The Securities & Investment Institute (SII) has appointed Christopher Bond as its Adviser on Compliance. Bond has been a Solicitor with City law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse for the past 27 years, retiring as a senior equity partner on 31
Risk Metrics Group has appointed former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt to serve on its board of directors. Levitt will be directly involved with a major retail risk suitability initiative and with the firm's work in the pension industry. Levitt, currently
Former Watson Wyatt investment consultant Stephan Breban has launched City Capital Partners, a specialist private equity consultancy. "City Capital was founded in response to the growing demand from pension scheme trustees and other fiduciaries, for independent advice in what is
Raft International, a supplier of risk management solutions to the energy and financial services markets, has hired Deborah R. Brackett as Chief Operations Officer for its Global Energy Credit Risk division. "Deborah brings over 20 years of experience in the
ABN AMRO Mellon has appointed Hong Thung Thiam to head its newly established office in Singapore. The opening of the office and the appointment of Hong Thung Thiam follows the securing of a number of custody mandates in the region
ABN Amro has named JP Morgan's Steve Webster as head of transition management, a new role. Webster was a vice president at JP Morgan and was responsible for transition management in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was there
Yawar Shah has been named Global Operations Executive for JPMorgan's Investor Services and Institutional Trust Services Businesses. Shah, an Executive Vice President who has been with JPMorgan Chase for nearly 20 years, has currently been responsible for Retail Banking Service
Andrew Hill, head of the Securities and Investment Management Banking Group of Bank of New York in Tokyo, is to join the capital introduction group within the Citigroup prime brokerage unit.
HSBC Securities has hired Don Lee as managing director, head of foreign exchange derivatives for the Americas and global head of foreign exchange exotics. Based in New York, he reports to Matt Desselberger, global head of foreign exchange derivatives, and
HSBC Securities Services has hired Jamie Wise as a global business development manager in the European sales team. He will report to Richard Hale, head of sales in Europe, and according to the company, Wise will play a key role