{"id":15616,"date":"2017-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starthostunlimiteddmffassi-ss.stackstaging.com\/etfworld.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/01\/09\/wisdomtree-appoints-head-of-compliance-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2017-01-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T00:00:00","slug":"wisdomtree-appoints-head-of-compliance-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wisdomtree-appoints-head-of-compliance-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"WisdomTree Appoints Head of Compliance in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WisdomTree announces the appointment of Altaf Cassam in a newly-created Head of Compliance role at WisdomTree in Europe.<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more--> <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Sign up for our weekly Newsletter and receive the latest ETF and ETC news. <a href=\"index.php?option=com_acymailing&amp;view=user&amp;Itemid=1023\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Click here to register for your free copy<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\">Cassam joins WisdomTree from Aberdeen Asset Management where he was a MiFID II Consultant.&nbsp; <\/span>He brings almost 15 years&rsquo; experience in the financial services industry, with 10 years&rsquo; experience specifically in regulation and compliance. Cassam has held senior positions at Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Pioneer, Threadneedle and Natixis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cassam will be based in London and responsible for all European compliance operations. He will report to Bryan Governey, WisdomTree General Counsel in Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Dave Abner, Head of WisdomTree in Europe, said:<\/b> &ldquo;Altaf is an excellent addition to our company, and we&rsquo;re very pleased to welcome him to WisdomTree. Regulation and compliance are core to how we do business, and &ndash; as we continue our expansion across Europe &ndash; is increasingly important in ensuring we meet our investors&rsquo; needs.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cassam said<\/strong>, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m delighted to join a company that views compliance as an integral function that contributes to business success. WisdomTree has a fantastic culture with a clear ambition, and I look forward to bolstering the company&rsquo;s robust framework and collaborating with international colleagues to ensure we&rsquo;re well positioned to respond to a shifting regulatory environment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Source: ETFWorld.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WisdomTree announces the appointment of Altaf Cassam in a newly-created Head of Compliance role at WisdomTree in Europe.&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"telegram_tosend":false,"telegram_tosend_message":"","telegram_tosend_target":0,"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[38],"tags":[148],"class_list":["post-15616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nominations","tag-wisdom-tree-europe-boost-etp"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}