Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? – ALTSMARK, Realta Wealth

Editorial Staff

22 October 2024

ALTSMARK
ALTSMARK, a private capital portfolio management and services provider for the wealth sector, has appointed Josh Krapf and Erik Norrgard as company principals.

Former Blackstone senior figure Krapf will assume the role of chief operating officer and Norrgard, who has worked at places including BNY, will become chief experience officer.

Krapf spent more than 15 years with Blackstone as managing director and head of investor services, data and reporting for its multi-asset investing arm.

Norrgard has worked in the alternatives investment space for three decades, most recently as principal and director and head of middle office – institutional Services, with BNY. He has also worked as a portfolio and risk manager, at firms such as Salomon Brothers – where he started his career – and Bear Stearns and HBV.

The founder and CEO of ALTSMARK is Brian Shapiro. Other senior tech and finance team members include Jim Anderson, chief technology officer and Sam Weiser, chief financial officer.

ALTSMARK focuses on providing pre- and post-trade private capital market capabilities to RIAs, private banks, trust banks and wealth advisory firms.

Realta Wealth
Realta Wealth, a wealth manager, has appointed Abbey Eastham as head of advisor relations, reporting to Kevin Keefe, CEO.

A former senior investment solutions manager for Cetera Financial Group, Eastham has more than 15 years’ industry experience.

In her newly-formed role, Eastham will foster and enhance the relationship between Realta and its network of elite independent financial advisors, the firm said in a statement yesterday.

Eastham was also a senior vice president of advisor relations at First Allied Securities.

Realta Wealth is an independent broker-dealer and RIA platform.