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ISITC Names BBH's Choinski Chair, Appoints New Board Members
Choinski has served on ISITC's board for the past 12 years before becoming chair.
Ipreo’s Electronic Order Submission Solution Premieres with a Deal for Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Backed by major banks, Ipreo’s solution allows investors to electronically submit orders directly to sell-side syndicate banks on fixed-income issues.
DTCC Picks IBM, Axoni, R3 to Develop Distributed-Ledger Solution for Derivatives Processing
IBM and Axoni to develop DLT-based replacement for existing Trade Information Warehouse; R3 to act in advisory role.
FXecosystem Furthers Asia Expansion with Equinix HK PoP
The vendor already has a presence in Equinix's SG1 datacenter in Singapore.
Almax Hires PhD Shynkevich as Data Scientist
Shynkevich's PhD research involved using machine-learning to predict price movements based on data and news.
ANNA Opens Consultation on ISIN Fee Model
Agency invites public comment on how its bureau will charge for ISINs for OTC derivatives, will provide more information via webcast
CBOE Consolidates Historical Data Offering on Livevol Platform
By shifting historical data distribution from its MDX business to Livevol, CBOE will create a larger, consolidated dataset.
North American Asset Managers Increasingly Concerned over Mifid II Impact
Survey from ITG finds buy-side firms in North America increasingly concerned over impact of European regulation due January 2018.
Royal London Enlists Confluence for AIFMD Reporting
Confluence's platform will help Royal London support the increasing reporting burden associated with its growing alternative investments business.
Royal London Asset Management Taps Confluence for AIFMD Reporting
London-based asset manager implemented reporting solution for compliance with the rule.
FISD FIA Certification Passes 1,000 Passes
The FIA program has achieved a 76 percent pass rate over its four years to date.
Dash, LiquidPoint Merge to Form Dash Financial Technologies
Peter Maragos, current CEO of Dash, will serve as CEO of new entity.
CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad Resigns
Massad will leave the regulator Jan. 20, Inauguration Day.
Anshu Jain Joins Cantor Fitzgerald as President
Jain previously spent time at Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch.
Euronext Makes €510 Million Swoop for LSE’s French LCH.Clearnet Division
Euronext makes offer to acquire French clearing house from London Stock Exchange, subject to completion of LSE’s merger with Deutsche Börse.
Web Financial Hires Former Interactive Data Exec Singeot as France MD
Singeot was previously head of sales for parts of EMEA at Interactive Data Managed Solutions.
CJC Adds Data Vets to Engineering Team
The new hires have almost 100 years of combined experience in engineering, most within financial market data.
Qineqt Raises $1.3M to Hire More Data Experts
The funding will help the vendor hire more data professionals, to complement a management hiring spree earlier this year.
Wells Fargo Leads $18 Million Series A for Axoni
Distributed-ledger technology fintech now has over $20 million in funding.
Graydon Taps Kampman to Replace Van Es as CEO
Kampman is already familiar with Graydon, having served on its supervisory board and audit committee since 2011.
Advise Tech Adds Bank of Israel Derivatives Reporting Module
Advise's Consensus RMS platform already supports more than 20 regulatory reporting regimes.
CME Self-Service Licensing Portal to Underlie DataMine Content Expansion
CME’s self-service data portal will potentially provide outsourced data licensing services for third-party startup datasets, as well as the exchange’s own market data.
J.P. Jolly Named Global Head of Payments, Receivables at Citi
Jolly will remain a member of the firm's Treasury and Trade Solutions global executive committee.
UPDATE: Dodd-Frank Has ‘Missed an Opportunity' For Better Documentation Management
Firms should consider digitizing their documentation, even though the requirement to do so has been removed from the Dodd-Frank legislation, D2 official says.