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Indus Capital Partners, LLC has appointed Edward Nebens as Head of Europe Fund Trading. He is based in the NYC office reporting to Gene Salamon, Head of the Europe team.
The firm now has a team of nine and managing assets of nearly USD600m
Prior to joining the team, Nebens was an Executive Director in International Equities at UBS AG, Head of Global Trading at Cantillon Capital Management, a USD10bn international asset manager and Head of Trading at Orchard Capital. He has also worked with several other leading financial institutions during his nearly 20 years in the business. Nebens received his
Fiserv, Inc, a provider of financial services technology solutions, has named Cheryl Nash as President of its Investment Services division.
With 28 years of service with Investment Services at Fiserv, Nash brings a strong track record of industry leadership, technology expertise and commitment to serving clients to this role. She has managed strategic functions in the organization and was instrumental in the development of multiple strategy portfolios, more commonly known today as unified managed accounts (UMAs).
“Cheryl has been the consummate catalyst for growth in the managed accounts solutions and wealth management industry,” says Mike Gianoni, Group President, Financial Institutions
Tony Reed has been appointed as Managing Director of Phoenix Fund Services (UK) Limited. He will report to John Rice, CEO, and join the Phoenix Fund Services’ executive management team.
Reed will be responsible for managing the relationships with clients of Phoenix’s UK funds business as well as for Phoenix’s compliance and risk management.
John Rice, Managing Director of Phoenix Fund Services, says: “Tony brings a wealth of experience to Phoenix having worked in a range of roles managing client relationships, running collective investment scheme operations and regulatory risk management at Insight Investment, JP Morgan, Halifax Bank of Scotland and
F&C Thames River has strengthened its Multi-Alternative team with the appointment of Torquil Wheatley as Product & Performance Manager, reporting to Ken Kinsey-Quick, Head of Multi-Manager Alternatives.
Torquil joins F&C Thames River from Deutsche Bank in London where he worked for 11 years as Director, GFFX Global Markets Structuring and Head of Currency Solutions for Pension Funds and Insurers. Prior to this, he worked for other financial institutions including JP Morgan and Citibank in London, Paris and New York.
At F&C Thames River, he will be responsible for internal and client communication related to the firm’s multi-alternative products, as well
Ciara O’Sullivan and Leon Stafford have joined Kinetic Partners in Dublin, to further strengthen the highly regarded regulatory consulting and compliance team, complementing and reinforcing the Firm’s already strong market position in Ireland in both UCITS consulting and general Central Bank regulatory consulting services.
O’Sullivan has over 15 years’ experience in the industry. She provides a range of regulatory advisory services to the Dublin Funds community and most recently has been in a compliance consultant role with a large US Investment Manager in Dublin. Prior to this O’Sullivan worked with Brown Brothers Harriman in a number of roles, including European Compliance Officer, Head of
European Multilateral Clearing Facility NV (EMCF) has appointed Hugh Brown as Director of UK Markets. In this newly created position, Brown will be EMCF’s representative in London, managing the relationships with UK-based platforms and clients, liaising with regulators and industry bodies and helping to develop EMCF’s strategy and positioning on industry issues.
Brown joins EMCF following 17 years with the London Stock Exchange Group, where his roles have included managing trading, post trading and regulatory strategy.
"Hugh joins EMCF at a critical time for the European financial sector, when the marketplace is about to start offering interoperability," says Jan Booij
Lionel Paquin has been appointed as Managing Director – Head of the Managed Account Platform at Lyxor Asset Management.
Paquin, who has been working within the Société Générale Group since 2004 and is a member of the Lyxor Management Committee and Executive Committee, replaces Stéphane Enguehard, who has been promoted to Managing Director – Head of Funds of Hedge Funds Development for Lyxor.
Enguehard’s new role will consist of promoting the company’s Funds of Hedge Funds range towards a broader audience of key investors around the globe.
Harneys has appointed former XXIV Old Buildings barrister David Herbert as head of the firm’s growing Cayman Islands litigation and insolvency team.
Herbert, whose appointment as partner and Head of Cayman Islands Litigation & Insolvency takes effect 1 November, has been associated with Harneys since 2003 and was seconded to the firm’s Cayman Islands office full-time in 2009.
Herbert is a Chancery barrister who has practised at leading offshore set XXIV Old Buildings since 2003. His primary areas of expertise are insolvency and restructuring, trust advice and litigation, and company and business disputes. Recently Herbert acted for Harneys in the
Boutique investment management law firm Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP, has appointed Aisha Hunt as a Partner to head its news Alternative Mutual Fund Practice in San Francisco.
Hunt has represented some of the most prominent investment managers and mutual fund families in the United States, including the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds and the Dodge & Cox Funds.
With Hunt’s appointment, the firm now offers clients a broader suite of investment management legal services, including a ’40 Act practice focused on alternative mutual funds. She has extensive legal experience counselilng emerging and established investment managers to separate accounts, hedge funds, UCITS
Dunbar McInley, a provider of managed futures investments, has appointed Hugo Boddiger as Chief Investment Officer.
Boddiger will partner with Jake Witter and Robert Klausman to service and meet the alternative investment needs of sophisticated investors and wealth advisors.
“To achieve their investment goals in today’s uncertain marketplace, investors are looking more and more at alternatives to enhance diversification and provide non-correlation to their traditional long-only portfolios," says Jake Witter, Chief Investment Officer of Dunbar McInley. “Hugo’s extensive background in the managed futures industry will reinforce our commitment of a high quality investor experience at Dunbar McInley.”
Prior to joining
