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Lombard Risk Management, a provider of software solutions for collateralised trading, liquidity analysis and regulatory compliance, has appointed Sherry Isenberg as managing director for the Americas.
Isenberg will be responsible for driving Lombard Risk’s strategy in the Americas and managing all operational aspects of the business including sales, marketing, operations, support and client relations.
"This is an exciting and fast-paced market to be a part of as the risk management arena continues to become more complex with new regulations and a greater industry emphasis on improving liquidity, collateral and risk management," says Isenberg. "I am pleased to join Lombard Risk,
Silver Creek Capital Management, a manager of funds of hedge funds, has added four investment and business development professionals to its teams in the UK and US.
The four are Carter Weil, Petter von Heidenstam, Christian McFadden and Kelsey Schreck.
Bryan Weeks, president and chief executive officer of Silver Creek, says: “Over the past year, we have made a significant effort to invest in high calibre, seasoned investment and business development professionals in the US and the UK and we are pleased to welcome Carter, Petter, Christian and Kelsey to the firm. We look forward to leveraging their collective regional
Titan Capital Group, a New York-based alternative investment manager specialising in volatility trading strategies, has appointed hedge fund industry veteran Keith Danko as partner.
Danko will work closely with Titan founder Russell Abrams with a particular focus on business development.
He will also assist Abrams in the overall management of the firm.
Danko is based in Titan’s New York headquarters.
“We are extremely pleased to have Keith on board and look forward to benefitting from his experience and long track record of success. We believe he is a great addition to Titan’s already strong team,” Abrams says.
GlobeOp Financial Services has appointed George Evans as head of business development.
Evans reports to Hans Hufschmid (pictured), GlobeOp chief executive officer, and is based in the company’s New York City office.
He is also a member of GlobeOp’s operating committee.
"As demand for GlobeOp’s services continues to grow in both hedge fund and new institutional sectors, we will look to George’s extensive experience to identify and capture new opportunities," says Hufschmid. "His understanding of the market and client requirements will also help us create new products and client services that further differentiate the GlobeOp brand."
Evans’ career spans 30
Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets has appointed Charlie Diebel as head of market strategy reporting to Trevor Williams, chief economist.
In this newly created position, Diebel will lead a team of strategists responsible for generating daily market analysis and insights as well as more detailed and in-depth views on fixed income, rates and currencies.
Diebel has over 20 years’ financial markets experience initially as a currency and rates trader at Amex Bank and Barclays and later as fixed income and interest rate strategist at SG and RBS.
He joins from Nomura where he was head of rates strategy.
The company has
Prime Management, a hedge fund administrator, has hired Dermot O’ Sullivan and Matthew Charleson as senior account managers.
They will be responsible for overseeing the consistent delivery by their account teams of high quality service to the clients of Prime.
O’Sullivan has held senior positions in the hedge fund administration industry for over six years, most recently as the chief operating officer of a fund administration company based in Dubai. O’Sullivan previously served as a group manager for Citi Bermuda where he managed an account team of ten people.
Charleson gained extensive expertise in hedge fund accounting while being a
Lyxor Asset Management has appointed Fabien Pavlowsky as head of quantitative strategies in the hedge fund research team in New York.
Pavlowsky joins Lyxor from Financial Risk Management in New York where he worked for eight years and was most recently responsible for manager selection in directional trading strategies.
This announcement follows the recent hire of Francis Chu as head of discretionary trading strategies in the hedge fund research team in New York.
Lyxor Asset Management is a subsidiary of Societe Generale established in 1998.
Channel Islands law firm Carey Olsen has appointed James Mulholland as a partner.
Mulholland will be working in Carey Olsen’s Jersey and London offices in the corporate and funds practice areas.
He most recently worked at O’Melveny & Myers in London for five years where he advised on an extensive range of corporate and private equity-related transactions, including fund formation, spin outs, fund restructurings, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions.
He previously worked at Slaughter and May, where he advised on both corporate and investment fund transactions.
Mulholland says: “I have known and worked with Carey Olsen for some time
Helen Wyatt, a senior associate in Mourant Ozannes’ Guernsey office, will join the London team later this month.
Wyatt (pictured) joined Mourant Ozannes in 2001, qualifying as an English solicitor in 2004 and as a Guernsey advocate in 2007. Her current practice includes banking and finance, corporate and funds work.
The appointment comes as Mourant Ozannes celebrates the tenth anniversary of the opening of its London office; in 2000 it became the first law firm from the Channel Islands to operate from a London base.
Jonathan Rigby, managing partner, Mourant Ozannes, says: “London is an extremely important market for Mourant
Macro Risk Advisors, an equity derivatives strategy and execution firm, has hired George Lam, a former risk analyst at Marathon Asset Management, and Jarret Christie, a former sales executive at Omnium, a subsidiary of Citadel Investment Group.
The appointment of Lam and Christie is part of an ongoing expansion effort at Macro Risk Advisors to further support its growing client base.
“We are fortunate to be able to attract top talent to MRA through our commitment to advanced, high-level strategy and execution services,” says Dean Curnutt (pictured), founder and chief executive of Macro Risk Advisors. “At a time when investment
