Apex has appointed Frederick Shaw as country head – United States. He joins from Hamilton Lane, a private markets investor, where he was chief risk officer and global head of operations. Shaw will oversee the U.S. business, which now employs over 600 people across 15 offices.
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SimCorp opens in Mexico
SimCorp, the European provider of SaaS investment management solutions, has opened an office in Mexico City. Mexico City was selected as the market offers attractive operating conditions, available talent, a growing economy, and geographic proximity to the North American market. Oscar Nasta has joined SimCorp as head of delivery center Mexico City, SimCorp has signed…
Pirum hires for FI BD role
Pirum, the UK-based securities finance fintech, has hired Jon Ford as head of fixed income business development, based In London. Previously, Ford spent eight years at RBC Capital Markets where his most recent role was head of fixed income financing sales.
Higgins to run GFS AsPac for NTRS
Northern Trust has named Caroline Higgins as head of Global Fund Services (GFS), Asia Pacific. Higgins will be responsible for overseeing services to global investment managers including fund administration, depositary, global custody, transfer agency, investment operations outsourcing and data solutions. Higgins, who joined Northern Trust in 2016, was most recently head of Hong Kong, Macau,…
Apex appoints new Denmark head
Apex has appointed Qasir Bashir as country head – Denmark. The role was previously held by Peter Toyberg, who will retire later in 2023. In addition to this, Lars Moller Anderson, who co-founded the Private Equity Administrators (latterly part of Sanne Group) business along with Toyberg, has also announced his intention to retire from the…
Gen II appoints CFO
Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based private capital fund administrator, has appointed Marlene Pelage as CFO. She was previously global CFO for IPG Mediabrands.
Andrew Capon – RIP
It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Andrew Capon. Andrew was one of the most gifted journalists of his generation, covering both investment management and administration. He had a formidable intellect, and a wicked sense of humour. He was just 54 years old.
BBH strengthens EMEA sales team
Brown Brothers Harriman has expanded its investor services sales team in Europe. David Murphy and Andrea Murray join BBH as European business development managers for alternatives and ETFs respectively, while Holly Gardner takes on the role of head of business development for Luxembourg. Murphy joins BBH’s alternatives team after most recently leading business development at…
Clearwater appoints chief product officer
Clearwater Analytics, the U.S.-based provider of investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, has appointed Sunil Dixit as chief product officer. Before joining Clearwater, Dixit was responsible for financial services cloud and Einstein-driven intelligence applications for wealth management and banking at Salesforce.
Ocorian hires global head of fund accounting
Ocorian, the C.I.-based provider of alternative fund services, has appointed Eamon Burns as global head of fund accounting. Previously Burns was EMEA head of private markets accounting at BNY Mellon, based in Dublin.