Tennant joins from Zurich, where she was a senior research analyst. "The SMA segment is now attracting a lot of interest, particularly among the major platform providers, and we see Angela's appointment as crucial to developing this market further", DPS chief executive Tracy Byrne said. In July, financial services company First Capital Group bought DPS for $14.6 million. DPS has two main offerings: DirectPortfolio manages SMAs for direct investors and has $190 million under management, and ShareInvest II for financial advisers, which has around $50 million in funds under management.