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Conde joins Calastone Board
Calastone, the global funds transaction network, has appointed former SunGard chief executive, Cristóbal Conde, as non-executive director. Conde will take a seat on the Calastone board and has also purchased a minority stake in the privately held…
Fidessa Promotes Thomas, Hires Jeffrey
Trading technology and market data provider Fidessa has appointed Emily Thomas as global head of new business sales and Phill Jeffrey as Asia-Pacific regional sales director.
Data Boiler Names Former JP Morgan Exec COO
Edward Lai, former vice president of the chief investment office at JP Morgan in Asia, has joined Big Data analytics startup Data Boiler Technologies as managing director and chief operating officer, responsible for product development, compliance and…
DTCC's Arthus Appointed Omgeo President, CEO
Paula Arthus will take over from Marianne Brown as president and chief executive officer of Omgeo on February 21
Waves of Senior Appointments at Euronext
Euronext NV, now part of the IntercontinentalExchange Group (ICE), has restructured its senior management team to reinforce its leadership in the region as the company is preparing to go public in the coming months.
Post-Merger, Inet BFA Lays Out Integration, Execs
Inet BFA, the South African data provider formed by last year's acquisition of I-Net Bridge by McGregor BFA from Times Media Group, has finalized its combined management team and is laying out plans to integrate the two vendors' datasets and delivery…
Rutschmann Named Infront COO
Norwegian data vendor Infront has appointed Urs Rutschmann as chief operating officer, responsible for managing all the vendor's operational activities, including strategy, sales, marketing, product development and client services.
Bohemian Rhapsody: CIO Michal Sanak Leads Prague's RSJ with Smart Speed
RSJ, tucked on the left bank of the Vltava River in the Czech capital of Prague, has quietly become one of the world’s most active proprietary trading firms, despite its boutique size. As CIO and shareholder Michal Sanak tells Tim Bourgaize Murray, the…
BIS Names New Americas Council Chair
José Dario Uribe begins the next two-year term as chair of the BIS Consultative Council for the Americas, succeeding Agustín Carstens
HSBC's Chung Moves to Product Management
Michelle Chung of HSBC's Hong Kong office has changed roles, becoming senior product manager, market data
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-…
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
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
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),…
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.
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.
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…
2013 Review: Herd in Review: Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
As we take today to celebrate and surround ourselves with friends and family, it's worth remembering the difference that the actions of other people make--in the data industry as well as in our everyday lives. So in IMD's final 2013 Year in Review…
Season's Greetings from Inside Market Data
I remember Christmas as a child, being overpowered by the sights, smells and sounds, from bright tinsel and baubles on the tree to the aroma of sizzling turkey, and carol singers─and of course, a pile of presents beneath the tree.
2013 Cover Stories: The Buy Side
As 2013 draws to a close, we look back over the year's coverage, and focus on the buy-side executives profiled for the magazine's monthly cover story.
2013 Cover Stories: The Sell Side
As 2013 draws to a close, we look back over the year's coverage, and focus on the sell-side executives profiled for the magazine's monthly cover story.
Bloomberg Names Risk and Compliance Exec
Bloomberg is making good on its promise to beef up compliance and data security measures-following the revelation earlier this year that its journalists were able to access some client terminal usage data-by hiring Paul Wood as the vendor's first chief…