Huonder (pictured) will be responsible for increasing the strength of the firm’s distribution proposition with banks, wealth managers and family offices in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. He will report to Samira Sadik, head of wholesale distribution Switzerland, and will work with Christèle Clémence, who joined LOIM in September last year to lead strategic accounts.

Huondon, who has 20 years’ experience across banking and asset management, was most recently responsible for sales and distribution for JP Morgan Asset Management in Switzerland. Prior to that, he served in senior sales and distribution roles at MainFirst and Julius Baer, and other financial institutions in Switzerland.

“Switzerland is a focus market for the firm and a strategic market for LOIM’s wholesale business. We are delighted that Fabian has joined the team to help propel our bold growth ambitions forward with this important client segment,” Bettina Ducat, co-head of LOIM, said.

SimCorp
a global financial technology company, has appointed Keith Haberlin as global head of business services, sales, based in Boston, taking immediate effect.

Haberlin has over 30 years of experience in delivering financial, technology and data solutions to asset managers and financial institutions. Most recently, he served as co-head of infomediary data solutions at Brown Brothers Harriman. He will now drive the growth of SimCorp business services, which leverages SimCorp’s "leading edge" technology, to provide outsourced investment operations, data management, and investment accounting services to asset managers and financial institutions, the firm said in a statement.

Haberlin’s extensive expertise in advising and designing target operating models for asset managers and asset owners will strengthen SimCorp's ability to deliver transformative, technology-driven services that streamline client operations.

“He brings a wealth of industry knowledge to our business services team," Oliver Johnson, chief revenue officer at SimCorp, said. “Keith’s oversight of multiple, end-to-end business lines, will be invaluable as we double down on business ervices going beyond the provision of technology to providing the option of managing their operational processes as well, further empowering our clients to remove complexity from their operations.”

Haberlin’s appointment follows the recent hire of Ulrik Modigh as managing director, head of SimCorp Business Services, part of the company’s continuing investment in operational and servicing expertise to complement its strength in technology.