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Options, a provider of the Options PIPE Private Financial Cloud services platform for the exchange, banking, trading and investment communities, has named former NYSE Euronext executive Danny Moore as chief operating officer.
Moore (pictured) will be responsible for leading the firm’s day-to-day global operations, in addition to overseeing the expansion of the Options PIPE Private Financial Cloud within both established and emerging financial markets, and across the broker dealer and investment banking communities.
Options’ private cloud services include Velocity, an ultra-low latency market data, execution connectivity and application management service; Momentum, an on-demand application management service for the front-, middle-
Corporate credit and high yield specialist Muzinich & Co has appointed an emerging market corporate debt portfolio manager.
Warren Hyland joins from Schroders, where he was a London-based senior portfolio manager specialising in emerging market corporate debt and global high yield.
In his new role, Hyland will be tasked with broadening the scope of Muzinich & Co’s emerging market debt capability. The increased research and investment capacity will initially feed into suitable existing mandates and investment products.
George Muzinich, founder, chairman and chief executive e of Muzinich & Co, says: “Emerging market debt is an increasingly important part of corporate
Brett Meili has joined US Bancorp Fund Services as legal counsel to provide support for the organisations’ growing alternative investment products and services.
Following the recent acquisition of AIS, a fund administrator based in New Jersey, US Bancorp Fund Services continues to expand consultative support and resources to serve the firm’s alternative investment clients and larger community.
“US Bancorp Fund Services knows that innovative services must be built and supported by industry-leading experts to ensure our clients’ success on every level,” says Christine Waldron, senior vice president of alternative investments for US Bancorp Fund Services. “We are excited to once
Myles Flint is to join law firm MW Cornish & Co as a partner with effect from 28 January 2013.
Flint has vast experience in advising hedge, private equity and other alternative investment managers and funds and EU Ucits and other retail investment managers and funds.
Prior to his appointment at MW Cornish, Flint was acting head of legal at Cardano Risk Management BV (London office), a fund manager managing circa EUR20bn for institutional investors. He was also counsel at Appleby where he undertook a mixture of corporate and funds work.
GAIN Capital, a provider of online trading services, has appointed Joe Wald as executive vice president, head of institutional.
Wald (pictured) will be responsible for leading GTX, GAIN Capital’s institutional business.
He will report directly to chief executive Glenn Stevens and will be based in GTX’s New York offices.
“Joe is a talented visionary with the proven ability to grow trading volumes and build innovative product and service offerings for leading institutional platforms,” says Stevens. “Institutional trading is an important part of our growth strategy and having Joe lead this part of the business will help us build on
Victory Park Capital (VPC), an asset management firm specialising in direct credit and control equity investing in middle market and distressed companies, has named Jordan Allen as principal and chief operating officer.
Allen will oversee business operations at VPC.
“As our business continues to experience growth, so do the needs of our infrastructure and the scope and responsibilities of our management team,” says Richard Levy, managing partner. “Jordan will add an additional layer of depth by building upon the already strong foundation we have in place for our daily operations and identifying further efficiencies to support our growth.”
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BTIG, a financial services firm specialising in institutional trading and related brokerage services, is strengthening its Chicago presence with the hire of three veteran traders – Matt Biety, Matt Krebs and Peter Murphy.
“We’re excited to expand our presence in Chicago,” says Steven Starker, co-founder of BTIG. “These experienced professionals will give the office further momentum by increasing our client base in the region and adding to our product offerings.”
Murphy joins BTIG as a managing director. He is a 13-year veteran of Knight Capital, where he began as a market maker and moved into sales two years later. Before
Julie O’Hara is the latest independent fund director to join Carne Group’s Cayman Islands office.
O’Hara is the fourth Carne director now resident in the Cayman Islands and available for fund boards. Her appointment brings the total number of the firm’s fund directors to 20.
John Donohoe, chief executive of Carne, says: “Carne’s expansion to 20 full time fund directors globally is the result of the increasing demand for our formula of low numbers of directorships per individual, coupled with a high degree of attention to our clients and their funds. This is what investors and regulators are asking for,
Heritage International Fund Managers (Malta) has appointed Nicholas Warren as head of office.
Locally educated at St Edward’s College and the University of Malta, Warren will be responsible for the client service delivery and day to day operations as well as assisting with business development initiatives and growing the business in Malta.
Warren has worked in the financial services industry since 2004 initially with Deloitte & Touche in Luxembourg moving on to take a role within the regulatory unit of the Malta Financial Services Authority.
Warren joined a Tier 1 law firm responsible for providing counsel to international clients on
KNG Securities has appointed Thomas Saler and Gabriele Balducci to its fixed income team, as part of the firm’s growth strategy.
Saler will focus on increasing the firm’s geographic footprint in the Swiss and German markets, while Balducci will develop KNG’s solutions platforms with a particular focus on interest rates and ALM strategies for the insurance sector.
These hires follow the appointment last year of Andrea Podesta from Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a managing partner and head of fixed income and of Alessandro Vargiu and Filippo Gromo to the fixed income team.
Saler joins KNG having spent
