Neuberger Berman has hired Steven Meier, former Chief Investment Officer for the New York City Bureau of Asset Management and Deputy Comptroller, as Vice Chair, Institutional. According to a press release, Meier brings over 40 years of investment experience in both the public and private sectors to his new role. He was previously the CIO of the New York City Bureau of Asset Management, overseeing over $300 billion of assets across the five pension funds of the New York City retirement system and prior to that, he was the interim CIO for the Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Fund Management.
SimCorp, has announced the appointment of Iyan Adewuya in the newly-created role of Chief Product Officer (CPO). According to a press release, Adewuya is a seasoned product leader with more than two decades of experience in product strategy and innovation. His career spans both public and private markets, uniquely positioning him to lead SimCorp’s product vision into the future. He will be based in New York and report to Chief Product & Technology Officer Marc Schröter. Most recently, he served as Head of Product for Enterprise and Private Markets Solutions within S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Benjamin Pouly has started a new role as Trader at Trium Capital, joining the Khartes team, a global event driven strategy focused on Merger Arbitrage and Equity Events, he shared on his LinkedIn. He joins from Boussard & Gavaudan, where he began in 2007 in the middle office before moving into an execution trader role and leaving in 2010.
JPMorganChase has announced that Todd Combs, Investment Manager of Berkshire Hathaway, Chief Executive Officer of GEICO and a former member of JPMorganChase’s Board of Directors, will head the $10bn Strategic Investment Group of the firm’s new Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI). Combs will join the company in January 2026. He stepped off the JPMorganChase Board, effective immediately, according to a press statement.
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System has appointed Nick Abel as Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies investment director, according to a company statement. Abel replaces Kirsty Jenkinson, who was appointed to senior investment director of Private Markets and SISS in August 2025. Abel reports to Jenkinson. Before joining CalSTRS in 2020, he held positions at private-sector firms, such as Wespath Investment Management, RVK, Inc. and Saturna Capital, Inc.
Capitolis has appointed Okan Pekin as President, based in London and reporting to Gil Mandelzis, Chief Executive Officer and Founder. Okan brings over 35 years of global financial services experience, including senior leadership roles at Citi (NYSE: C) until his retirement in April. Most recently, he served as Global Head of Securities Services, a $5 billion global business where he drove significant client growth.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that Lori J. Schock, who has served as the Director of the Office of Investor Education and Assistance (OIEA) since 2009, will retire from the agency at the end of December. Schock previously was Associate Director at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s Investor Education Foundation and Office of Investor Education, and before that, was Director of Outreach at the Center for Audit Quality.
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