutions for the brokerage and asset management community.   Pearson has joined Commcise as Senior Consultant. Previously, he was a Senior Adviser to the UK Government, specialising in change

Fidante Partners has added Hugh Ferrand to the Institutional Business Development team in the firm’s London office. Ferrand (pictured) has over 20 years’ experience in institutional sales, principally as head of the Invesco Perpetual Institutional Division, where he successfully grew the institutional business whilst developing strong relationships with clients across pension schemes, charities, endowment funds and insurance firms. Prior to joining Invesco in 1999, Ferrand was an investment manager, initially at Adam Bank and then at Blairlogie. Hugh’s career began at Cazenove in 1981 where he worked for 11 years researching and selling Asian equities. Hugh is currently a Governor