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Guernsey Finance, the island’s offshore finance promotional agency, has promoted Kate Clouston to the position of deputy chief executive.
Since starting with Guernsey Finance in 2015 as the agency’s first director of international business development, Clouston (pictured) has been responsible for leading business delegations and promotional activity in South East Asia, North America and Europe.
Her work has had a focus on evaluating and developing these target markets, through implementation of development strategies around emerging financial products, and attracting new companies or business to Guernsey.
Guernsey Finance chief executive, Dominic Wheatley, says: “Kate brings a tremendous level of
US Bank has appointed Joseph Giordano as president of its Global Corporate Trust Services (GCTS) division.
Giordano, who currently serves as senior vice president and head of the municipal and corporate divisions of GCTS, will take over as president effective 1 June 2017.
Giordano has more than 35 years of experience in corporate trust and the financial services industry, and helped lead US Bank’s CDO team to 53 per cent market share in little more than four years. Prior to US Bank, Giordano served in senior roles at JP Morgan Chase, where he managed CDO, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, and
Neudata, a provider of global equity, currency, commodity, fixed income and derivatives market intelligence to sophisticated investment managers, has appointed Robert Benson as an investor and business adviser.
Benson (pictured) is an active investor in promising start-up businesses within the financial and data sectors.
He will be based in London and will assist the Neudata team in growing its alternative data intelligence platform which is used by hedge fund managers and other institutional investors.
“We are very excited and honoured to have someone of Rob’s calibre and expertise on our extended team of professionals,” says Rado Lipuš, founder
Bernard Minsky has joined Cowen Group’s international prime services team as director and head of risk management.
Kevin LoPrimo (pictured), head of international prime brokerage, says: “We are proud to welcome Bernie, a seasoned professional, to lead our international prime services risk management team. Bernie has 30+ years of experience in the investment industry as a risk manager, business operator and consultant. Bernie and I had worked together before during our time at Goldman Sachs and are pleased to have the opportunity to do so again. He has a demonstrated ability to assess and navigate risk in a variety of
Pryor Cashman has added partner Anthony Schouten (pictured) to the firm’s investment management group.
Based in New York, Schouten (pictured) maintains an integrated corporate practice with a focus on structured finance and derivatives. He joins the firm from Winston & Strawn, where he was a partner.
“We are committed to providing the highest quality, end-to-end service for our clients, and Anthony’s unique skillset perfectly complements our current offerings and builds upon the talents of our team. He is highly respected in the field and we are thrilled to welcome him to the firm,” says Ronald H Shechtman, Pryor Cashman’s
A record high of 251 fundraising and marketing professionals were hired by alternative asset management firms in the first quarter of 2017, according to data from the Context Jensen Partners’ Q1 2017 newsletter.
Context Jensen Partners (CJP) is a global corporate advisory and executive search firm that recruits capital raising talent for alternative investment managers.
“There is perhaps no better evidence that the industry has come of age than the number of senior professionals now working in a variety of distribution roles,” says Sasha Jensen (pictured), founder and CEO of Context Jensen Partners. “We view the record number of
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed Valentino (Val) Wotton as managing director, DTCC Deriv/SERV, effective 29 August, 2017.
Wotton (pictured) will be responsible for product development and strategy, reporting to Chris Childs, president and CEO of DTCC Deriv/SERV.
Prior to DTCC, Wotton served as head of post trade services and europe operations at Barclays. There, he was responsible for the implementation of a strategic global operational model to provide improved service capabilities to clients and internal businesses as well as the design and delivery of an enhanced strategic architecture to achieve automation, process improvement and risk
Boston Partners, a provider of value equity investment products, has opened an office in London.
Joshua Jones, a portfolio manager on Boston Partners Global and International products, will be leading the investment team operating out of the London office, while William Pawson, a senior product specialist, will oversee distribution.
The London office will provide closer access for clients of Boston Partners located in the European market and closer proximity to European companies for Jones. The new office will help to support over USD14 billion in sub-advised UCIT assets under management, as well as USD2.2 billion in separately managed accounts
Eurex has expanded its executive management team with the appointment of Romanos Daniel as chief innovation officer and a member of the company’s executive board.
“We are excited to have Romanos join our leadership team at a time of uncertainty and constant change in our industry,” says Thomas Book, Eurex CEO and head of derivatives markets trading at Deutsche Börse Group. “Romanos will add invaluable market expertise in derivatives trading and risk management.”
Starting next year, MiFID II will change the regulatory landscape for derivatives trading. In parallel, Europe has to find its way through Brexit, and FinTech continues
Neuberger Berman has appointed Jonathan Bailey as head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.
Bailey is based in New York and reports to Joseph Amato, president, Neuberger Berman.
In this role, Bailey will work with the firm’s investment teams and research departments to further incorporate ESG principles into the equities, fixed income and alternatives platforms. He will help portfolio managers consider ESG as part of their analytical approach to evaluating companies and markets. He will also chair the firm’s ESG Investment Advisory Committee.
“As a firm, we have a deep history in ESG investing, going back to
