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TMF Group has appointed Michael Adams as global Head of Structured Finance.
Adams has worked for TMF Group for three years and was most recently Regional Managing Director for the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands. Prior to TMF Group, Adams was Managing Director and Business Manager for BNY Mellon’s Corporate Trust EMEA Structured Finance business, responsible for the business development, strategy and growth of ABS, MBS, CMBS, Covered Bonds, Project Finance and the Carbon businesses for the EMEA region. Before joining BNY Mellon, Adams held a variety of roles with Barclays Capital and Grant Thornton.
In addition, TMF
International equity asset manager Sloane Robinson has made a strategic commitment to the North American marketplace with the hire of Rob Pino as Head of North American Business Development.
Pino will be based in the US with a focus upon the institutional market place.
Sloane Robinson was founded in 1993 by Hugh Sloane and George Robinson as an absolute return focused manager with a typical net long bias. Reflecting the historic strengths and experiences of the investment professionals the firm manages a number of international (ex-US) strategies alongside those dedicated to emerging and frontier markets and Japan.
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Chicago-based RJ O'Brien & Associates (RJO) has appointed veteran institutional grains broker Richard Mayhew as Senior Vice President, Head of Grains & Oilseeds, EMEA.
With more than 35 years of experience in grains in both the physical and futures markets, Mayhew will build a team focused on all aspects of futures related to grains and serve commercial clients throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
David Mudie, Chief Executive Officer of RJO UK, says: "This is a strategic hire for RJO UK, enabling us to build on RJO's unparalleled institutional grain business in North America with our first dedicated
State Street Corporation has appointed Alex Lawton to senior managing director and head of securities finance for State Street Global Markets in Europe, Middle-East & Africa (EMEA).
He will be responsible for developing the securities finance business across the region whilst helping State Street’s clients to navigate the evolving regulatory framework. Lawton will report to Rajen Shah, head of State Street Global Markets for EMEA and Lou Maiuri, global head of securities finance.
Lawton has nearly 20 years financial services experience. Prior to joining State Street, he was at Barclays where he was the head of equity finance and equity
Professor Noël Amenc has resigned fro his role as Director of EDHEC-Risk Institute.
Amenc founded EDHEC-Risk Institute in 2001 and enabled the institute, which is part of EDHEC Business School, to become one of the leading centres for applied research for the investment industry worldwide, with a presence not only in Nice, France, but also in London and Singapore, and research and executive education partnerships with CFA Institute, Yale School of Management and Princeton University.
Amenc’s resignation is effective as of 1 August, 2015. At that date, Professor Lionel Martellini, who has been fulfilling the role of Scientific Director at EDHEC-Risk
Muzinich & Co, an institutional asset management firm specialising in corporate credit, has appointed a business development manager to cover the north of England and Scotland.
In a newly created role, Philip Raby will be responsible for developing relationships with investors as well as looking after existing Muzinich clients.
Raby was previously at Martin Currie, where he was UK sales and client services manager. Previous positions include relationship management and business development roles with J O Hambro Capital Management and Aegon Asset Management, spending six years with each. He has also held sales and investment roles with Scottish Equitable
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed Andrew Dodsworth as Head of Market Operations.
Dodsworth will lead an expanded Market Operations function, which has been designed to provide a robust, comprehensive and high quality operational service to all of the LME’s customers. This team will encompass the LME’s existing electronic trading, matching, market data and warrant management operational services, as well as the price discovery department, headed by Peter Childs, and all market supervision functions.
Dodsworth has 19 years of experience leading market operations for financial exchanges. He has a comprehensive operational background with change management and project management
RCM Alternatives, a brokerage firm that provides investors and wealth advisors with education and services for investing in managed futures has promoted Paul Rieger to managing director and partner.
In this role, Rieger will consult family offices and wealth advisors on their asset allocation strategies. His mandate is part of the company’s broader mission to be the world’s premier provider of education and services in the managed futures space.
Rieger, a Chicago native, has more than 16 years of futures industry experience with a focus on commodity trading and execution with leading firms. Before joining RCM, Rieger spent 13 years
David Maughan has been appointed Managing Director within Navigant’s Valuation & Financial Risk Management practice. He will lead transaction advisory efforts for Navigant Capital Advisors, the Firm’s registered broker-dealer subsidiary.
Maughan has broad expertise across several industries with a focus on financial services companies. Maughan, based in New York, will work across Navigant’s industry sectors to advise clients on buy and sell-side opportunities.
“David’s financial services expertise is well aligned with our objectives to extend loan valuation capabilities into transaction advisory services, and enables us to help our clients with investment and sales opportunities through Navigant Capital Advisors,” says Richard
BCS Financial Group (BCS), a provider of equities and derivatives trading in Moscow, has appointed Vyacheslav Smolyaninov as Chief Strategist and Deputy Head of Equity Research.
Kirill Chuyko, Head of Equity Research at BCS Financial Group commented: “We welcome the appointment of Mr Smolyaninov, who is a significant addition to our equity research team. He will be a key partner, especially when it comes to assessing market dynamics and consolidating sector analyses into an actionable investment strategy for the Russian market – both for our clients and BCS Financial Group.”
Smolyaninov joins BCS from URALSIB Capital where he worked
