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TMX Atrium Connects to IXcellerate Moscow Datacenter
TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, has expanded its connectivity network to Moscow with a new low-latency access to Russian datacenter provider IXcellerate's Moscow One datacenter.
Aizawa Securities Selects Fidessa for Proprietary Trading
Japanese broker Aizawa Securities has selected Fidessa for its proprietary and wholesale agency trading businesses.
Interactive Data Bows Web Data Usage Analytics Toolkit
Interactive Data is launching a new suite of web analytics tools designed to help financial and media organizations roll out tailor-made investment products and tools by tracking and analyzing how users navigate their websites, and leverage "crowd data"…
JPMorgan Takes Chi-X Stake
JPMorgan has joined the ownership consortium of Chi-X Global Holdings by acquiring a stake in the firm, the alternative trading venue operator has announced.
McCarthy Joins UBS As Program Manager
Jim McCarthy, a reference data project manager and business analyst with extensive experience at Thomson Reuters and Deutsche Bank, has joined UBS
Markit's McPherson Returns to NewOak
Neil McPherson, former managing director and global head of structured finance at Markit, has rejoined New York-based risk advisory and asset management firm NewOak--where he previously served as a managing director between October 2008 and April 2009-…
BNY Mellon Taps Markit for Enterprise Data Management
BNY Mellon Asset Management has chosen the Markit Enterprise Data Management (EDM) platform for the harmonization and automation of its data operations.
Virtusa Takes Over TradeTech Consulting Business
Global IT services provider Virtusa Corp. has acquired all outstanding shares of Swedish IT consulting and services provider TradeTech Consulting and its subsidiaries.
US Treasury's OFR Welcomes Brown
Tom Brown, a longtime financial industry data standards professional, has left dual roles at ISITC and Brook Path Partners to join the US Treasury's Office of Financial Research
QSuper Extends Rimes for Performance Benchmarking
QSuper, a AUD46 billion Australian superannuation fund for Queensland, will use the buy-side data services provider's benchmark data service (BDS) to develop customized benchmarking tools for performance attribution and post-trade compliance analysis.
DTCC Hires Shuman As Counsel
Ann Shuman, previously an attorney and managing director at CME Group, has joined DTCC as managing director and deputy general counsel
NCB Capital Takes Charles River
Saudi Arabia-based NCB Capital has selected the Charles River Investment Management System (IMS) for a number of areas, stretching from portfolio management to compliance.
Swift Creates KYC Utility amid Compliance Push
Messaging provider Swift has announced the launch of a know-your-customer (KYC) registry, as it pushes further into the compliance space with the creation of a dedicated unit.
LME Names Sloan and Lester as COO and CFO
Continuing its leadership revamp under new ownership, London Metal Exchange (LME) has announced it has appointed two senior executives, Stuart Sloan and Catherine Lester to become chief operating officer (COO) and chief financial officer (CFO),…
Resource Capital Funds Live on iLevel
The Denver-based private equity firm Resource Capital Funds (RCF), which specializes in hard mineral mining firm investments, will use iLevel's private capital data platform to manage to data collection, reporting, and performance measurement.
LPFA Appoints Martin as CEO
The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has announced the appointment of Susan Martin, who takes over as the scheme's permanent chief executive.
1010 Says 10-4 to Fannie Loan Data
Big Data analytics and database provider 1010Data has aggregated Fannie Mae loan-level credit performance data for fixed-rate single family mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae over the past 13 years into two tables as an ongoing time-series dataset that…
Borsa Istanbul Takes Nasdaq Data, Trading Platforms
Nasdaq OMX will supply Turkish exchange Borsa Istanbul with technology and advisory services─including the provision of a new market data distribution system─under the terms of a deal that will also see Nasdaq take a five percent stake in the exchange,…
Finra Identifies HFT, Algo Integrity as Regulatory Priorities
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra), a self-funded regulatory organization charged with overseeing US brokers and exchanges, has released a letter outlining its list of regulatory priorities for 2014, among them high-frequency trading …
Eurex Takes Small Taifex Stake
Derivatives bourse Eurex has announced that it has taken a five-percent stake in the Taiwan Futures Exchange (Taifex).
Hilgers Takes Over as Optiver Chief
Paul Hilgers has become the new CEO of proprietary trading firm Optiver, the company announced, taking over from outgoing head Johann Kaemingk.
Finra Eyes New Surveillance System
The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra), a self-funded regulatory organization tasked with overseeing American brokers, is soliciting comment over a proposal for new method of collecting data on investment sales activities.
SFI Adds Killeen as FTE
Jocelyn Killeen has joined Simplified Financial Information-the startup usage monitoring and data capture and replay technology provider set up by industry veteran Emilio Mercado-full-time as lead business analyst, after working with the company on a…
Borsa Istanbul Signs Landmark Deal with Nasdaq OMX
Borsa Istanbul, the Turkish stock exchange, has signed an agreement with Nasdaq OMX to strengthen its position as financial hub in the Eurasia region.