Pierpoint secures yet another industry heavyweight
03 September 2019 London
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Pierpoint Financial Consulting has brought on former Bank of America Merrill Lynch managing director Raymond Blokland as consulting lead for the Benelux region.
Pierpoint is a boutique consultancy focused on securities finance and collateral management, providing independent advisory services to a broad range of market participants including buy-side, sell-side and vendors.
Most recently, Blokland has operated as a securities finance and prime brokerage consultant based out of Rotterdam since November 2017.
Blokland, who will now be based in London, brings experience from two stints with Merrill Lynch, both as managing director. He first joined the bank in 2010 and served until 2014, before moving to 4sight Financial Software to become director consulting.
He later re-joined the bank in 2015 and stayed until 2017.
In total, Blokland offers 25 years of experience on both the buy-side and sell-side, almost all of it based in The Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Blokland commented: “My experience in the securities finance world can roughly be divided into two periods with almost equal length in time. One being on the buy-side by working with one of the largest European asset managers. The other on the sell-side as part of the securities finance and prime brokerage business units.”
“Both periods have given me full perspective on the entire chain of events from supply to demand. Especially when I started to work for the sell-side, it has given me a knowledge of market drivers which are simply not visible to most beneficial owners.”
Commenting on the latest hire, Pierpoint founder and practice lead, Roy Zimmerhansl, said: “Raymond Blokland’s experience and contacts in the Benelux region adds tremendous value, particularly given our beneficial owner focus.”
Blokland’s appointment follows closely behind that of former global head of securities lending at BNP Paribas Securities Services, John Arnesen, who joined in August to oversee the firm’s consulting operations.
Before that, the firm also gained Andrew Howieson, who joined as research partner in early August.
Howieson also boasts a pedigree in his field with more than 30 years’ experience in global capital markets, including his time as head of global corporate strategy and business development for State Street.
Pierpoint is a boutique consultancy focused on securities finance and collateral management, providing independent advisory services to a broad range of market participants including buy-side, sell-side and vendors.
Most recently, Blokland has operated as a securities finance and prime brokerage consultant based out of Rotterdam since November 2017.
Blokland, who will now be based in London, brings experience from two stints with Merrill Lynch, both as managing director. He first joined the bank in 2010 and served until 2014, before moving to 4sight Financial Software to become director consulting.
He later re-joined the bank in 2015 and stayed until 2017.
In total, Blokland offers 25 years of experience on both the buy-side and sell-side, almost all of it based in The Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Blokland commented: “My experience in the securities finance world can roughly be divided into two periods with almost equal length in time. One being on the buy-side by working with one of the largest European asset managers. The other on the sell-side as part of the securities finance and prime brokerage business units.”
“Both periods have given me full perspective on the entire chain of events from supply to demand. Especially when I started to work for the sell-side, it has given me a knowledge of market drivers which are simply not visible to most beneficial owners.”
Commenting on the latest hire, Pierpoint founder and practice lead, Roy Zimmerhansl, said: “Raymond Blokland’s experience and contacts in the Benelux region adds tremendous value, particularly given our beneficial owner focus.”
Blokland’s appointment follows closely behind that of former global head of securities lending at BNP Paribas Securities Services, John Arnesen, who joined in August to oversee the firm’s consulting operations.
Before that, the firm also gained Andrew Howieson, who joined as research partner in early August.
Howieson also boasts a pedigree in his field with more than 30 years’ experience in global capital markets, including his time as head of global corporate strategy and business development for State Street.
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