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Swift Names Young CTO
Young joins Swift after 20 years at Verizon
Opening Cross: Will 2015 Be a Happy New Year?
As predictable as the inevitable wave of unwanted Christmas gift returns, the New Year has brought a wave of new fees and policies from marketplaces, including a new minimum fee from Nasdaq for exchanges, ATS and broker-run trading platforms that use non…
Not-So-Secret Agents: The Rise of the Third-Party Sales Expert
It’s not uncommon for experienced industry executives to quit their day job and start their own company. However, whereas most startups begin with a product idea that its inventors then have to sell to potential clients, a growing trend among data execs…
StanChart CIO Set to Retire
Verplancke to stay on until replacement found, amid wider changes at bank.
Fitch Names Olert CRO
Fitch Group, the parent company of ratings agency Fitch Ratings, has appointed John Olert as group chief risk officer, a newly created role responsible for all types of risk that could impact the company's performance and reputation, reflecting "a more…
Galland Departs GoldenSource
Violaine Galland has left her role as senior director of sales at GoldenSource to join Scotwork, a negotiation consultancy
Pawar to the People: AQR CTO Neal Pawar
AQR CTO Neal Pawar’s background in theater has given him the benefit of being able to relate to different people while managing projects. Dan DeFrancesco sits down with Pawar to talk about his path to AQR and what lies ahead.
60 Seconds with Linedata's Dave Hagen
Dave Hagen is vice President of global trading technologies at Linedata.
Gartner Hires Data Expert
Adam Ronthal, a big data product marketing executive at IBM, has joined the consultancy as an analyst
Algomi Hires Bruun-Olsen for APAC Expansion
Jesper Bruun-Olsen joins from Tradeweb
Preyma Joins Bank of Montreal
Financial Research Executive To Address AML Issues
IFDS Bolsters its Leadership Team with Two Hires
Jean-Benoit Naudin and Dale Quarry join IFDS with a combined 50-plus years experience
2014: A Year in Profiles
12 months, 12 C-level execs profiled in the pages of Waters
Corvil Hires Kennedy, Promotes Giblin
Latency and systems monitoring technology provider Corvil has hired Dan Kennedy as general manager for the Americas and vice president of sales, responsible for building a team to help clients "leverage the full power" of data flowing over their networks…
Options Hires Ex-KPMG Exec as CFO to Support Growth
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options has appointed Brian McKimm as chief financial officer, to support the vendor's continued growth plans by overseeing the development of a global finance function.
Index Provider Solactive Grabs Grabbe for COO
Frankfurt-based custom index calculator Solactive AG has named former bank exec Christian Grabbe chief operating officer, to oversee operational processes at the company that will contribute to continued growth.
Metamako Taps NYSE, Wombat Vet Kennedy for US
Australian low-latency switch vendor Metamako has hired Ciaran Kennedy as New York-based business development manager to run the vendor's newly opened US operations.
2014 Review: Herd in Review: Bloomberg’s Back, and So Are Other Data Vets
January: Norwegian vendor Infront named Urs Rutschmann chief operating officer. Rutschmann was previously COO of Swedish trading systems vendor Tbricks. Fidessa promoted Emily Thomas to global head of new business sales, and hired Phil Jeffrey—former…
Skepticism Builds for Chief Data, Analytics Officer Roles as CTOs, CIOs Dig In
CDO & CAO roles have been slow to develop on the buy side
4Cast Founder Park Sets up Consultancy
Rowland Park, founder of London-based real-time analysis and research vendor 4Cast, has left the company to set up a consulting firm, Park Horizon, focusing on providing strategic consulting services to startup software companies.
Liquidnet Launches Trade Advisory and Execution Solutions
New hires to deliver Liquidnet's next gen of execution services & quant trading strategies
Waters USA 2014: IEX Chief Strategy Officer: Our 'Magic Shoebox' Doesn't Make Us Anti-HFT
Ronan Ryan brings down the house at Waters USA
Redline Taps Chen to Drive Product Development
Former Broadridge, Thomson Financial exec joins ticker plant vendor
Sales Agency USAM Hires in NY, Chicago
Hires will allow USAM to offer outsourced sales agents in New York and Chicago to startups