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Ray Iler, former regional leader of Deloitte's hedge fund practice on the West Coast, has joined the Financial Services Organization's Wealth & Asset Management practice of Ernst & Young.
Iler, who also served as the lead of Deloitte's Emerging Manager Platform, will provide professional services to EY's hedge fund, private equity and venture capital clients. Iler was also the audit lead for Deloitte's Growth Enterprise Services team in San Francisco.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Ray to EY as he is a highly-respected leader in the asset management industry," says Mike Serota, a Partner with Ernst & Young LLP
Former Amstrong Investment Managers COO and Newedge top executive, Vincent TOURNANT, has joined Advisors & Partners LLP in London as managing partner.
A prime brokerage veteran, Mr Tournant will be based in London and brings 20 years experience in financial markets and investment management industries.
Most recently working for discretionary global macro manager Armstrong Investment Managers LLP as COO and Risk Manager, Tournant was previously Prime Brokerage Global Head of Origination and Structuring of then Société Générale & Crédit Agricole co‐owned Newedge Group. Commenting,
Philippe Teilhard de Chardin, Chief Executive Officer of Advisors & Partners LLP, says: “Mr Tournant brings
BATS Global Markets’ (BATS) President Chris Concannon is to be appointed to the additional role of chief executive officer, effective 31 March31, 2015.
Concannon arrived at BATS as president in December 2014 with nearly 20 years of experience as an exchange executive, regulator and industry participant, and played a major role in the Hotspot FX acquisition announced January 16, 2015.
Joe Ratterman will now assume the role of chairman of the BATS board, replacing Paul Atkins.
Ratterman, who led BATS as CEO for the past eight years, will remain closely involved at the company going forward, while also facilitating
Volante Technologies has appointed Nadish Lad as Head of Payments Product and Peter McKenna as Global Marketing Director.
Volante has also hired additional development and testing staff and opened two new offices in Jersey City and Hyderabad to accommodate team expansions
Volante provides software solutions dedicated to helping clients integrate, validate and process financial data and messages with greater efficiency and ease while staying abreast of changes in message standards and protocols on both a domestic and international level.
Nadish Lad, Head of Payments Product, reporting to Venkat Malla, Volante’s Head of Product Management, joins from Ernst & Young
Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited (ASX: BLA) has appointed Neil Power as managing director of its hedge fund division.
Power brings more than 20 years of experience working in the hedge fund industry. He most recently was a partner at Australian-based advisory and placement firm Allen Partners.
In 2007, Power joined Boronia Capital, one of Australia’s oldest and largest hedge funds, where he was instrumental in helping triple the fund’s Assets Under Management (AUM) to $3 billion.
Based in Blue Sky’s Sydney office, Power will work to grow Blue Sky’s hedge fund business in Australia and internationally.
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Administration and corporate services firm Crestbridge has continued to strengthen its senior team in Jersey with the double appointment of Fiona Wilson and Steven Morrice.
Wilson joins Crestbridge as Director, Corporate and Capital Markets Services, and in her new role will take a lead in further expanding the firm’s growing listings and wider corporate services.
She has a background in law in both private practice and in-house that spans 17 years, including previous experience in Jersey and Australia. Specialising in corporate law, funds, capital markets, and trusts, she brings with her a comprehensive understanding of relevant regulatory laws, codes of
Independent fund administrator Apex Fund Services has appointed Dennis Westley as Managing Director, North America with immediate effect.
By leveraging Apex's ability to bring global fund structures to the US, Westley will have responsibility for growing Apex's North American operations and integrating potential acquisitions. Reporting directly to Apex's Global CEO, Bill Salus, Westley will also manage Apex's offices in New York, New Jersey, Florida and Toronto.
Westley has over 30 years experience in the investment and financial services industry. He was previously a managing director in BNY Mellon's Alternative Investment Services group where he was Head of North American Client
Multi-asset class investment manager PineBridge Investments has appointed Anik Sen as Global Head of Equities, effective immediately.
Sen is responsible for managing the firm's global equities business with USD21.2 billion in assets under management as of 31 December, 2014. He is based in New York and reports to PineBridge's Chief Executive Officer, David Jiang.
"I am pleased that Anik will lead PineBridge's global equities business," says David Jiang. "Anik has a successful history of delivering alpha-focused solutions for our clients and a clear vision for further advancing our equities investment management business."
PineBridge Equities is differentiated through the use of
Artisan Partners Asset Management has recruited Lewis Kaufman to start a new autonomous investment team – the firm’s seventh in total.
At Artisan Partners Kaufman will manage a developing world strategy that the firm is targeting to launch in mid-2015. Kaufman will have the flexibility to build a team to assist him in the management of the strategy in a way that will support his unique investment beliefs.
Kaufman has 15 years of industry experience and 8 years of portfolio management experience including the last 5 overseeing a developing world strategy. Kaufman has a bachelor’s degree in English from Colgate
Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Stephanie Ouwendijk as a vice president and portfolio manager.
Ouwendijk joined Franklin Templeton on 16 February 2015, as part of its Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities team which sits within the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group. She is based in London and reports to William Ledward, senior vice president and portfolio manager, who leads the Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities team. The team currently manages over USD10bn for institutional investors.
Ouwendijk joins Franklin Templeton from Ashmore Group, a London-based emerging markets asset management firm, where she served as fund manager since June 2010. Most recently,
