Amir Dehestani has joined FundGuard as pre-sales director. He was previously at BNY Mellon. FundGuard is a U.S.-based fintech offering an investment management and administration platform.
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Arcesium hires from BlackRock
Arcesium, a U.S.-based fintech in which J.P. Morgan has a stake, has appointed Mahesh Narayan as institutional asset manager segment head. Narayan will oversee Arcesium’s delivery of its capabilities that support institutional asset managers, including the firm’s cloud-native data platform, investment lifecycle solutions, and associated financial operations. He has joined from BlackRock, where he was…
Ocorian appoints head of projects
Ocorian, a C.I.-based provider of fund administration, capital markets, corporate and fiduciary services, has appointed Stevie Christian as head of projects. His focus will be on managing a series of complex projects at Ocorian, starting with IT, data and systems aimed at enhancing the client experience while streamlining systems and processes to boost efficiency across…
Gen II hires head of credit
Gen II Fund Services, LLC, a U.S.-based independent private capital fund administrator, has hired Michael Abatemarco as head of credit. He will lead the credit fund administration and credit middle office services business, which provides private credit fund clients with an end-to-end service model. Prior to joining Gen II, Abatemarco served as director, head of…
Northern Trust adds two seniors to NA bus dev team
Northern Trust has hired two senior managers from BNY Mellon to join its North American asset servicing business development team. Dean Marziarz will lead business development for Private Capital Fund Services, which provides middle- and back-office solutions for a range of alternative investment managers. He has more than 20 years of asset servicing experience at…
Ocorian forms strategic client group
Ocorian, the C.I.-based financial services group, has formed a strategic client group under the leadership of Simon Behan, chief commercial officer. As previously announced, Jamie Gleeson has joined this group from SS&C, where he was head of EMEA hedge fund sales. James Kent has also joined, having spent more than 14 years at Northern Trust,…
EDS appoints PB veteran to board
Equity Data Science, an investment process management software provider that delivers insights and productivity tools to hedge funds and asset managers, has announced that Ed Keller has joined the firm’s board of directors. Keller recently retired after 28 years at Morgan Stanley as a managing director and the global head of prime brokerage. Northern Trust…
Ocorian appoints CFO
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Gavin James as CFO. Most recently, James was CFO for global technology and management consulting group Capco.
Waystone appoints HK bus dev MD
Waystone, the Ireland-based provider of specialist services to the asset management sector, has appointed Joost Lobler as managing director, business development in Hong Kong. Lobler spent seven years with Standard Chartered before establishing his own company in 2021.
Altum appoints head of growth
Altum Group (formerly LGL Group), the C.I.-based administrator with USD27bn AuA, has appointed James Milner as head of growth. He will focus on driving the growth of Altum’s fund and corporate solutions offering, He joins from Crestbridge.