BNY Mellon has appointed Mariano Giralt as head of Global Tax Services. Giralt will be responsible for the growth and development of the company’s Global Tax Services business.  Previously he was head of Tax Services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mariano will continue to report to Dan Kramer, head of Global Fund Accounting and Issuer Client Service Delivery at BNY Mellon.   “When Mariano joined BNY Mellon’s Tax Services team four years ago he was a team of one, now we have 12 people in our Tax Services team, with the ability to expand as client needs arise,”

Imagineer Technology Group has added AJ Herold (pictured) as a Senior Business Development Consultant to the firm’s team. In this role, Herold will be responsible for helping increase the firm’s market presence by representing Imagineer’s industry leading CRM/investor relations and web reporting solutions for hedge funds and other asset managers. Herold will work alongside Imagineer’s Principals, Erol Dusi and Mark Daniel, in his efforts to further expand the company’s market footprint.   Prior to joining Imagineer, Herold spent 15 years in buy-side consulting roles focusing mainly on the automation of the investment management process and industry specific solutions tailored to

Odeon Capital Group, a New York-based independent Broker-Dealer with trading, investment banking and research services, has expanded into US Fixed Income Rates Trading with the hiring of a team of five individuals and the addition of veteran retail-focused analyst, Rick Snyder. "We are very excited to add our rates team to the Odeon platform and its client first mentality. We hope to add to its already strong reputation and be a value added treasury desk for Odeon's customers. We believe that we may finally be at the beginning of a long term rising rate environment and hope we can help

Vistra, a provider of corporate, trust and fund administration services, has expanded its Cayman Islands’ operations and recruited a Cayman resident Managing Director.  Clive Gibbons will lead Vistra Cayman Trust Limited as Managing Director. He has over 15 years offshore experience within the banking, trust and corporate services sector. Born and educated in the UK, Gibbons has spent considerable time in Guernsey, the British Virgin Islands and London, before relocating to Cayman in 2013. Clive is a qualified financial advisor, holds an ICA diploma compliance management and is an accredited director with ICSA Canada. He has sat on numerous boards

Standish Mellon Asset Management Company has appointed David Leduc as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  Leduc will continue to serve as the firm's Chief Investment Officer, a position that he has held for the last five years. He succeeds Desmond Mac Intyre who will be leaving to pursue other opportunities. Mac Intyre will serve as an advisor to Standish until mid-November.   Leduc has been at Standish for over 20 years, joining the firm as a portfolio manager and analyst for US domestic fixed income in 1995.  In addition to serving on the firm's Senior Management Committee, he has held a

Commissioner Mark P Wetjen has announced his resignation from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, effective 28 August, 2015. Wetjen served as Acting Chairman of the Commission from January 2014 to June 2014 “Today, I informed President Obama of my intention to resign as a CFTC Commissioner later this month. It has been an honour to serve as both Commissioner and Acting Chairman of the CFTC," says Wetjen (pictured). "I am grateful for the opportunity to have served alongside my fellow Commissioners and Chairmen Gensler and Massad, and I thank them for their dedication, professionalism, and collegiality. I also commend the talented and hardworking Commission

Macro Risk Solutions (MRS), an investment advisor providing risk and hedging products and solutions to institutional investors, has hired Mayank Seksaria as a Principal and Director in the firm’s San Francisco office.   With the addition of Seksaria, MRS has expanded its macro research capabilities and enhanced its ability to provide institutional investors with best in class risk and hedging products along with investment solutions that lead to superior portfolio performance.     “Mayank brings significant macro focused research and portfolio management experience," says Ryan Dow, Principal at MRS. "Integrating Mayank's proven top down research process into our diversified and thematic

JonesTrading Institutional Services, an institutional equity block trading and execution firm based in the United States has named Gavin Spencer as CEO of its United Kingdom affiliate, JonesTrading International Ltd. In addition, Gary Cunningham has been appointed as Head of Business Development.   Spencer reports to Alan Hill (pictured), JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC’s CEO.   The firm will provide UK, Continental, and cross-border US-European equity trading, servicing institutional and hedge fund firms. It is anticipated that with the implementation of MiFID II and research unbundling, there will be increased demand for conflict free, high touch execution services in blocks, which

Timothy Roniger has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Gottex with effect from 10 November, 2015. According to a brief statement released by the company: “The Board of Directors of Gottex thanks Mr Roniger for his years of loyal service to the company.  A search for his successor is under way.”