Macro Risk Advisors (MRA), a provider of global equity derivatives strategy and trade execution for institutional investors, has expanded its business development team with the addition of Katya Kouznetsov (pictured) as Vice President of Business Development and Clearing Operations.   The appointment of Kouznetsov is part of MRA’s plan to deliver its product and services to a wider audience of institutional investors who will benefit from exceptional analysis of global market risk. "Katya brings valuable experience in business development initiatives, including prospective client engagement and ongoing client success,” says Drew Forman, Co-Head of Equity Derivative Sales and Trading at MRA.

Linklaters has appointed Matt Keogh (pictured) as Global Practice Head of the Investment Management Group, succeeding Scott Bowie. The role is for a four year term with effect from 15 October 2015. A partner since 2012, Keogh’s practice includes all aspects of institutional investment products and transactions acting for both sponsors and investors, with a particular focus on alternative investment funds including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, debt and hedge funds, private equity style joint ventures and equity syndication.  Matt also has considerable experience in the operation of asset management houses as well as fund equity and debt financing (acting

Indos Financial, the UK’s only independent AIFMD depositary, is adding to its team with the appointment of Andrew Watson (pictured), a chartered accountant with over 14 years experience within the private equity and financial service industry. Watson joins INDOS Financial’s London office and will manage the firm’s growing private equity and real estate depositary business. Watson started his career in 1999 with PricewaterhouseCoopers working across a variety of Banking and Capital Markets clients. In 2003, Andrew joined the European private equity team at Bank of America as Financial Controller which later became Argan Capital, an independent European mid-market private equity

Scipion Capital has strengthened its legal division, on-the-ground operations and corporate governance with three new senior hires. International financial lawyer Myriam Ly has joined as General Counsel to oversee all of the group’s legal matters. Myriam is a dual qualified lawyer admitted to both the Paris Bar and the roll of solicitors in England and Wales. She has worked in the field of finance law for leading law firms in London, Paris and Geneva for the past 9 years.  Before joining Scipion, Myriam was a senior associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel International LLP, where her practice focused on the

Kher Sheng Lee has joined The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) in its Singapore office. Lee joins AIMA from Azentus Capital, where he held the position of General Counsel. He will take up the position of AIMA’s Managing Director, Global Deputy Head of Government Affairs and Head of APAC Government Affairs.   Lee founded and chaired the peer-to-peer buyside networking group The Asian Hedge Fund Legal and Regulatory Group (also known as AsianHedgeLaw). He is commended by the Financial Times in the FT’s special report ‘Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers 2015’, where the FT noted that he “has played an important role

Dallas-based alternative investment manager Highland Capital Management has appointed Terry Jones as President of Institutional Products.  Jones will report to James Dondero (pictured), Co-Founder and President for Highland Capital Management, and will be based in Dallas. Bringing more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, ones will lead Highland's discussions with strategic institutional allocators to drive solutions-oriented business development and serve as a complement to Highland's broader institutional sales platform. In addition, Jones will be integral in aligning portfolio risk management across the Highland platform and optimising Highland's risk management infrastructure with respect to identifying, assessing and

DMS Offshore Investment Services is boosting its onshore fund governance capabilities with the recruitment of Michael Garvey (pictured), a former Managing Director of JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management as a managing director. Garvey, who will be based in the firm's New York office, will have the capacity to serve as an independent director on the boards of investment funds and related structures, and will play a key role in DMS Operational Due Diligence services, also based in its New York office. In addition, he will provide thought leadership to institutional investors and consultants through DMS roundtables and seminars, industry conferences,

Citi has hired Dominic Crowe as Global Head of Product Development and Strategy for Custody and Fund Services and Bill Pryor as Global Head of Data and Analytics for Custody and Fund Services. In addition, Citi has appointed Jay Martin to run its North America Custody and Fund Services franchise.   Crowe will be based in New York and report to Sanjiv Sawhney, Global Head of Custody and Fund Services. He joins Citi from The Bank of New York Mellon where he spent the past two years as Global Head of Client Services Delivery for Structured Products. He had previously

Financial messaging infrastructure specialist CameronTec Group has hired George Rosenberger, a former managing director and head of Connex at Convergex, to lead the company’s push in to the managed services space. CameronTec’s Global Managed Services will provide outsourced connectivity services for the capital markets industry including Client On-Boarding, Testing, FIX and non-FIX connectivity customisation, as well as market connectivity.    Anders Henriksson, CEO for CameronTec Group, says: “George brings with him extensive industry experience and valuable expertise in the areas of outsourced trading services and global connectivity. George has gained a well-deserved reputation building, in recent years, the successful Connex

Cordium, a provider of compliance consulting, accounting, tax and software to the financial securities industries, has appointed Anne Healy-McAdam (pictured) as Private Client Tax Partner. Based in London, Healy-McAdam will report to John Davison, who heads Cordium’s tax division. An expert in the personal taxation of UK non-doms, as well as remittance and residence issues, she will play a key role in driving the growth of Cordium’s tax practice.   Healy-McAdam has more than twenty years’ experience as a private client tax specialist and has held several senior positions at advisory firms including Buzzacott, Blick Rothenberg and Maitland.   Healy-McAdam