BTIG has expanded its Global Institutional Equities offering with the appointment of Simon “Sid” Martin as a Managing Director in London. Prior to BTIG, Martin spent eight years as a Director within the Equity Sales and Trading Group at Barclays. He began his financial services career in the Credit Trading Group, specialising in collateralised debt obligation, at Morgan Stanley. Previously, he was a Captain in the British Army, where he honourably served for more than a decade.    “We are delighted to welcome Sid to BTIG as we add more talented professionals to our equity platform,” says Matt Cyzer, President

Arachnys, a provider of cloud-based solutions for assessing financial crime customer risk and ensuring compliance for regulatory CDD, KYC and EDD requirements, has appointed Edward Sander (pictured), as President. “David Buxton has demonstrated exemplary leadership as Arachnys’ Founder and CEO for the past seven years. Under his stewardship, the company has pioneered a new platform for accelerating risk investigations, in the cloud, that reduces cost and accelerates revenue for the world’s top global FIs,” says Greg Meekings, Arachnys’ Board Chairman and former Thomson-Reuters CIO. “We’re incredibly excited to add a global executive of Ed’s caliber to work with David and

Sadis & Goldberg has appointed Richard L Shamos (pictured), as a member of the firm’s Financial Services Group. Shamos has extensive experience advising financial services companies on the structuring, regulation and distribution of investment funds and brings a depth of experience in investment products and European fund structures, having designed UCITS and AIFs for an array of strategies, including various equity, fixed-income and multi-asset funds, as well as liquid alternatives and multi-manager fund structures.   “Richard brings the right mix of legal talent, pragmatic business sense and entrepreneurial vision we want for our clients,” says Ron Geffner, a member of

Altegris Advisors has appointed Robert S Naka as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Naka will report to Martin Beaulieu (pictured), Executive Chairman and CEO of Altegris. Following a strategic review of the firm’s offerings and priorities to better meet the evolving needs of its clients, this appointment reflects the firm’s commitment to delivering best-in-breed alternative investment solutions to individual and institutional clients.   Naka will oversee the firm’s Operations and IT departments to optimise the operational infrastructure of the firm’s systems, processes and personnel. He joins Altegris from Salient Partners, where he was Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Naka planned

Captive Alternatives (CapAlt), an Atlanta based risk management consultancy that pioneered the Protected Captive, has hired operations and business development professional Emilie Gastley (pictured), as Director of Marketing. In that capacity, Gastley will be charged with educating High Net Worth (HNW) financial professionals and business owners about the benefits of owning a Private Insurance Company.   “Captive Alternatives’ Private Insurance Company is so innovative, it will change the way HNW business owners and families approach risk management, asset protection, estate and tax planning and exit strategies,” says Gastley. “The structure and domicile of the CapAlt Private Insurance Company make it

Imperial Capital has added senior high yield professionals; James Book, institutional sales professional, and Daniel Derman, senior distressed trader, to its team. Book and Derman join Imperial Capital’s High Yield & Distressed Credit Group as Managing Directors based in New York. The two hires expand Imperial’s global high yield institutional coverage in the US.   “We are pleased to welcome Jim and Dan to our team as they bring with them a distinguished track record of success and key relationships to complement our fixed income franchise,” says Tom Corcoran (pictured), President of Imperial Capital. “The depth of their product knowledge

NEX Optimisation, which helps clients reduce complexity and optimise resources across the transaction lifecycle, has appointed Paul Busby (pictured), as Global Head of Sales for ENSO, its portfolio finance and centralised treasury management solution for the buy-side. Busby will be responsible for expanding sales and strategic partnerships across the US, EMEA and APAC regions, reporting to Matthew Bernard, CEO of ENSO. The business currently provides centralised treasury services to clients globally, most recently expanding into the APAC region in 2017.   Busby has over 25 years of senior experience in prime brokerage, equity finance and securities lending, and joins from

Axioma has appointed Thomas D Severance (pictured), to the newly created position of Senior Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer. Severance was previously at IHS Markit for six years, where he most recently served as Managing Director, Markit Analytics, heading its risk strategy and analytics business in the Americas.   “Accelerating growth in our target markets is our number one objective,” says Sebastian Ceria, Chief Executive Officer at Axioma. “With more than 20 years of experience at innovative, high growth companies operating at the intersection of risk, analytics and technology, Tom is a perfect fit for Axioma. As Chief Revenue

Alternative asset manager FS Investments has hired Michael Carter as Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy. Carter will be based in the firm’s Philadelphia headquarters, serve on the firm’s Executive Committee and oversee firm strategy and business development, with a focus on growing FS Investments’ existing credit franchise and expanding into other alternative investment platforms.   “Mike Carter has had a broad, impressive career in financial services as a credit and hedge fund platform builder, operator and leader,” says Michael C Forman (pictured), Chairman and CEO of FS Investments. “Mike’s investment experience and strategic focus will be critically important as

Placement agent and advisory firm Eaton Partners, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp, has appointed Bill McLeod (pictured), as a Managing Director. He will continue to be based out of Stifel’s San Francisco office, establishing the eighth global office location for Eaton.   McLeod, an industry veteran with over 25 years of capital markets and investment banking experience, will focus on growing Eaton Partners’ direct private capital raising platform, advising clients on strategy and providing direct opportunities to investors across the globe. In addition, he will expand Eaton’s origination efforts in the acquisition of new fund clients across