People News Archives: 2020

Blass to Leave SEC in January

Dec 28 20

Dalia Blass, the SEC's Director of Division of Investment Management, announced she will leave the SEC in January (see release) and Sarah ten Siethoff will become the acting Director. SEC Chair Jay Clayton and Chief Economist S.P. Kothari will also be leaving.

Tobin No Longer at JPMAM

Nov 09 20

John Tobin is no longer with J.P. Morgan Asset Management. He was Head of Portfolio Management for Global Liquidity.

ICI Appoints Pan as CEO

Oct 26 20

A press release, "Eric J. Pan Named President and CEO of ICI," says, "The Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute has unanimously elected Eric J. Pan as ICI's next president and chief executive officer.He succeeds Paul Schott Stevens, who is retiring at year-end after more than 16 years as ICI's president and CEO."

Henderson Moves to Safened

Oct 05 20

Graeme Henderson is the new Head of Sales at Safened US. He was formerly with Cachematrix.

ICD Hires Tonya Bukacek as CIO

Sep 24 20

Online money fund trading portal ICD hired Tonya Bukacek as Chief Information Officer.

Rolston Leaving TIAA-CREF MMF

Sep 14 20

An SEC filing says, "As of October 1, 2020, `Joseph Rolston will no longer be a portfolio manager of the TIAA-CREF Money Market Fund. Chad Kemper and Andrew Hurst will each continue to serve as portfolio managers."

Latchford Retires, Lepinsky Takes Over

Aug 28 20

Denise Latchford has retired from American Century Investments. Alex Lepinsky is the new Head of Money Markets.

Blanchard Going to Point72

Aug 17 20

"Alex Blanchard, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s head of repo trading, is set to join ... Steve Cohen's Point72 Asset Management," we learned from a Bloomberg article.

Hennigan Moves to Deposit Solutions

Jul 27 20

Shana Hennigan is the new National Director of Sales at Deposit Solutions. She was previously at Safened.

Jo Gilbert Retires from Fairfax

Jul 15 20

Josephine Gilbert has retired from Fairfax County.

Milazzo, Spirgel Leave BNY Mellon

Jul 01 20

Steve Milazzo and Jonathan Spirgel are no longer with BNY Mellon and its LiquidityDirect online money market fund trading portal.

Peabody Moves to BNY Mellon

May 26 20

Matt Peabody is now a Director at BNY Mellon Markets. He was previously at State Street and works with DTCC Repo.

Hochfeld Moves to SSGA

May 06 20

Kim Hochfeld is now Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Cash at State Street Global Advisors.

ICD Portal Hires Severance

Apr 22 20

Tom Severance has joined Institutional Cash Distributors (ICD) as Head of Global Account Management and Sales.

Ronan No Longer at BNY Mellon

Apr 19 20

Kevin Ronan is no longer with BNY Mellon and its Liquidity DIRECT portal.

Baklanova Joins SEC

Mar 12 20

Viktoria Baklanova has been named Senior Financial Analyst in the Analytics Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (See the release here.)

T Rowe Price's Lynagh to Retire

Mar 03 20

A filing for T. Rowe Price's Money Market Funds says, "Effective March 1, 2020, Douglas D. Spratley will join Joseph K. Lynagh as Cochairman of the fund's Investment Advisory Committee.... Effective January 1, 2021, Mr. Lynagh will step down as a portfolio manager and Cochairman of the fund's Investment Advisory Committee and Mr. Spratley will become the sole portfolio manager and Chairman of the fund's Investment Advisory Committee."

Novick Retiring from BlackRock

Feb 27 20

The Wall Street Journal writes "BlackRock Power Broker Barbara Novick Is Stepping Down." They say, "Barbara Novick, who turned BlackRock Inc. into a force in Washington, is stepping down.... Under her leadership, BlackRock disseminated 138 memos on its viewpoints and 507 comment letters on everything from retirement issues to liquidity in money-market funds." (See also, "BlackRock's Novick at MF Symposium: NAVs Will 'Wiggle'; Tools for Risk" (6/28/2016).)