Citigroup Inc.’s board of directors reports that it has elected Peter Blair Henry as a new independent director, with his term beginning July 1, 2015. Henry is the dean of New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and an international economist who specializes in emerging economies, according to a Citi statement, which notes… Read More >>
UBS Taps BlueMountain to Fill Out Board
The UBS board of directors has announced that it will nominate Jes Staley for election to the board at the firm’s annual general meeting of shareholders on May 7, 2015, officials say. If elected, Staley is expected to be nominated for a spot on the risk committee, according to a UBS statement. Staley has been a… Read More >>
Former FSA Head to Join Oliver Wyman
International management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, reports that the former head of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Sir Hector Sants will join the firm as a partner and vice chairman, officials say. From mid-2007 to mid-2012, he was the chief executive of the FSA in the… Read More >>
FTF HedgeOps Report: Time for a New Culture of Compliance
Senior stewards of the new post-2008 regulation era at hedge funds took center stage at “Answering the Corporate Governance Call,” a remarkably candid panel at this week’s HedgeOps New York event, sponsored by FTF. The all-day insider event’s ground rules restrict press, including FTF News, from identifying individual panelists. However, each panelist is a senior… Read More >>
