Hamad Ali
European Reporter
Hamad Ali is a European staff writer at Waters, based in London. Previously, he worked as a research journalist in the European IT and telecommunications sector. He has written for different publications, including Gulf News, The Guardian, The Scotsman and The Independent. He can be reached by email on [email protected], or on Twitter at @Hamad_Ali.
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People Moves: Nasdaq, Santander, Barings, S4, Capco, BTIG
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Jeremy Skule (pictured) who has been appointed chief strategy officer at Nasdaq.
This Week: SmartStream, BSO/Oracle, Gleif, BMLL, Genesis/XP Investimentos
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
People Moves: MarketAxess, SimCorp, Shoreline, Sova Capital, Nutanix, RIMES, Capco, LiquidShare
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Raj Paranandi (pictured), who has been appointed COO EMEA/APAC at MarketAxess.
People Moves: IBM, BNY Mellon, Capco, Volante Technologies
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Gary D.Cohn (pictured), who has been appointed vice chairman at IBM.
Arabesque AI to Launch New Prediction Engine Using Machine Learning
The firm is working with different machine-learning methods for portfolio construction, and expects its AI system to go live early next year.
People Moves: Fitch Group, 3d Innovations, BCS, Torstone Technology
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Heidi Lanford (pictured), who has been appointed chief data officer at Fitch Group.
MarketAxess Eyes Predictive Capabilities for Fixed Income Liquidity
The trading platform is working to develop its pre-trade automation capabilities to predict a bond’s likelihood of execution, and helping buy-side clients navigate fixed income trading protocols.
People Moves: LSEG, IHS Markit, BNP Paribas, Facteus, Tourmaline, RIMES, ISITC, IQ-EQ
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Julia Hoggett (pictured) who has been appointed CEO at London Stock Exchange.
Capital Markets Face Learning Curve with Container Tech
Technology vendors have begun adopting Kubernetes and Docker to speed up application development and deployment at banks, but rethinking old ways will not be easy.
People Moves: MackeyRMS, BCS Global Markets, SIPs
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Sheryl Hawk (pictured), who has been appointed vice president of customer success at MackeyRMS.
Aquis Slashes 'Jitter' in Cloud Project
In a recent proof-of-concept with AWS and SGX, Aquis demonstrated significant jitter reduction.
People Moves: Liquidnet, Quandl, State Street, CloudMargin, Greenwich Associates, Mediant, GLMX
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Steven Nichols (pictured) who has been appointed head of NLP and unstructured data at Liquidnet.
Banks Explore Graph Technology to Tackle Data Complexity for Compliance
Although graph technology is still in the early stages of adoption, banks such as Wells Fargo and ING have begun leveraging it to find previously unknown connections between datasets.
People Moves: BNY Mellon, big xyt, Temenos, SEC, Gresham, First Derivatives
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Fangfang Chen as (pictured), who has been appointed Asia Pacific chair and Asia Pacific head of asset servicing and digital at BNY Mellon.