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

Blockchain specialist nChain has appointed Bitcoin Foundation executive director Jon Matonis as vice president of corporate strategy.  Matonis (pictured) will support nChain's business growth by developing commercial relationships, and evaluating opportunities for strategic investments and acquisitions.   Matonis is widely recognised as a leading Bitcoin researcher and is a non-executive board director for several notable companies in the space. Since 2012, his technology and security writings have appeared in publications such as Forbes, CoinDesk, Bitcoin Magazine, American Banker, and PaymentsSource.   Matonis is also a founding director for the Bitcoin Foundation which served as the industry's first non-profit trade association

Jeffrey Brummette, one of the founding partners of Rubicon Fund Management, portfolio manager for the Rubicon Global Fund, a discretionary global macro fund, is re-joining the firm as head of marketing. Brummette will also assume the role of CIO for the recently launched Rubicon Dynamic Fund and will have responsibility for the marketing and future growth of the fund.   As one of the founding partners Brummette played a key role in developing the business and the Rubicon Global Fund from its inception in 1999. He left the firm in 2007 to pursue other interests, including a spell at Strategic Fixed

Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Eric Bernstein as president of Broadridge Investment Management Solutions. Broadridge Investment Management Solutions supports more than 225 global hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, fund administrators and prime brokers.   Its modular suite of investment management solutions combines portfolio management, order management, risk management, reference data management, data warehouse reporting and reconciliation functionality in a single, multi-asset, completely integrated application.    “Eric brings nearly two decades of experience in global businesses serving the asset management and capital markets segments and is a proven leader in building strategic client relationships,” says Charlie Marchesani, president of the global

Neudata has appointed Stephen Morse as an adviser for the US market. Morse (pictured) will assist in bringing Neudata’s alternative data intelligence platform to hedge fund managers and other institutional investors based in the US.   Morse, who will be based in New York City, was most recently head of global financial data partnerships at Twitter.   “We are thrilled to have someone as knowledgeable and experienced as Stephen bringing his expertise to Neudata as we expand our business of providing intelligence from new and alternative data sources to the sophisticated investor marketplace,” says Rado Lipuš, founder and chief executive

Lightkeeper, a provider of portfolio intelligence tools and customised reporting solutions for the financial services industry, has appointed Stuart J Hendel as a senior managing director in the firm’s executive management team. Hendel (pictured) has spent his career in the hedge fund industry, with leadership roles on both the buy and sell side.   "Stu has been at the forefront of the evolution and growth of Hedge Funds, almost from the very beginning. Stu has always been focused on shaping the hedge fund industry, and on the needs of customers. Given his experience and insight, we believe that Stu will

Eden L Rohrer has joined the New York office of K&L Gates as a partner in the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice. She joins K&L Gates from Crowell & Moring.   Rohrer (pictured) concentrates her practice on broker-dealer regulatory, enforcement, and litigation matters, including Self Regulatory Organisation (SRO) membership, employment, research, soft dollar arrangements, chaperoning of foreign broker-dealers, social media, anti-money laundering rules, securities offerings, and market making and trading issues.   She assists clients with responses to examinations and inquiries in a range of enforcement proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), FINRA, NYSE, and state

Visible Alpha has made two senior sales and relationship management hires to support the company’s expanding client base. Rapid growth in clients and platform contributors has been driven by the acquisition of ONEaccess, partnerships with other solution providers and new product launches, such as the Visible Alpha platform and ONEaccess MiFID II Research Valuation Solution.   Mark McNerney (pictured) has joined as head of sales, EMEA with responsibility for expanding and servicing the growing client base in the region. Previously, McNerney spent three years at Fitch Solutions where he was global head of strategic partnerships and eight years at the