Satuit Technologies, a provider of software solutions for the professional investment market, has appointed Michael Kendall as vice president – strategic relationships, responsible for buy-side vendor channel partnership and key client initiatives. Kendall has worked most of his career with client reporting technologies where he has engaged with key buy side technology and data providers.   In his new role, Kendall will be working with these firms to assure seamless integration between their products and Satuit’s product line. He will also be working with the Satuit product team as a subject matter expert in the client reporting space.   Prior

Trading and information solutions provider Infront has opened two offices in South Africa – one in Johannesburg and the other in Cape Town – adding to the firm’s six existing offices in Europe and the UK. Infornt says South Africa is widely used by the international investment community as a launch platform to enter the rest of Africa. With well-established trade routes, local experience in African markets and business-ready infrastructure, the country is often the go-to emerging market for European companies.   "We have been working with the South African market since 2009 and have experienced an increase in demand

The National Futures Association (NFA) has appointed Thomas Sexton (pictured) as president and chief executive, effective 1 March 2017. Daniel Roth, NFA's president and CEO, who announced his retirement in May 2016, will work closely with the board and Sexton during the transition.   This appointment is the culmination of an extensive search and selection process. In May 2016, NFA's board of directors authorised the formation of a search committee, chaired by Michael Dawley, NFA board chairman, and made up of existing board members and other individuals with significant knowledge of the derivatives industry and NFA's important regulatory role. The

John S Weinberg has joined Evercore as chairman of the board and executive chairman.  He joins a senior management team that now includes Roger Altman, who will become founder and senior chairman, and Ralph Schlosstein, president and chief executive officer.    Both Altman and Schlosstein will remain on the board of directors.    Weinberg (pictured) most recently was vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Group from June 2006 to October 2015. He was co-head of global investment banking from 2002 to 2014. Before that he was co-head of investment banking in the Americas. At Goldman Sachs, Weinberg provided strategic and financial advice to a

Prestige Capital Management (PCM) has appointed Jonathan Scott as chief operating officer (COO) with its Malta based investment operations office, subject to MFSA approval. Scott (pictured) has a career in financial services spanning over 16 years, split between the UK and US with international investment banking groups Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas and JP Morgan Chase.   He studied at Texas A&M University, a senior military college, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with a Certificate in International Business, and spent four years with the US Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps.   Scott

Artivest, a tech-driven investment platform that expands access to alternative investments, has hired Stacie Yates as director of business implementation and Justin Rooney as senior manager of client services. Yates brings over 16 years of alternative investment experience in structuring alternative investment vehicles, legal, compliance and regulatory issues. She joins from UBS Wealth Management, where she was most recently an executive director of product development and management. In that role, she worked with several of the world’s largest hedge fund and private equity managers to bring their offerings onto the firm’s alternative investments platform.   Rooney joins Artivest from Third

Michel van Leeuwen, who has previously held leadership roles at Cordium and Microsoft Capital Markets, has joined Hawksford as group chief executive to lead the delivery of the firm’s growth plans. Hawksford’s growth strategy will see the business expand its core corporate, private client and funds service lines while simultaneously introducing additional ancillary services that benefit clients.   The growth strategy involves both organic growth and growth by acquisition. The company, backed by UK private equity firm Dunedin, plans to double its overall size and increase its geographical footprint over the next three to five years.   Van Leeuwen (pictured)