Alter Domus, a provider of Fund and Corporate Services to alternative investment managers, has opened two new offices in Spain; in Madrid and Barcelona. Laurent Vanderweyen (pictured), Chief Executive Officer of Alter Domus, says: “The opening of these new offices in Spain, in important financial capitals, will strengthen the company’s platform in Europe and is a result of our commitment to continually broaden our international presence, and bring our high quality services to every jurisdiction within our expanding reach. Having Spanish-based offices will offer significant opportunities for us to target inbound and outbound investments in the Spanish and European economies.”

LiquidityBook, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has opened a new office at 138 Holborn in Waterhouse Square, London. The firm, which has secured eight new fund manager clients in London since July, will use the new office to support its continued expansion in the region as demand for its POEMS (portfolio, order and execution management system) platform surges ahead of MiFID II’s January implementation deadline.   The new office is led by EMEA Client Services Manager Nicholas Thompson (pictured), who joined the firm from Eze Software in June. Thompson and the London-based LiquidityBook team, which

After more than 19 years at Schroders and an investment career spanning 32 years, Geoff Blanning (pictured), Head of Emerging Market Debt Absolute Return and Commodities Group, has decided to retire and will leave the company in April 2018. Abdallah Guezour, currently Head of Emerging Market Debt Absolute Return, will become Head of the Emerging Market Debt Absolute Return & Commodities Group in January 2018. Abdallah joined Schroders in 2000 and has worked with Geoff for over 20 years.   To ensure continuity, Mark Lacey, who has been working closely with Geoff over the past three years as a fund

PAG, a Hong Kong-based independent alternative investment fund manager, has hired a new quantitative investment and research team, based in Geneva, to launch a new business applying quantitative techniques to fundamental investments. The business, known as PAG Investment Solutions, is led by Edgar van Tuyll, formerly chief quantitative strategist at Pictet, where he and his team managed a USD1 billion portfolio. Van Tuyll comes to PAG with 22 years of experience in quantitative and global macro investing.   “Traditional investment management is at the core of our strategy,” says Albert Collette, Partner at PAG Investment Solutions. “Our goal has been

Epsilon Asset Management (Epsilon) has appointed Charles “Chuck” Soderstrom as COO and Partner of the firm. “Soderstrom’s decades of operational experience strengthens the foundation needed to grow Epsilon while providing world class infrastructure and service to our expanding client base,” says Adam Lavin, Partner at Epsilon.   Starting in 2005, Soderstrom served as a Managing Director and Head of Operations for Impala Asset Management, a multi-billion dollar long/short equity hedge fund. Prior to Impala, he was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns. In 2000, he co-founded and managed Buena Vista Partners, a long/short equity hedge fund. Prior to Buena

Maples Fund Services, an independent global fund services provider and division of MaplesFS, has appointed Brendan Tyne as Head of Business Development for North America. Tyne brings over 20 years of experience in the asset management industry. He was most recently the Managing Director of the North American business of a global private equity and real estate fund administrator. Prior to that, he held various sales and relationship management positions, focusing on capital raising and managing institutional and high net worth client relationships for hedge fund and fund-of-funds managers. He received a Bachelors of Arts in International Affairs from Lafayette

Hedge Invest SGR, an independent asset manager specialising in alternative investments (hedge, UCITS alternatives, real estate and private debt), has appointed Fergal Doyle as Chief Operating Officer of its UK subsidiary Principia Investment Management Limited (PIML). Doyle has been working in the alternative funds industry for 20 years, starting in 1997 in AIB/BNY, then in GLG Partners/Man Group from 2000 to 2014, where he held several operational roles including responsibility for middle office, and was instrumental in the launch of new funds and the optimisation of IT systems. In 2015 he became COO at Pacific Asset Management, where he was

Xavier Rolet has agreed to step down as CEO of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) with immediate effect, at the request of the Group’s board. The Board has asked David Warren, CFO, to assume the additional role of Interim CEO until a successor is appointed. Warren has served as CFO of LSEG for the past five years, and is an integral leader of the team that has successfully executed the Company’s strategy during this period, including strategic acquisitions. Prior to joining LSEG, Warren spent nine years as CFO of NASDAQ.   Donald Brydon has indicated that he will not stand

Christopher J Flynn has been named CEO of both TCRD and THL Credit effective 30 November, 2017. Sam W Tillinghast, co-CEO of THL Credit alongside Flynn, will resign his position on the same date. The current management team of THL Credit, which has deep credit, origination, and operational experience across the platform, will continue to manage the businesses under Flynn’s leadership.   “It is an honour to continue to lead our organisation alongside our executive team,” says Flynn.   The experienced THL Credit leadership team includes James Fellows, Chief Investment Officer, who manages credit in concert with Senior Managing Director

Euroclear has appointed Yves Dupuy (pictured), as Chief Information Officer. He will be based in Brussels and will join the Euroclear Group Executive Committee, reporting to Lieve Mostrey, Chief Executive Officer of the Euroclear group. Dupuy joins Euroclear from Societe Generale where he most recently was the Chief Information Officer, Global Banking and Investor Solutions for the EMEA region. He graduated with a postgraduate Masters in Management at Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris.   Mostrey says: “We are extremely pleased to welcome Yves to Euroclear. His skill and wealth of senior management experience will further strengthen our leadership team.