Confluence has promoted Todd Moyer to Chief Operating Officer (COO), a strategic role focused on ensuring operational excellence, optimising revenue generation across North America and Europe and evaluating growth potential in adjacent geographic markets globally.  Moyer (pictured), joined Confluence in 2012 as Senior Vice President of Global Sales. In 2014 he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Global Business Development, leading Confluence’s global growth efforts as they relate to strategic market management and sales strategy and execution. Under his leadership, Confluence has consistently achieved year-over-year record breaking growth. He also provided strategic direction for extending the value of the

Tolomeo Capital AG, the Swiss based systematic asset manager, has appointed Sonja Frech to the newly created position of Director of Finance & Compliance. With this move the company extends its team in a significant way.
 
 Frech has held senior Finance and Controlling positions in several financial and industrial firms and worked for a large German energy company in mergers & acquisitions, investment controlling and extrajudicial debt enforcement proceedings before co-founding a large Swiss family office and serving as its CFO.
 
   Ivan Popovic, Managing Partner of Tolomeo Capital, says: “With the company continuously growing, we needed a

Calastone, the global funds transaction network, has appointed Henning Swabey as Managing Director and Head of Continental Europe. Swabey joins from RBC and will be responsible for defining and implementing the European Business Development Strategy, and will build and manage a growing sales team across Continental Europe.   Swabey joins Calastone with significant experience in the mutual funds sector, in which he has been able to use his strong leadership to service and develop core business relationships. He has held a number of senior roles within several leading global financial services institutions, including RBC where he developed their Investor &

US Bank has named Rafael Herrera as the market leader of its corporate trust group in Texas. Herrera is a senior vice president in the US Bank Global Corporate Trust Services group and is located in Houston along with 37 additional corporate trust professionals.  “We are thrilled to have someone of Rafael’s caliber leading our corporate trust efforts in Texas,” says Joe Giordano, president of US Bank Global Corporate Trust Services. “We are focused on growth and exemplary client service and are actively planning to add staff to both our Houston and Dallas offices.”   US Bank Global Corporate Trust

Aquila Capital has strengthened its quantitative investment proposition with the appointment of Fabian Dori as Quantitative Strategist and Portfolio Manager within its Systematic Trading Group. This team oversees Aquila Capital’s quantitative strategies investing in liquid financial markets.   Fabian joins Aquila Capital from Notenstein La Roche Privatbank, where he was Chief Investment Officer. He will be reunited at Aquila Capital with the Head of the Trading Group, Urs Schubiger, with whom he worked for more than five years before. They established a highly successful, multi-year track record in developing and implementing managed futures and cash equity strategies. The Systematic Trading

Alternative investment accounting and advisory firm, Arthur Bell, has appointed Audit Director, Rob Kucenski, to its New York office. Kucenski (pictured), has more than 15 years of experience providing professional services to alternative investment vehicles for a diverse client base which includes hedge funds, private equity, real estate, commodity pools, and funds of funds.   Kucenski is an industry veteran who has more than a decade of audit experience with a Big 4 accounting firm, and another accounting firm focused on the alternative investment industry. He works closely with investment advisers on evaluating their internal controls, along with their business

Schultze Asset Management, an investment firm specialising in financially troubled and distressed companies, has hired industry veteran Dean Crowder as Global Head of Strategic Business Development. In his new role, Crowder (pictured) is responsible for the development and execution of the overall business strategy and high-priority strategic initiatives for Schultze Asset Management. He acts as a thought partner for senior leaders and supports the general management and progress of Schultze Asset Management’s business.   “Dean has a long and proven track record as an alternative investments strategist and extensive experience capturing market share from institutional global clients through marketing and

Man Group has appointed Michael Turner (pictured), as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Man FRM, its hedge fund investment specialist. Turner will continue to work closely with Keith Haydon, Chief Investment Officer of Man FRM, and Michelle McCloskey, President of Man FRM and Man Americas, in leading Man FRM’s business, which is overseen by Man Group’s President, Jonathan Sorrell.  Turner will join Man Group’s Executive Committee, in addition to continuing to lead Man FRM’s Management Committee.   Turner has served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Man FRM and a member of Man FRM’s Management Committee since 2012. As COO

Cowen Investment Management, the global investment management business of Cowen Inc, has appointed Elizabeth Flisser Rosman (pictured), as Managing Director and Head of Strategy. Rosman will draw on her deep experience in seeding and incubating alternative investment strategies to help Cowen expand its alternative investment management platform by developing internal investment capabilities and partnering with outside managers.   Rosman has been sourcing, seeding and incubating alternative investment managers since 1999, when she joined Capital Z, one of the most successful hedge fund sponsors of its time. She most recently led new hedge fund manager development efforts at Reservoir Capital Group,

BGC Partners, a global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, has appointed Shawn McLoughlin is being appointed CEO of BGC Financial for the Americas region, effective immediately. McLoughlin (pictured), brings to the role more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry.   “Shawn will work to define business strategy for new products and drive revenue growth in the North American market,” says Shaun Lynn, President of BGC Partners. “Our longstanding Americas CEO Lou Scotto, who has played an instrumental role in the development of our US business since 2011, will stay on to oversee