London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced that Fiona Bassett will join the Group as CEO of FTSE Russell. She will start later this summer and be based in New York, reporting to David Schwimmer, CEO LSEG. Bassett joins from DWS Group where she held the roles of CEO, DWS UK and Global Head Systematic Investment Solutions. During a 20-year tenure, she has held various senior leadership roles across asset management and index investing.
Piper Sandler Companies has hired Ervin Pilku and Alex Maldonado as managing directors in the fixed income group. Pilku joins the firm with over 20 years of experience in trading structured credit products. He will be based in the New York office and will focus on trading collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). Previously, he served as a managing director at East West Bank, Guggenheim Partners and Cantor Fitzgerald. Maldonado will be based in Austin and will cover fixed income sales for institutional investors across structured products. Prior to joining Piper Sandler, he worked in securitized product sales roles at Cantor Fitzgerald and Deutsche Bank. Maldonado holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University.
Hazeltree has appointed Richard Winter as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. Winte brings over 20 years of expertise in FinTech and innovating and delivering leading-edge software solutions for financial institutions. He joins Hazeltree from Finastra (formerly MISYS), one of the world’s largest FinTech firms, where he was Vice President and Head of Technology Global Services. Winter will report to Tushar Amin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hazeltree.
Edward “Ted” Kreppein and David Knause have joined Stephens as Vice Presidents in Fixed Income Sales which is part of Stephens Fixed Income Sales & Trading division. Kreppein brings more than 20 years of fixed income experience to his role while Knause has been a fixed income sales executive for almost 10 years. These hires come on the heels of Senior Vice President Brad Tottle onboarding earlier this month. They will both be based in the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Stephens.
Charles Schwab has promoted Eric Wojciechowski to Managing Director, Schwab Advisor Services. He leads a talented team of Relationship Managers who are dedicated to helping firms reach their full potential as independent Registered Investment Advisors. Wojciechowski has been with Charles Schwab for over 20 years.
Gabriel Devermans has joined BNP Paribas CIB as Vice President – Equity Derivatives Valuation Analyst. He joins from American Business Valuation Group where he was Business Valuation Associate. Prior to that he worked at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.
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