Advanced Logic Analytics (ALA), a provider of enterprise-class big data and finance analytics solutions for buy- and sell-side institutions and other financial firms, has appointed Tilman Sayer as chief information officer. Sayer (pictured), who will report to managing director Nick Ellis, will lead the strategic development of ALA’s new and market-leading ALA OneLogic financial analytics suite which includes models for behavioural, emotional and sentiment-based trading and portfolio optimisation models.     “There is a rising importance to financial enterprise use of big data analytics in the markets, in addition to our ALA OneLogic compliance, big data and financial analytics solutions, we

First Names Group’s fund services business Moore Management has appointed Scott Madden as funds director. Based in Moore’s head office in Jersey, Madden (pictured) brings with him operational and technical experience including significant skills in organic and inorganic build-outs.   Prior to joining Moore he headed up the integrations team at Sanne, having joined through the acquisition of State Street’s Jersey corporate business in 2014.   Recently he spent six months in South Africa integrating an acquired hedge fund administration business in Cape Town.   Madden says: “I’m thrilled to be joining the Moore Management team. Moore is going from

Aspect Capital, a USD6 billion systematic investment manager, has promoted Anna Hull to chief risk officer and to the board. In her new role, Hull (pictured) will continue to have responsibility for the oversight of investment and operational risk across the business, as well as now playing a greater role in determining and executing the company’s strategic plans.   Anthony Todd, CEO of Aspect, says: “I am very pleased to welcome Anna to the board and congratulate her on her new role as chief risk officer. She brings both experience and insight to Aspect’s board as we take the company

The NFA's Board of Directors approved the appointment of Carol Wooding as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at its 16 February, 2017 meeting in Chicago.  Wooding will assume the General Counsel's duties from Thomas Sexton, who will serve as NFA's President and CEO beginning 1 March, 2017. "Carol has a deep understanding of the regulatory issues facing the derivatives markets," says NFA General Counsel Thomas Sexton (pictured). "She has years of experience developing rules and implementing effective regulatory programs to ensure market integrity and enhance customer protection. With her extensive experience in derivatives regulation and her demonstrated leadership abilities,

JonesTrading Institutional Services has appointed David Walrod (pictured) as a Managing Director and Head of Financial Services Research in the firm’s New York office. Walrod will focus initially on mortgage REIT’s. JonesTrading research provides portfolio managers and traders with market colour and information that aid in developing investment strategies. Walrod has over 20 years’ experience. Prior to JonesTrading, he was an Equity Research Analyst at Ladenburg Thalmann. He served as a Financial Sector Specialist at JP Morgan and a Senior Equity Analyst at Ridgeworth Capital Management, covering financial services stocks. He began his career as an Equity Analyst at Keybanc Capital

Vistra has appointed Gavin Carruthers (pictured) as Director of its Jersey Fund Services business. As Director, Carruthers will join the Funds team on the island who specialise in all aspects of corporate, fiduciary and administrative solutions for alternative investment structures, including real estate and private equity funds.   Carruthers brings a wealth of corporate and funds knowledge, obtained during a 15 year career in both the onshore and offshore financial services industry.   Prior to joining Vistra, Carruthers worked for Intertrust (formerly Elian and Ogier) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.   Carruthers’ current experience includes real estate fund administration, private equity fund administration

Calamos Investments has appointed Michael Grant (pictured), Senior Vice President, to lead portfolio management of the firm’s approximately USD2.3 billion in US growth strategies, including the USD1.8 billion Calamos Growth Fund (CVGRX). With 30 years of investment management experience, Grant joined Calamos in 2015 following the acquisition of his firm, Phineus Partners LP, where he launched a successful long/short investment strategy that was reorganised into a retail mutual fund, Calamos Phineus Long/Short Fund (CPLIX), in 2016. “Michael is an exceptional investment manager with a demonstrated track record of performance. He will apply his deep knowledge and expertise as part of

Qineqt, a NYC based company that is building a foundational data architecture for investment managers, has added another Senior Data Architect to its Executive Team. John Budnik (pictured) joined Qineqt this week to lead Delivery Architecture and Data Analytics products, bringing 37 years of data and engineering experience to the senior leadership team. Budnik was most recently VP, Professional Services & Senior Software Engineer at Dataminr, where he played a key role as technical liaison between product and customers in the development of Dataminr’s graph architecture. As a member of Dataminr’s original executive team, Budnik was the lead architect of the

Invast Global has appointed industry veterans Andrew Pal (pictured) and Cassandra Lister as specialist consultants, further strengthening the firm’s Asian PB and Liquidity offering. With a distinguished, twenty-year career at UBS under his belt, most notably as the Executive Director & CEO of UBS Futures Singapore, Andrew Pal brings a particular expertise in the changing global regulatory environment and the opportunities afforded within the prime services space as regulatory reforms progress. Pal says: ‘‘I am looking forward to working with Invast Global at such an exciting time in the evolution of the prime brokerage landscape and especially, the growth of

Roger Hollingsworth, who has served as head of government relations at the Managed Funds Association (MFA) association since 2008, has resigned. Richard H Baker, CEO of MFA, says: “Roger contributed to building an effective government relations team and provided leadership during a period of extraordinary change in the financial markets and the hedge fund industry. MFA wishes Roger success in all future endeavours.”   Hollingsworth (pictured) says: “I have been honoured to work alongside Congressman Baker and the talented team he has assembled at MFA over these past eight years. It’s also been a privilege to work with, and on