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Global currency overlay and currency alpha manager Millennium Global has appointed Hai Xin as managing director responsible for business development in Asia (ex-Japan) and Australasia.
Previously Xin held a similar position at Overlay Asset Management for seven years (2005-2012) where he was a member of the firm’s executive and research committees.
Before that, he worked for UBS Investment Bank in a variety of positions within its foreign exchange and equity capital markets divisions.
Since 2010, Xin has been an adjunct associate professor lecturing on statistics for risk management and investment banking at Hong Kong University of Science and
Algomi, a provider of information-matching solutions for the optimisation of fixed income liquidity, has named Hugh Willis as a strategic advisor.
Willis (pictured), who is also an investor in the firm, is the co-founder of BlueBay Asset Management, a specialist fixed income credit manager with USD62.5 billion of assets under management.
He served as BlueBay’s chief executive from inception in 2001 until the end of 2013, a period which included the sale of the firm to the Royal Bank of Canada for USD1.6 billion in December 2010. He is currently BlueBay’s executive chairman.
“Hugh joins us at a
NASDAQ OMX NLX, the London derivatives market for trading a range of both short-term interest rate (STIRs) and long-term interest rate (LTIRs) euro- and sterling-denominated listed derivative products, has appointed Anthony Belchambers, Rod Banus and Andrew Chart as non-executive directors. 


Belchambers (pictured) is the former chief executive of the Futures and Options Association (now FIA Europe), which he set-up in 1993 with the industry and which now represents 170 members.
He is currently deputy chairman (and co-founder) of the Advisory Group to the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum, and founder and industry deputy chairman of the Associate Parliamentary Group on Wholesale
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has appointed Christopher Wall as head of market surveillance in Europe and David Stockwell as market surveillance specialist.
Wall’s primary responsibilities are to lead and manage the surveillance team’s daily operations, including operating a surveillance system, Liquidity Watch.
He is responsible for ensuring compliance with regulatory initiatives such as the FCA Code of Market Conduct and ESMA guidelines.
Based in London, Wall reports directly to Anna-Maria De La Roche, Liquidnet’s European head of compliance and regulation.
As a surveillance specialist, Stockwell's role at Liquidnet will be to proactively monitor all members
Neonet Securities, the independent agency broker, has appointed Alasdair Haynes as its new non-executive chairman.
Haynes (pictured), who has been a member of the Neonet board since February 2013, replaces Peter Melbi, who is moving on to another board directorship.
Haynes is the founder and chief executive of pan-European cash equities trading platform Aquis Exchange and previously headed up Chi-X Europe.
Before that, he led the European and Asian operations of international electronic broker ITG and held senior positions at investment banks, including HSBC and UBS.
John Ashdown, managing partner at Hay Tor Capital, says: "Both KAS BANK
Kinetic Partners, the global financial services advisory firm, has promoted Jess Shakespeare to member in the Cayman Islands.
Shakespeare becomes a member within the corporate recovery and forensic & dispute advisory team.
Kinetic Partners has strengthened its team in the Cayman Islands to reflect the increase in zombie funds assignments and the call by many investors to exit these positions.
With zombie funds, Kinetic Partners’ focus is to support clients to expedite positions, by implementing bespoke exit strategies for investors in these distressed funds.
Mark Longbottom, member at Kinetic Partners’ Cayman Islands office, says: “Our reputation as
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has appointed Bob Garrett as head of technology and a member of the leadership team.
In this role, Garrett will be responsible for establishing the technical direction of the company and coordinating with business leaders and product managers in the development of products, solutions and processes that align with Liquidnet’s mission to make markets more efficient.
He is based in New York, reporting to Liquidnet’s chief operating officer, John Kelly.
“Technology is at the core of all that we do for our community of 740 of the world’s leading asset managers. We
Eze Castle Integration has promoted Dean Hill to the position of executive director with responsibility for overseeing the company’s UK operations and international sales efforts.
Hill, who was formerly director of sales, EMEA, has nearly two decades of sales and technology experience.
In his new role, he will continue business development oversight for the company’s UK and Asia offices while assuming responsibility for Eze Castle’s UK operations.
Hill’s promotion comes at a time of expansion for Eze Castle in the UK with company recently moving to new offices in Mayfair to accommodate both client and employee growth.
Kinetic Partners, the global financial services advisory firm, has made two promotions in its team in Hong Kong.
AnnMarie Croswell has been promoted to member and Katrina Banh to associate director within Kinetic Partners regulatory compliance team in Hong Kong.
Since establishing in Hong Kong two years ago, Kinetic Partners has seen significant growth in the number of clients based in Hong Kong requesting support for Securities & Futures Commission (SFC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration, as well as on-going compliance advice.
Demand from larger firms and investment banks for support with transaction monitoring and reporting
Neuberger Berman Group has expanded its global high yield team with the appointment of Andrew Wilmont as lead European high yield portfolio manager, based in London.
Wilmont, a veteran portfolio manager who most recently served as head of European high yield investments at Alcentra Ltd, will be a senior member of Neuberger Berman's global high yield team, reporting to Ann Benjamin, the firm's chief investment officer for non-investment grade strategies.
"High yield has matured into a global asset class and we're delighted to expand our investment capabilities and the range of strategies Neuberger Berman offers to clients with an
