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The Futures and Options Association has appointed Kathleen Traynor as director of regulation, effective January 2011.
Traynor joins the FOA from London Stock Exchange Group, where she was head of regulatory strategy.
Prior to that role, she was senior associate, equity markets, at the UK’s Financial Services Authority.
She also spent six years at TSX Group (now TMX Group, operator of Canada’s stock and derivatives exchanges) as senior legal counsel.
Traynor replaces Jane Green, who left in September to join Association of Financial Markets Europe.
FOA chief executive Anthony Belchambers says: “Kathleen is a key appointment for the FOA at
Butterfield Fulcrum, a fund administration company for the alternative investment industry, has appointed Edwin Parker as director of business development for the EMEA region.
Parker will start in February 2011 and be based in the London office, which has recently relocated to Mayfair.
He will be responsible for identifying and developing strategic partnerships to strengthen and expand Butterfield Fulcrum’s client base throughout Europe and its surrounding emerging markets.
Parker will work closely with Mark Boyes who joined Butterfield Fulcrum earlier this year as Director, EMEA business development.
Parker joins Butterfield Fulcrum from SS&C where he served as a business development
Christopher Spiegleman, former director of tax at J.H. Whitney, has joined the Metro New York alternative investment funds practice at WTAS as a managing director in the Greenwich office.
Spiegelman brings a strong background in multiple industries and areas of taxation including investment partnerships, alternative investments, private equity, hedge and debt funds.
At Whitney, Spiegelman addressed tax planning and structuring issues at the investor level, fund level, portfolio investment level and fund manager level. In addition, he worked closely with the principals of the firm to achieve wealth preservation including estate and insurance planning.
"Chris’ skill set is an excellent
Fund administrator HSBC Securities Services (Guernsey) has appointed Amit Taylor as a managing director.
Taylor, a Chartered Accountant, was previously European head of sales for asset managers in London.
Before joining HSBC, Taylor held several roles within PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he helped to build its investment management consultancy business in the UK and was manager in the investment management division of the audit and assurance practice.
RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, has hired Patrick Bauné as a managing director, head of corporate and institutional FX sales Europe and corporate FX sales Asia.
Bauné will be based in London and reports to Avril Pomper, head of fixed income and currencies and financial products sales, Europe, RBC Capital Markets.
Bringing over 19 years of strategy and sales expertise, Bauné joins RBC Capital Markets from Tikehau Capital, where he was a partner focused on marketing and business development.
Prior to this, Bauné held senior positions at Merrill Lynch, where he
Centaur Fund Services, an alternative investment fund administrator, has hired Gavan McGuire as head of business development.
McGuire will lead the business development drive from London.
He will use his network and knowledge within the alternative investment arena to grow Centaur’s client base and develop new distribution channels for the firm’s Dublin-headquartered servicing office.
McGuire has 13 years of experience in the fund administration business both in the UK and Ireland. He joins Centaur from Citi, where he was director of alternative investment services sales and relationship management. Prior to this, he held a series of senior roles with
The Swiss Funds Association has appointed Petra Reinhard Keller of Credit Suisse Asset Management Funds in Zurich to its board of directors.
Reinhard Keller is a managing director and head fund solutions and clients services as well as deputy chief executive of Credit Suisse Asset Management Funds.
She replaces Raoul-Philip Bachmann, who has left Credit Suisse and has thus stepped down from the SFA board of directors.
Reinhard Keller has been active in the fund business for ten years, holding executive positions for most of this time.
“Petra Reinhard Keller is a seasoned expert in the funds and asset management
Apex Fund Services, a fund administration business, has appointed Thalius Hecksher as global head of business development.
With responsibility for developing and managing Apex’s global sales and client relationships, Hecksher will report directly to Peter Hughes, managing director of Apex Fund Services.
Based in Apex’s Ireland office Hecksher will provide support to all of Apex’s 21 international offices and operations.
With over USD15bn of assets under administration Apex Fund Services plans to significantly increase its AUA and break into the world’s top 25 of administrators within 12 months. As part of its strategy of locating offices alongside its clients
BlueMountain Capital Management, a private asset management company specialising in the global credit markets, has appointed Louisa Strutt as director of business development.
Based in BlueMountain’s London office, where the firm employs nearly 20 executives, Strutt will implement business development strategies to attract institutional investors and consultants in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Scandinavia.
She will also be responsible for client relationship management and will have input in product development.
“Louisa is a seasoned professional with a proven track record of business development for alternative asset managers,” says Stephen Siderow, president of BlueMountain Capital. “She comes to
Apollo Global Management has appointed Marc Spilker as president, effective 1 December 2010.
Spilker will run the day to day operations of Apollo and sit on the company’s executive committee.
In addition to Spilker, Apollo’s executive committee includes: Leon Black, chairman and chief executive officer; Josh Harris, senior managing director; Marc Rowan, senior managing director; and Henry Silverman, vice chairman and chief operating officer.
Black says: "We are excited to welcome Marc as president of Apollo and believe we will benefit from his deep experience in the financial industry. His successful career at Goldman Sachs and his extensive knowledge of
