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SGX Moves Forward with HKEx Partnership, Opens Local Derivatives Office
The Singapore Exchange has opened its "liquidity hub" point of presence (PoP) in Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's datacenter-the first step in a series of moves to facilitate closer cooperation between the exchanges, including setting up PoPs in each…
SGX Unveils PoP at HKEx, Opens Local Derivatives Office
The Singapore Exchange has opened its "liquidity hub" point of presence (PoP) in Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's datacenter--the first step in a series of moves to facilitate closer cooperation between the exchanges, including setting up PoPs in each…
Dow Jones' Smith to Head B2B Professional Products
Dow Jones has appointed New York-based Dan Smith head of the vendor's Professional Information Business product team, which covers its DJX terminal, Risk & Compliance offering, Dow Jones Newswires and Factiva.
Canid AM Appoints Hughes as Technical Director, Partner
The boutique long-short equities shop based in Silicon Valley has brought on Fred Hughes to lead its technology strategy.
Investit Adds John Boyce to its Roster
London-based consultancy Investit has hired John Boyce to help grow its technology consulting, data and benchmarking services.
RVS Appoints Elmer New CEO
Rate Validation Services, a provider of benchmark rate pricing services with offices in Singapore, London and Australia, recently named Lachlan Elmer chief executive, following the departure of former CEO Kevin Milne earlier this year.
Bannocks Leaves Barclays, Sets Up Consultancy
After holding senior data management roles at Barclays, Nomura and Thomson Reuters, Chris Bannocks has set up a consultancy that provides services for financial institutions and technology vendors
The Acquisition: Japan Exchange Group CIO Yoshinori Suzuki
Yoshinori Suzuki, CIO of Japan Exchange Group, has overseen a massive technology overhaul during his tenure at the organization—but it’s an overhaul that he never expected to be in charge of just a few years ago. By Anthony Malakian, with photos by James…
Bloomberg Names Bigley Global CMO
Bloomberg has promoted Deirdre Bigley to the role of global chief marketing officer, responsible for overseeing international marketing strategy for the vendor's products and services.
At Integral, New Appointments for Barker, Farrell Ahead of Product Refresh
The FX platform has given new responsibilities to Jon Barker, now managing director of products, and hired Richard Farrell as managing director, who replaces Barker as global head of sales.
REDI Hires Sirchia as Head of Infrastructure
Execution management system (EMS) provider REDI Global Technologies has named Michael Sirchia as its new head of infrastructure.
Interactive Data Taps Gartland To Lead Evaluated Pricing
Bill Gartland, formerly of TradingScreen, has been hired as senior director of Interactive Data's new Continuous Evaluations service
Interactive Data Gets Gartland for Real-Time Evaluated Pricing Service
Interactive Data has hired industry veteran Bill Gartland as senior director of the vendor's new Continuous Evaluations service, which will provide continuously-updating prices for fixed income securities.
Noble Swaps BlueMatrix for Citi
Sara Noble has joined Citigroup as vice president of research distribution, responsible for managing the bank's global research distribution channel partnerships and improving buy-side clients' experience via those channels.
Swift Adds Two to Compliance Services Arm
SWIFT has appointed Christopher Johnson and Fedra Ware as Practice Leads, Compliance Services, in the Americas.
Swift CIO Set to Retire
Mike Fish, CIO at industry messaging provider Swift, will retire after eight years in the role.
Tabb Appoints Perrotta as Head of Fixed-Income Research
New York-based research and consultancy firm Tabb Group has appointed industry veteran Anthony Perrotta as its new head of fixed-income research. Perrotta will report to Larry Tabb, the firm’s founder and CEO.
Scotiabank Hires Childerhose For Data Governance Role
Paul Childerhose, most recently a senior reference data executive at RBC Capital Markets, joined Scotiabank on June 9
IEX Hires Ramsay for Regulatory Role
Venue operator IEX has announced that John Ramsay will take on the post of chief market policy and regulatory officer at the firm.
The Roberts Group Appoints Matthews CEO; Leitner to Head Advisory Board
Market data inventory and cost management software vendor The Roberts Group has hired former Omgeo chief operating officer Steve Matthews as chief executive, responsible for expanding the company's client base and furthering its product development…
Sinisgalli Not Rebuilding at Eze
On two previous occasions, Pete Sinisgalli has been brought in by a company's board to be CEO. In another instance he was brought in as a COO. All three times, the company in question was struggling or headed in a downward direction and needed a new…
BNP Paribas Co-COO to Retire
BNP Paribas has announced today that one of its top executives, co-COO Georges Chodron de Courcel, will officially stand down from the role at the end of June, and retire on September 30th.
Cordatum Spins Off Recruitment Biz
Market data consultancy Cordatum Associates has spun of its recruitment business to form a new venture, dubbed FMPI Recruitment, allowing Cordatum to focus on market data-specific projects, while devoting more specialist resources to recruitment projects.
Blaszkowsky Joins State Street
David Blaszkowsky, a data regulation executive at the Office of Financial Research and the US Securities and Exchange Commission in recent years, has been hired as a senior vice president of data governance at State Street