Sascha Bloemhoff has been appointed as managing director of Climex, a pan-European organisation which provides a marketplace for trading and auctioning environmental commodities and energy contracts. Bloemhoff takes over the position of Axel Posthumus who was the founder of Climex in 2003 and has been in charge since. Bloemhoff has been the commercial director of Climex since 2005.   This management change is a part of the change in shareholder structure announced on 27 May during Carbon Expo in Cologne.

Onex has appointed Jack Yang as managing partner of Onex Credit Partners. Onex Credit Partners specialises in managing credit-related investments, including event-driven, long/short, and market dislocation strategies. Asset classes include bank loans, bonds, and distressed debt. Established in November 2007, Onex Credit Partners manages approximately USD900m in assets in various products including separate accounts and an exchange-listed fund. "Jack brings an extraordinary track record of building and managing world-class credit businesses," says Gerald Schwartz, Onex’ chairman and chief executive officer. "We have known Jack for several years, and are delighted to have him join the Onex Credit Partners’ management team.

Heidrick & Struggles International, an advisory firm providing executive search and leadership consulting services, has made two senior appointments in its North American buy-side sectors. Daniel Edwards (pictured), global head of financial services who previously developed Heidrick’s hedge fund business, will be once again lead the hedge fund sector as part of his management responsibilities and Chad Astmann will lead the North American asset management sector practice. The new leadership team is in part a response to both traditional asset management and hedge fund clients who are looking for wider talent consultation across the entire buy-side and sell-side market spectrum.

David Tovar has joined Skyline Capital Management as head of research. Tovar was previously an analyst at Merrill Lynch. Skyline Capital Management is a long/short equity specialist with significant emerging markets exposure, which plans to launch with USD50 to USD100m assets under management in November. It was co-founded by chief investment officer Geoff Bamber, previously a senior analyst at Nevsky Capital, and chief executive Vernon West, previously head of the public sector client business at Barclays.  

Xenfin Capital, the systematic trading firm, has hired Luca Rubinelli to head its new fixed income trading arm as well as managing a global macro strategy. Rubinelli brings experience in a broad range of fixed income products to Xenfin Capital.   He joins from a family office, where he was a multi-asset portfolio manager on the proprietary trading desk investing and trading in fixed income credit, equities and derivatives.   Prior to that role, he was a director with Société Générale in the derivatives solutions group and has also held senior roles in the fixed income division of Morgan Stanley

BNY Mellon has appointed Patrick Tadie to the newly created role of global business head for the company’s Derivatives360 initiative, an integrated investment servicing solution that helps clients execute and manage derivatives transactions. Tadie, who is an executive vice president, will oversee the coordination and development of derivatives services across multiple business lines in the company. He reports to Art Certosimo, senior executive vice president and head of alternative and broker-dealer services at BNY Mellon. Tadie, who joined the company in 2003 and is a member of the company’s operating committee, was most recently executive vice president in charge of

The Bermuda Monetary Authority has appointed Brad Erickson to the newly-created position of chief operating officer, effective immediately. Erickson will be focused on directing the operations of the support functions within the authority and assisting in the strategic development of the organisation going forward. Jeremy Cox, chief executive of the Bermuda Monetary Authority, says: “We are delighted Brad has joined the authority as our chief operating officer. The authority has grown tremendously in just a short period as we equip ourselves appropriately to address the expectations of the international regulatory environment and the Bermuda market. The chief operating officer position

Emerging markets specialist Finisterre Capital is expanding its research division with the appointment of Toby Triebel as credit analyst. Prior to joining Finisterre, Triebel worked within the corporate turnaround and restructuring team at Alix Partners in London. Triebel started his career in 2005 at Goldman Sachs, where he worked as an analyst on the industrials and natural resources team as part of the investment banking division. In 2007 he moved to the FICC derivatives and debt capital markets team where he was later promoted to associate and ranked in the top tier of analysts. He was responsible for preparing and