Litigation funding firm Burford Group has hired Melissa Sobel as corporate counsel in New York. Sobel (pictured) was most recently associate general counsel at Time Inc, where over the last eight-and-a-half years she advised multiple divisions of the media giant.
Kinetix Trading Solutions, a technology solutions provider to capital markets firms, has hired Tim Mund as its global head of sales and marketing. The Princeton, New Jersey based firm is expanding with focused efforts on revenue growth and branding in
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed James Lee as managing director and head of enterprise computing, bringing more than two decades of leadership experience in information technology operations and software configuration to the company. In this new
Equity brokerage and technology firm Olivetree Financial Group has appointed David Bell as chief executive of its US subsidiary, Olivetree USA. Bell will report into Daryn Kutner, chairman and chief executive of Olivetree Financial Group. Bell will be responsible
Phoenix Investment Adviser, a private investment firm that specialises in high-yield corporate debt, has named Peter Hughes as a senior research analyst. As a part of the investment team, he will cover the technology, business services, retail, restaurant, and metals
Sciens Capital Management Group has appointed Farhang Mehregani as chief investment officer of Sciens Alternative Investments (SAI) division. SAI comprises Sciens funds of hedge funds business, managed account services, investment services and advisory solutions. Mehregani will report to Sciens
Wake2o has appointed Charles Simeon as a director in its global hedge fund distribution business. The business comprises Wake2o hedge fund secondaries illiquids, hedge fund secondaries continuing classes, hedge fund third party distribution and the Wake-x intermediation platform. Simeon joins
McGladrey, a provider of assurance, tax and consulting services, has expanded its financial services investment practice in Connecticut. The team provides services to hedge funds/investment partnerships, fund of funds, investment advisers, broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, mutual funds and private equity
Northern Trust has hired Tony Glickman in a global client solutions role focusing on its hedge fund services, custody, banking and operations platform on behalf of asset managers and institutional investors worldwide. Glickman (pictured) has more than 30 years of
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed Chris Jones as the chief risk officer for LME Clear. Jones worked previously as a managing director and chief risk officer for LCH.Clearnet Group. During a 20-year career at LCH, Jones was at
