SCG Asset Management Announces the Appointment of Ian Merrill, Kevin Murphy and Todd Dilatush to Senior Executive Roles
SCG Asset Management Announces the Appointment of Ian Merrill, Kevin Murphy and Todd Dilatush to Senior Executive Roles
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SCG Asset Management (“SCG”) today announced that Ian Merrill, Kevin Murphy and Todd Dilatush have joined the firm as President, Head of Trading, Product and Risk Management, and Head of Distribution, respectively. Based in New York, they will help to build out the firm's expanding asset management platform, focusing on product and index development and distribution, as well as sourcing strategic investments that are accretive to the overall platform. These key hires complement other recent hires in quantitative analytics and data science.
"SCG is proud to welcome Ian, Kevin and Todd to our team, who together bring a wealth of experience spanning over 80 years. Their deep understanding of structured derivatives, quantitative investment strategies, risk management and distribution will be a valuable asset to our organization," said Chief Executive Officer Gregory H. Sachs. "We believe that they will play a key role in enhancing our capabilities and helping our clients pursue diversified derivative solutions."
Prior to joining SCG, Ian Merrill spent over 18 years at Barclays, where he held various global leadership roles in derivatives and structured investments, including Global Head of Equities Structuring, Head of Equity Derivatives Sales, Americas, Head of Cross-Asset Sales Americas and Head of the iPath Exchange Traded Notes business. Ian was also a member of the Board of Directors of Simon Investments LLC, a market-leading retail derivatives and insurance platform for over three years prior to its sale to iCapital. Prior to joining Barclays, Ian was a securities and derivatives lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP in New York, where he worked with global investment bank clients to design and structure investment products.
Kevin Murphy has 30 years of experience in the financial markets at several global investment banks. Kevin was a derivatives trader in New York and London across the fixed income, foreign exchange and equity markets. He managed highly successful structured equity derivative trading teams at JP Morgan, Lehman and Barclays. At Barclays, he led a 300-person group of global trading, structuring and sales teams focusing on client solutions and structured transactions, including corporate derivatives, margin financing, structured investment products, quantitative investment strategies and fund derivative solutions. Kevin’s roles also included significant infrastructure design, capital allocation and risk oversight across the global markets businesses, as well as extensive regulatory oversight responsibilities ranging from Federal Reserve CCAR, stress testing, benchmark administration and model valuation.
Todd Dilatush was previously the Director of National Sales for Luma Financial Technologies, an independent market leading multi-issuer structured products and annuities platform. He was responsible for soliciting and developing strong client relationships by providing financial technology solutions for structured product distributors including private banks, broker dealers and independent advisors. Prior to joining Luma, Todd spent over 16 years in cross-asset solution sales. As a structured product issuer at Barclays Capital and Natixis, he was responsible for the design, development, and retail distribution of structured products with broker-dealers, independent broker-dealers, and intermediaries. Todd has also held positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Merrill Lynch.
About SCG Asset Management
With offices in Nashville, New York, Chicago and Miami, SCG specializes in the development and management of advanced derivative-based solutions, capitalizing on market opportunities and creating custom exposures through rigorous, proprietary analytical modeling, qualitative analysis, and prudent risk management. Founded in 2020 by Gregory H. Sachs, SCG is a private opportunistic investment firm focused on alternative investment opportunities in high-growth sectors or in areas where market dynamics offer the potential for superior risk-adjusted returns. SCG is built on the founding principles of providing solid risk-adjusted returns, active risk and investment management and transparent investor relations.
SCG’s management team is made up of proven business builders and leaders from the global buy side, sell side, banking/advisory sectors and legal and accounting firms with over 100+ years of combined experience in structured derivatives, options markets, quantitative investment strategies, structured finance, portfolio management, analytics, structuring, underwriting, trading, and legal/compliance/regulatory.
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