Former BlackRock Aladdin business development managing director for EMEA, Keith Viverito, joined Clearwater Analytics to support its global expansion plans. Viverito joined Clearwater as managing director for EMEA and will be responsible for strengthening the firm’s go to market strategy in the region and Asia Pacific. He joined after most recently spending two and a half years at BlackRock’s flagship Aladdin platform, serving as a managing director and leading its business development efforts across EMEA. Prior to joining Aladdin in 2021, he spent nearly seven years at IHS Markit in a sales and solutions role for EMEA, two and a half years at FactSet as its global head of sales and seven and a half years at Thomson Reuters as its head of sales for the Americas. Earlier in his career, Viverito spent three years as a trader at Great Point Capital.
Rothschild & Co senior investment dealer, Greg Finke, has left the firm for a new opportunity at Polar Capital. Greg Finke joined the boutique asset manager after just over a year at Rothschild & Co as a senior investment dealer covering equities. Polar Capital confirmed his appointment. His new role is unconfirmed. Prior to joining Rothschild in January 2023, Finke spent nearly five years at Marathon Asset Management as a global equity trader covering equities and FX. Previously in his career, he also spent just under four years at Findlay Park Partners where he established the centralised dealing desk. He also previously spent 16 years at Instinet as a vice president in sales trading.
Ayesa Latif has been named global head of FX product at Citi, a newly created role, following almost eight years with the firm. As part of her new role, Latif is set to drive innovation in the area, as well as further enhance Citi’s product offering. Prior to this appointment, she spent three years as head of EMEA EFX sales, bank sales, platform sales, custody FX and cross border payments for FIs at Citi, and before that served as head of EMEA electronic FX sales. Previously, Latif was co-head EMEA electronic FX sales at Goldman Sachs for eight years.
Macquarie Group appointed Dylan Kluth head of equites trading for Asia Pacific. Kluth was promoted to the role after serving as portfolio manager/analyst at the firm over the last two years. Before joining Macquarie, Kluth spent nine years at AMP Capital, serving in a variety of senior positions. Most recently, he served as global head of dealing for just over a year, following a one-year stint as head of dealing for EMEA and Americas. Elsewhere in his tenure at AMP Capital, Kluth served as senior multi-asset dealer and as an equity dealer.
Joe Bellman was named head of dealing at Arbuthnot Latham following almost a decade with the firm. Bellman joined the business in 2014 as a dealer before being promoted to dealing manager, his most recent role. Bellman was named one of The TRADE’s rising stars of trading and execution back in 2022, a recognition of the most promising talents in the industry. His new position, for which he will be based out of London, is effective as of last month.
Technology services provider Pico named Linda Wallander vice president of EMEA sales. Before joining Pico, Wallander served as a senior sales executive for EMEA and Asia Pacific at data platform Exabel. Prior to that, she spent just over seven years at Nasdaq, most recently serving as director of sales for European Markets. This followed a nearly five-year stint at FactSet Research Systems, where she held an institutional sales role, focusing on Nordic banking and brokerage. Elsewhere in her career, Wallander held junior analyst roles for M&A at HSBC, DC Advisory Partners, Close Brothers and Merrill Lynch.