The latter stages of 2025 continue to be busy for the financial technology firm. The latest appointment reflects the importance of alternative investments.

SimCorp, the fintech firm and subsidiary of German stock exchange operator Deutsche Börse, has appointed long-standing senior figure Hugues Chabanis to the newly-created role of head of SimCorp Alternatives. The promotion demonstrates the firm's focus on areas such as private markets, it said in a statement late last week.

The appointment comes a few days after it named a former S&P senior figure Iyan Adewuya in the newly-created role of chief product officer. The business has been busy with high-level appointments – it named Peter Sanderson as CEO in August.

The firm said that Chabanis, who has been with SimCorp for 10 years, will also become chief operating officer of Domos by SimCorp, the organisation SimCorp acquired in September while launching SimCorp Alternatives. He will report to chief revenue officer Oliver Johnson.

SimCorp Alternatives extends its existing capabilities to also allow general partners (GPs), fund administrators, alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs), management companies (ManCos) and depositories to automate operational processes, regulatory reporting and consolidating data for the entire lifecycle of their private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure investments on a fully integrated solution, it said.

Most recently, Chabanis served as SimCorp’s head of product management for the investment product line. He has worked in areas associated with private markets for more than two decades.