BISYS has hired Robert Van Kirk as senior vice president of BISYS Fund Services. Van Kirk will be responsible for overseeing BISYS' fund accounting area, including all daily operations and activities. Fred Naddaff, president of BISYS Fund Services, said, "We
Commodity hedge fund manager Global Advisors announced Wednesday the appointment of former PetroChina International trader William Fisher as portfolio manager. Joining a five member, front office team, Fisher will be trading crude oil and refined products on European markets from
CIBC Mellon announced that David Planden was promoted to executive director, western Canada. Mr. Planden replaces John Hay, vice president, relationship management, western Canada, who retired in March of this year. Mr. Hay joined CIBC Mellon in 1997, through its
Brian Weber, head of the Dublin Branch of Morgan Stanley Quilter, has been named president of the Dublin Securities & Investment Institute (SII), a leading examining, training and membership body for the securities and investment industry. Says Brian "I am
The Dreyfus Corporation announced that Diane P. Durnin has been promoted to Vice Chairman of the firm. She was also elected to the Corporation's Board of Directors. Both appointments are effective immediately. "This promotion recognizes how critical Diane's contributions have
Compliance Reporter has announced the winners of its 3rd Annual Achievement in Regulatory Compliance (ARC) Awards. David DeMuro, global head of compliance and regulation at Lehman Brothers, was named Compliance Person of the Year. DeMuro, who also serves as managing
Mutual Fund Technologies (MFT) has appointed Jane Day as Head of its Client Relationship Team. Day comes to MFT from parent company Fidelity Investments, where she held a number of senior roles spanning nine years. Most recently, she headed up
Simon Leighton Porter, the former equity operations chief at Citigroup, and Julian Hensman, who was formerly with workflow and CRM specialists Pegasystems in the UK, are two of the partners in a new consultancy set up by five securities industry
BearingPoint, Inc. announced that Managing Director Angelo Mazzocchi of Brazil has been named to Consulting Magazine's list of the Top 25 Most Influential Consultants of 2005, the annual listing of influential consultants as judged by the magazine's board of advisors,
HSBC Group has announced the appointment of Marilyn Spearing and Douglas Maclean within the firm's restructured Global Transaction Banking (GTB) unit. Marilyn Spearing was appointed Global Head of Sales for GTB with effect from 31 May. As part of her