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Simon Reynolds Joins the Octopus Multi Manager Team
Octopus Investments has hired Simon Reynolds into its Multi Manager team. Simon will be working alongside fund managers Colin Lunnon and Bish Limbu. He will be adding to the idea generation and research process across all asset classes, and will gradually take over some of the day to day portfolio management responsibilities in support of…
Former US Treasury Senior Advisor/US NEC Mary Goodman Joins James Caird Asset Management
Mary Goodman joined James Caird Asset Management (U.S.) LP in May 2011 as a Managing Director. Based in Washington DC, Mary provides strategic counsel on the global macroeconomic outlook and on monetary, fiscal, financial regulatory and other policy risks as part of the firm’s deliberation on investment decisions. Mary was Special Assistant to the President…
Talend Introduces Industry’s First Unified Platform for Data Services with New ESB Offering
Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced the industry’s first unified platform for data services, advancing its leadership in the converging data and application integration markets. Users of the new data services offering benefit from a unified platform with a common development, deployment and monitoring environment for both data management and application integration….
State Street Appoints Craig Butterworth to Head of Fixed Income Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa
State Street Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, today announced the appointment of Craig Butterworth to head of fixed income sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Butterworth will lead State Street Global Market’s fixed income sales team and will be responsible for expanding its rates business with…
Hitchon of Deutsche Bank Named to DTCC Board
Jonathan Hitchon, co-head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Prime Finance business, has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Hitchon was elected to the board replacing Robert Kaplan of State Street Bank and Trust, whose term had expired. All other members of the board were reelected, except for…
Stuffed with Standards
Last week witnessed the continuing evolution of a new standard for the identification of legal entities across the financial markets with the publication of the Sifma led coalition of associations’ feedback on the subject to the Office of Financial Research (OFR). But will it be just another standard to add to the many that the…
Profidata Group: Gunther Glabbatz New Regional Director for Germany and Austria
Profidata Group, a provider of investment and wealth management software, has announced the hire of Gunther Glabbatz. Glabbatz will take responsibility for business development in Germany and Austria. Prior to joining Profidata, Glabbatz held a similar role at SimCorp. Glabbatz has a broad experience with IT-implementation projects in the asset management, banking and insurance business….
Credit Suisse Hires Roger Lehman as Head of CMBS Research
Credit Suisse has hired Roger Lehman as managing director and head of Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Research, responsible for research and analysis that will support the bank’s re-entry into CMBS origination as well as its secondary trading desk. He will report to Dale Westhoff, global head of Securitized Products Research, and will join the Credit…
IAM Appoints Global Head of Operational Due Diligence
International Asset Management (IAM), one of the oldest specialist fund of hedge fund investment managers, today announces the appointment of Mike Paciullo as global head of operational due diligence based in IAM’s New York office. Mike has a wealth of experience from senior positions within operational due diligence including tenures as head of operational due…
SmartCo Opens London Office
SmartCo announces its continued international expansion with the opening, in May 2011, of a London office to support its growing operations in the UK and Northern European markets. SmartCo has seen an increase in the number of its international clients and as part of its internationalisation strategy, the Paris and Boston-based software company’s goal is…