Management & Strategy
Acadian Appoints Simonian to Quant Research Position
Simonian, formerly head of quantitative research at Natixis, will produce research and advise for clients.
CloudMargin Taps TriOptima's Connolly as CEO
Connolly, who served as TriOptima Group CEO since 2017, will take over from Steve Husk.
Liquidnet Builds Netflix-like Functionality for Buy Side
The company is leveraging AI to make investment suggestions and dig out sentiment from spoken announcements.
CFTC Hires Former White House Privacy Analyst
Cutshall takes over as chief privacy officer.
Taking a Chance
Anthony explains some of the structural changes taking place at WatersTechnology.
Templum Adds Former Goldman Sachs VP as Director
Frank Barbarino will be responsible for attracting and managing institutional clients for the digital securities broker-dealer.
KRM22 Continues M&A Spree, With More to Come
The software provider has acquired Object+ and plans to grow more through acquisition in 2019.
FactSet's Gossieaux Gets Global Gig
Gossieaux has spent a total of 24 years at FactSet and its 2004 acquisition JCF.
CLS Appoints Central Banker as CEO
Marc Bayle de Jessé brings markets infrastructure and payments experience to CLS.
Refinitiv Adds to Buy-Side Offering with AlphaDesk Acquisition
The deal lets the vendor add OMS functionality to its existing trading workflow.
Wavelength Episode 163: Tony Amicangioli on Cloud, Race to Zero
The founder and CEO of HPR joins the podcast to talk about lessons learned and where the industry is heading.
Bank, Fintech Exec Gonzalez Joins Pico to Lead Americas Sales
Gonzalez has 20 years of experience in technology management and sales at financial firms and technology providers.
West Highland Nabs TR Vet Milner for Sales
MIlner spent more than 20 years at Thomson Reuters, responsible for sales of products and services across its data business.
Greenwich Analytica Taps Ex-Bank IT Exec Cohee to Lead Finance Practice
Cohee highlights cloud, big data and machine learning as disruptive changes forcing innovation at financial firms.
Bank and Buy-Side Data Specialists Discuss Data Transformation Do’s & Don’ts
This year’s North American Financial Information Summit saw C-level execs from the buy and sell sides come together to talk about data needs.
Human Factor Is Crucial to the Alt Data Gold Rush
While tech advancements are being made, buy-side firms still rely on humans to make sense of alt data.
'Next Act: A Profile of Euronext's Alain Courbebaisse
The last decade has seen Euronext chewed up and spun out following a series of mergers & acquisitions. Once again independent, Courbebaisse is writing the exchange’s IT roadmap.
Citi Invests in ChartIQ's Finsemble
Citi is the first Series B strategic investor for ChartIQ's desktop integration platform.
OpenFin Raises $17 Million in Series C Funding
It seeks to solve desktop interoperability issues and expand cloud services with this latest investment.
Finastra Appoints Mark Miller as Finance Chief
Miller replaces Rob Binns, who decided to step down.
Itiviti Looks to Capitalize on Bloomberg's SSEOMS Exit
Its new CEO says there are 79 roles Itiviti is looking to fill to help fuel the company’s future growth.
ICE Creates Daily Credit Risk Monitoring Tool
The company is muscling into Bloomberg’s fixed income data territory with a new bond analytics service.
Former SEC Commissioner Joins IEX Board of Directors
Kara Stein joins from the SEC, where she served since 2013.
Nasdaq Names Dillard Head Of Global Information Services
Lauren Dillard was previously at Carlyle Group.