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Cloud based collateral management technology provider CloudMargin has hired Christiaan van der Wal as Head of Service Delivery, effective immediately.
Van der Wal joins CloudMargin from Dutch investment manager MN Services in The Hague where he ran Collateral Management and Securities lending. Van der Wal will be based in CloudMargin’s London office reporting to co-founder and COO Stuart McHardy.
Van der Wal says: “I'm thrilled to be joining CloudMargin at this exciting time. The industry has been crying out for genuine innovation to cope with increased volumes, added complexity and regulatory upheaval, it's wonderful to be an integral part
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s (ISDA) Board of Directors has elected Eric Litvack as its new Chairman. The appointment is effective from 1 January, 2015.
Litvack is a Managing Director and Head of Regulatory Strategy for Société Générale’s Global Banking and Investor Solutions business. He has worked at Société Générale for nearly 29 years in a variety of roles, and has served on the ISDA Board since 2006. Litvack was appointed Vice-Chairman of the ISDA Board in 2012.
Litvack succeeds Stephen O’Connor, who has been Chairman of the Board since April 2011 and a Board member since 2008. O’Connor
MSCI Inc has appointed Laurent Seyer as a Managing Director and Global Head of Client Coverage.
Based in London, Seyer reports to Henry Fernandez, MSCI’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
“I am delighted that Laurent has joined MSCI. He brings a wealth of experience in building and managing global client coverage teams,” says Fernandez. “He is also very familiar with the way global investors build and manage their portfolios and bring innovative strategies to market. His appointment further strengthens our senior leadership team and will enable us to develop and expand
VAM Group has appointed Stephen Kevan as Group Marketing Director.
The role is a new one that will see Kevan work closely with Andre Le Roux, VAM Group Managing Director, Michael Hunt, Managing Director of VAM Funds, which operates a Luxembourg UCITS IV fund range, and Jeanne Makuch, Managing Director of The Mauritius Administration and Trust Company (MATCO).
Kevan, whose past roles include Marketing Director for Old Mutual International and Head of Marketing for Barclays Wealth, will oversee strategic marketing across VAM Group’s companies.
Peter de Putron, VAM Group Chairman, says: “Stephen’s appointment as Group Marketing Director will
Convex Capital, the global corporate finance boutique, has promoted Tim Marlow to Partner, with immediate effect.
With his promotion, Marlow, who joined the firm in 2006, will join Neil Worsley, Mike Driver, Chris Froggatt and Nathalie Blake at the head of the Firm.
Marlow will continue to advise entrepreneurs and owner-managed businesses on the sale of their equity across his specialist sectors, including e-commerce, technology and retail.
In 2014, Marlow has worked on a number of high profile clients including the GBP110m sale of electronic cigarette company Nicolite’s to Philip Morris, the largest deal of its type to
SCORPEO has recruited Jack McNally as Managing Director of SCORPEO US, based in the firm’s newly opened US office in Boston and Chris Barrow as Head of Business Development, based in London.
Prior to joining SCORPEO, Jack McNally worked for Lehman Brothers and then Credit Suisse for 11 years in New York, Boston and Zurich, where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of the Managed Securities Lending Business and Head of Prime Services, Switzerland.
Chris Barrow recently joined SCORPEO from HSBC where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Sales and Marketing for Prime Finance.
Intercontinental Exchange has successfully completed the Liffe futures and options transition to ICE Futures Europe.
The final phase of the Liffe transition was completed with the equity derivatives complex transferring to the ICE platform, following the previous migrations of European interest rate derivatives and soft commodity contracts.
The Liffe equity derivative contracts that were migrated to the ICE platform on November 17 include futures and options on the FTSE 100 Index, futures contracts on the MSCI World and MSCI Europe Indices, as well as a comprehensive range of Single Stock Futures, Dividend Adjusted Stock Futures and Individual Equity Options.
With
BlueBay Asset Management, a specialist manager of fixed income and alternative investments, has appointed Andrew Archer as Partner, Chief Technology Officer.
Andrew joins BlueBay from Man Group, where he was Global Head of Technology. Previously, he was co-Chief Technology Officer for GLG Partners. During his long career, Andrew has consistently rolled out strategic, flexible systems platforms while delivering improved efficiencies and reducing operational risk.
“I’m delighted that someone of Andrew’s calibre is joining the firm,” saisaysd Luc Leclercq, Partner, and Chief Operating Officer. “With his longstanding record of successful systems delivery, garnered over more than twenty years of technology
Law firm Howard Kennedy has strengthened its Financial Regulation and Investment Funds team with the appointment of financial regulation specialist Daniel Hirschfield.
Hirschfield, who joined the firm from Mayer Brown on 27 October as a Senior Associate, has considerable expertise helping regulated businesses across the banking, investment and insurance sectors navigate the UK’s financial services regulatory regime. He offers particular experience in relation to the regulation of funds and their managers under the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.
On joining Howard Kennedy, Hirschfield says: ”I see this as an excellent opportunity to work with a UK-centric firm that has
Amundi is giving a more global scope to its Alternative Investment specialised subsidiary with the appointment in its London office of Michael Hart as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Global Head of Business Development.
Laurent Guillet, Chief Executive Officer of Amundi Alternative Investments and Amundi London Branch says: “With more than USD11bn in assets, the Alternative Investments branch of Amundi provides absolute return solutions adapted to today’s markets and enhanced regulation, from managed accounts, alternative funds of funds to a full range of dedicated advisory services. At this point in time of our history, we needed a Global senior hedge
