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Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has further strengthened its fixed income team in Europe with the appointment of Jonathan Gray as Head of Fixed Income Sales.
Reporting directly to Mark Pumfrey (pictured), CEO Liquidnet Europe and Constantinos Antoniades, Global Head of Fixed Income, Gray will be responsible for expanding the number of buy side institutions on the platform adding additional liquidity and supporting growth through the introduction of new asset classes.
Liquidnet spearheaded its expansion into fixed income with the acquisition of Vega-Chi in March 2014 which has already built an efficient way to trade high yield and
Ananda Radhakrishnan, director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR), is to leave the agency in the middle of November.
Radhakrishnan is a 12-year veteran of the agency, and he has been the director since DCR was formed in 2011 and previously had been the director of the Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight (DCIO).
Phyllis Dietz, currently deputy director for clearing policy, will be the acting director upon Radhakrishnan’s departure.
“Ananda has been a tremendous asset to the CFTC. I have enjoyed working with him and have valued his leadership and
BCS Financial Group, the largest broker of equities and derivatives on the Moscow exchange, has appointed Tim Bevan as chief executive of BCS Prime Brokerage.
The new role will be responsible for all international operations including future growth strategy, new products and diversifying the business.
The CEO role has been created due to the rapid expansion of the ex-Russian business and following on from other senior appointments at BCS such as the recent hire of John Barker as chairman and Max Hayden as global head of prime brokerage.
In the last 18 months BCS’ UK operations have continued
PineBridge Investments has appointed two senior investment professionals to its private funds group.
PineBridge appointed Justin Pollack as senior vice president and Stacia Rogers as vice president, product specialist.
Pollack will support secondaries activities and opportunities for the team, and Rogers will oversee growth initiatives and serve as the team's primary contact for various business development channels.
"We are excited to have such experienced and well-rounded investment professionals join our private funds group," says Steven Costabile, managing director and global head of the private funds group. "Stacia and Justin bring a wealth of knowledge in private market investing
Peak Ridge Capital has added Robert Showers as a partner to the firm.
Showers will be primarily responsible for assisting Peak Ridge Capital in the continuing expansion of its alternative investments platform.
Most recently, Showers was the global co-head of listed derivatives execution services at UBS Securities where he managed and developed business strategy for global sales traders and managed traders in North America and Brazil across fixed income, equities and commodity futures markets.
Previously he was the North America head of listed derivatives execution services at Barclays Capital and senior salesperson of OTC interest rate derivatives at
Owain McNeill has joined Quintillion Limited, a European-based affiliate of US Bancorp Fund Services, as senior vice president of business development.
McNeill, based in London, will focus on the continued growth of the company’s alternative investment service offering throughout the European, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market.
“We are excited to continue expanding our dedicated team of professionals serving the European financial community,” says Joan Kehoe, chief executive officer for Quintillion. “Owain’s experience and expertise in alternative investments and fund administration helps strengthen our team and provides additional support for our clients.”
McNeill joins Quintillion with more
Covariance Capital Management, a provider of outsourced endowment management services to educational, healthcare and other non-profits, has appointed Kevin Nee as chief executive officer.
Nee will be responsible for the strategic leadership of the business, including new business development and day-to-day oversight of operations and finance.
Scott W Wise, who has led Covariance as president and chief investment officer since its launch in 2011, will remain in those roles.
“We are pleased to welcome Kevin to the Covariance team. We are confident that his background and expertise will be extremely valuable, particularly his experience as a long-term investor
TMF Custom House Fund Services, a provider of fund administration services to the alternative investment sector, has appointed Kevin Walsh as chief operating officer for fund services.
Walsh is based in Dublin.
"Kevin brings over 20 years of experience in the funds industry to TMF Custom House and will play a pivotal role in the company as we are positioned for further growth and expansion of our fund administration services following the finalisation of our acquisition by the TMF Group," says Mark Hedderman, CEO, TMF Custom House. "Kevin will oversee our global operating model and is responsible for the
Peter Hugh Smith is to join Capita Asset Services as managing director of Capita Financial Managers Limited in November 2014.
He joins from WAY Fund Managers where he has held the position of CEO since August 2012.
Chris Addenbrooke, chief executive of Capita Asset Services’ fund solutions arm, says: “Peter brings with him a depth and breadth of management, distribution and investment industry experience which makes him the ideal candidate to take Capita Financial Managers Limited forward. Peter’s previous roles include around 12 years as managing director of Russell Investments’ wholesale distribution business, and also time as a fund
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has appointed Francisco Arcilla as director of product development for AXA Rosenberg, tasked with broadening the existing systematic equity offering to drive future AXA IM growth.
Arcilla will be replaced by Eric Lhomond who will head the fund of hedge funds and impact and thematic investing teams, on top of developing a new alternative credit offering dedicated to third-party clients.
In addition, AXA IM has appointed Daniel Leon as head of client solutions development to strengthen AXA IM’s capacity to answer the needs of sophisticated clients with tailor-made solutions. Leon will work closely with
