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The Power of Law: Wiener Börse CEO Christoph Boschan
Christoph Boschan on mixing finance with law, Mifid II's flaws, and how Wiener Borse is avoiding a "massive technology trap."
Saxo Appoints Kalyanswamy as CIO
Former Lehman Brothers and Nomura exec joins Saxo to oversee bank’s IT strategic direction and operations.
CEO Yves Choueifaty: Pushing Smart Beta's Boundaries
Tim Bourgaize Murray catches up with Tobam's chief for the July Waters Profile.
Semel Joins Icon as Market Data Consultant
Data vet has spent the past 20 years working at consultancies and banks.
Larason to Join GBST as Head of Development
Former head of Barclays Capital's US electronic trading technology division will be based in New York.
Stable Platforms
Waters USA coverage leads the week on Sell-Side Technology.
Spectrum Equity, TA Associates Buy Lehman's Stake in BATS
The growth private equity specialists have acquired separate minority stakes in BATS Global Markets, the world's third-largest exchange operator, the sum of which was previously held by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
NYSE Technologies Staffer Switches to Options
Ex-NYSE Technologies head of sales Tim Yockel has joined Options, a provider of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), as senior vice president of global sales.
The Battle of Washington DC
US regulators come under repeated pressure from the industry and their fellow agencies.
O'Hanlon Finds a Home at Numerix
Steve O'Hanlon moved from startup to startup before settling at the analytics provider, which he has helped guide to great growth and a new frontier in risk.
A rude awakening
Many aspects of buy-side technology and operations have had to grow up fast following the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Collateral management, for many firms a low-priority function entrusted to Excel spreadsheets before the credit crunch, is the stand…
Spotlight on Gil Shaked
Gil Shaked, former chief executive at hedge fund service provider EXENET and managing director of Credit Suisse's Prime Services and Alternative Investments business, is no stranger to buy-side managers' concerns about latency. Now chief executive at…