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Barclays Announces Closure of Offices in Nine Countries, Focus on UK, US Markets
The London-based bank plans to leave certain product lines to stay in tune with its strategy.
FSB Names Tombini to Chair Budget Committee
Brazilian bank official with roles at FSB and BIS takes on new post
Digital Contact Delays Trading.co.uk Big Data Platform Launch to Add Enterprise Features
Tools added to the platform last year garnered interest from enterprise customers, prompting the vendor to add new features.
Splice Machine Nabs $9 million in Extra Funding
Funding will come from existing investors, including Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV), Interwest Partners and Correlation Ventures.
Marcel Bar to Spearhead Investit Digital Accelerator
Bar brings 15 years of experience in developing and implementing digital strategies and programs.
Splice Machine Secures $9 million in Additional Funding
Funding will come from existing investors, including Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV), Interwest Partners and Correlation Ventures.
Millistream Adds MT Newswires US, Global News to Data Products
The news will broaden Millistream's appeal to potential clients in North America.
Rival Systems Adds Eurex Data Access
The vendor normalizes Eurex data into its proprietary format so clients don't need to write to a new format.
Thomson Reuters Provides Tech, Data to Asia Startup Accelerator
The vendor will provide resources to financial technology startups participating in the initiative.
Confluence hires Gary Casagrande
New global head of investor communications joins from BBH
Hobbs Madison Hires Leaper
Bob Leaper, formerly of PanoVista and DST, joins consultancy
R3 Helps 11 Banks Experiment with Blockchain Technology
Firms were able to try out distributed ledger technology in a cloud-based environment.
ITG Names Minder Cheng Chairman of Board of Directors
Frank Troise officially takes over as CEO, president and member of the board of directors.
Axioma Taps Morokoff as Head of Research
Morokoff has previously worked at S&P, Moody's and Goldman Sachs.
Confluence Creates Investor Communications, Expense Solutions Position for Casagrande
Gary Casagrande comes to Confluence from Brown Brothers Harriman.
Colt Expands Japanese Ethernet Service to Singapore
The EtherXEN SG service builds on an existing Ethernet service operated by Colt in Japan since 2013.
CJC Expands Offices Worldwide to Meet Client Growth, Demand
The systems support provider has expanded its presences in London, Hong Kong and New York.
DRT Promotes Rossabi to MD, Telx
Rossabi has played a critical role in the integration of Telx into Digital Realty Trust, officials say.
New Director for Sapient Global Markets
Leda Glyptis joins London-based company
More Options for GoldenSource
EDM and managed services providers team up for joint solution
Liquidnet Rolls Out New EMEA Block Trading Algo Suite
EMEA Next Gen Algo suite to provide combination of block trading and broader market execution functionality.
AlphaSense Chooses Chibane for NY Sales
Chibane previously held sales roles in Nasdaq OMX's corporate solutions division.
Equinix Completes $3.8Bn Telecity Acquisition
The deal adds 40 Telecity datacenters and 1,000 new clients to Equinix's datacenter business.
Startup Almax Begins Testing Artificial Intelligence News Analytics Platform
Officials say the Almax platform provides more context around news events than other analytics platforms.