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Stephens International, an executive search consultancy focused on the global (re)insurance and financial markets, has appointed Jeremy Kemp as a director.
Kemp will lead the company’s coverage of the asset management, capital markets, derivatives and insurance-linked securities/alternatives space.
Mark Stephens, who established the business in 2009, has linked with Kemp to enable the specialist search and consultancy firm to serve the changing needs of its (re)insurance and financial markets clients.
Kemp will lead the business coverage for asset management, capital markets, derivatives and alternatives and ILS, having served these markets since 1997.
“Jeremy and I have already
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has appointed Oliver Hauer as sales director, Germany in the firm’s London-based EMEA team.
Hauer will be responsible for further strengthening and developing relationships with Liquidnet’s community of asset management firms in the region.
He will report directly to Tony Booth, head of sales for Liquidnet Europe.
The appointment follows the launch last year of a block trading service on Deutsche Börse’s Xetra MidPoint with Liquidnet acting as the first block agent.
Mark Pumfrey, head of EMEA, Liquidnet, says: “We saw our European business grow significantly in 2013 as investors’ appetite
BI-SAM, a provider of performance measurement and attribution, risk analytics, composites management and client reporting solutions for the global asset management industry, has appointed Richard Irons as executive director Europe.
Irons has extensive sales and account management experience, spanning 25 years in the finance and banking sectors.
At BI-SAM, Irons will lead the company's business development and account management activities in Europe.
Irons joins BI-SAM from NYSE Euronext, where he was sales director for NYSE Technologies. Prior to that, he held senior sales and client relationship roles with Bloomberg, SunGard Global Trading, Thomson Reuters and Cable & Wireless.
RMB Capital has appointed Kerry Jordan as director of business development for Iron Road Capital Partners, the firm’s alternative investment platform.
“We continue to expand our team in an effort to support the spectrum of alternative investments we provide,” says Blair Haarlow, managing principal of Chicago-based Iron Road. “Kerry brings significant expertise in building relationships with institutional investors, so we are excited about the contributions she’ll be able to make to our growing business. In addition, Kerry has long-standing involvement in the Chicago financial community with leadership roles at CFA Society Chicago and Econ Illinois.”
In her role, Jordan
BATS Global Markets has named the members of its combined executive team, effective with the 31 January close of the company’s merger with Direct Edge.
Joe Ratterman will remain BATS Global Markets CEO with William O’Brien joining as president.
Ratterman, a co-founder of the company, and O’Brien, who joined Direct Edge as CEO in 2007, will remain based in Kansas City and New York, respectively.
They will also serve as two members of the recently formed BATS executive committee, a group which will also include:
· Bryan Harkins, who has been named executive vice president, head of
Federated Investors has hired Michael T Dieschbourg to head the company's alternatives/managed-risk investment group.
Dieschbourg will serve as managing director and senior vice president and will report to Stephen F. Auth, chief investment officer for global equities.
"Michael's management experience and deep knowledge of managed-risk portfolios from both the perspective of an investment manager and a consultant make him an ideal leader for our recently formed alternatives/managed-risk investment group," says Auth. "At Federated, we have found that investment teams focused on solving specific client needs with dedicated research resources brings success. Our expectation is that Michael's new investment
Canadian asset management company Aston Hill Financial has appointed John Fielding to its board of directors, effective immediately.
Fielding is a director of Array Marketing (formerly IDMD Design and Manufacturing), a retail merchandising company he founded and later sold in 2000.
Fielding also serves as chairman of the board and is a founding shareholder of Ethoca Technologies, an e-commerce fraud solutions provider.
Fielding is a principal in StudentHouses.ca, Amsterdam Brewing and the New Amsterdam Brew Pub in Toronto, NovaCore Communities and John Fielding Horses.
Aston Hill Financial offers a suite of retail mutual funds, closed end funds,
Mariner Investment Group has named Robert Hodgson and Michael Oberdorf to run a global healthcare long/short equity portfolio on the Mariner Incubation Platform.
Mariner originally launched the mandate in April 2013 to be managed by leading investment talent sourced from the hedge fund industry.
Hodgson and Oberdorf formerly were founding partners and portfolio managers of Lenus Capital Partners where they managed a long/short equity healthcare fund, and had previously worked closely together at both BlackRock and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.
It is the fifth addition to the investment team managing the current Mariner Incubation Platform mandate.
The
Akre Capital Management has appointed Daniel Leger as head of strategic planning and client services.
With extensive alternative investment industry experience, Leger will focus on building and expanding the firm’s relationships with institutional investors and consultants.
“We are delighted to have Daniel be a part of our team,” says Charles T Akre, Jr, the firm’s founder. “He will be instrumental in fostering new relationships with institutional investors and helping us think critically about how we should continue to grow our firm.”
Prior to joining Akre Capital Management, Leger worked with a wide variety of fund managers. He has held
Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) has added Steven Whittaker as a partner in the investment management group, resident in the firm's London office.
Whittaker joins SRZ from Simmons & Simmons.
Founded in New York in 1969, SRZ opened its London office in 2002. The UK practice added 50 new funds clients in the past year. The firm represents nearly half of the 100 largest hedge funds and more than 3,000 investment funds globally.
"I am very excited to join Schulte Roth & Zabel, which advises some of the most celebrated names in the European hedge fund industry. I
