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State Street Finalizes $485M Purchase of GEAM

July 7, 2016 by Eugene Grygo

State Street has closed the deal for its $485 million acquisition of GE Asset Management (GEAM), a divestiture from General Electric Company, and the giant asset manager/custodian has begun the transition of GEAM’s $100 billion in assets under management, officials say. The total purchase price of up to $485 million is “expected to be accretive… Read More >>

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, General Interest, Industry News Tagged With: chief investment officer, CIO, GE Asset Management, GE Pension Trust, GEAM, General Electric Company, Jay Hooley, Ron O'Hanley, SSGA, State Street, State Street Global Advisors, Zacks Equity Research

PIMCO Adds Distressed Credit EVP

January 25, 2016 by Louis Chunovic

Pimco Hires from Bayside Capital Pimco, the Newport Beach, Calif.-based investment management firm, reports that it has hired Lionel Laurant as an executive vice president and portfolio manager focusing on distressed credit strategies. He will be based in the London office, reporting to Marc Seidner, managing director and chief investment officer — non-traditional strategies. Laurent… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Industry News, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: Allianz S.E., alternative investment, Banc of America Securities, Barclays Capital, Bayside Capital, Brian G. Cartwright, chief investment officer, chief technology officer, CIO, Daniel Ivascyn, Eric Meltzer, H.I.G. Capital, investment management, ITG, Janus Capital, Kirk Reid, Leda Glyptis, Lionel Laurant, managing director, Marc Seidner, operations, OppenheimerFunds, People Moves, PIMCO, Sapient

TrueEX Fills Top IT Management Post

February 19, 2015 by Louis Chunovic

TrueEX, which characterizes itself as the first designated contract marketplace for interest rate swaps, reports the appointment of Saro Jahani as chief information officer. Additionally, Jim Miller, the company’s co-founder, will be “migrating from his current full-time role as head of product development at the company in April 2015 to become an advisor to the… Read More >>

Filed Under: Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: BATS, BATS Global Markets, CIO, Direct Edge, interest rate swaps, IT, trueEX

BGC Partners Replaces CIO

October 9, 2014 by Ryan Boysen

Interdealer broker BGC Partners has hired Eric Hirschhorn as its new chief information officer (CIO), replacing BGC’s previous CIO Yevette Tierney, who “left the company to pursue other interests, effective immediately,” according to the statement. “I would like to acknowledge the outstanding work performed by Yevette and her team over the past eight years,” says… Read More >>

Filed Under: Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BofA, CIO, Eric Hirschhorn, GBC Partners, Interdealer broker, Morgan Stanley, technology, Yevette Tierney

Barclays Exec Joins Capco’s UK Team

October 9, 2014 by Ryan Boysen

Business and technology consultancy Capco has appointed Jonathan Rose, a former Barclays executive, as a partner for its UK team. Rose has previously worked as a managing director, chief operating officer (COO) and chief investment officer (CIO) at Barclays bank, according to Capco’s statement. At Barclays, Rose’s managed IT service delivery, transformation, management and strategy… Read More >>

Filed Under: Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: Barclays Bank, Capco, CIO, consulting, COO, IT, Jonathan Rose, UK

PIMCO’s New Group CIO Faces Redemption Woes

October 2, 2014 by Eugene Grygo

Bond investment giant PIMCO has elected industry veteran Daniel Ivascyn to serve as group chief investment officer following the sudden departure of co-founder William H. Gross last week, which hastened investor redemptions, PIMCO officials say. Influential fixed income adviser Gross left to work for mutual fund giant Janus Capital Group. Over the past month, investors… Read More >>

Filed Under: Risk Management, General Interest, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: Bill Gross, CIO, Daniel Ivascyn, Douglas Hodge, FIdelity, Janus Capital Group, PIMCO

SEC’s CIO to Leave in October

August 21, 2014 by Eugene Grygo

Thomas Bayer, the chief information officer (CIO), is leaving the SEC in October after a four-year tenure marked by “significantly reduced operation and maintenance costs,” say SEC officials. For the moment, there is no immediate replacement for Bayer and it is not known what his next move will be, say sources familiar with the situation…. Read More >>

Filed Under: Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: CIO, cloud computing, regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission, Thomas Bayer

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