Omgeo Appoints Kumar, Johnston, Burkley and Robson to Board
Omgeo, the post-execution trade management solutions provider including Alert for standing settlement instructions (SSIs), has added four new members to its board of managers. The new board members include Naresh Kumar, managing director and global head of operations of the institutional clients group at Citi, Peter Johnston, managing director of global securities and clearing operations...
Markit Appoints Deutsche Bank’s Schüler as Sales and Marketing MD
Data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing vendor Markit has appointed ex-Deutsche Bank credit products specialist Marcus Schüler as managing director of sales and marketing. Schüler will be based in London and will be responsible for Markit’s relationships with regulators, central banks, trade associations and accounting firms, across the vendor’s complete range of products...
Deutsche Börse Appoints Sachsenweger Head of Back Office, Heer Joins WM Datenservice as MD
Following the departure of Markus Heer, Deutsche Börse has appointed Stefan Sachsenweger as head of back office. Heer, who has worked for Deutsche Börse for the last four years, will now join German financial information service provider WM Datenservice as managing director. Prior to his appointment as head of back office, Sachsenweger worked in the...
SuperDerivatives Appoints Ex-ICAP CEO Jeffery as COO
SuperDerivatives has appointed ex-CEO of ICAP Electronic Broking, Jack Jeffery, as chief operations officer as part of its plans for global expansion. Prior to joining ICAP, Jeffery was CEO of EBS, which was subsequently acquired by ICAP. He was also employed by Citibank in Australia and the UK, most recently as managing director for European...
LakeFrontData adds former Capco Reference Data Executive to Advisory Board
Former executive vice president of Capco Reference Data Services, Predrag Dizdarevic, has joined LakeFrontData’s advisory council and his company, KonsultLab LLC, has joined LakeFront Data Ventures’ Data Management Partner Program. LakeFrontData has stated that it is collaborating with Dizdarevic, who is currently an independent consultant, on “a number of data management market opportunities and client...
Stuart Clark Announces Retirement as CEO of Interactive Data
Stuart Clark has announced his plan to retire next year after 14 years at the helm of data services vendor Interactive Data. Clark has worked for the vendor or one of its predecessor companies for over 40 years. The nominating and corporate governance committee of the board will identify and screen potential successors over the...
Markit Appoints Charles Longden as MD for Fixed Income and Credit
Markit has appointed Charles Longden as managing director in fixed income and credit. Longden joins Markit from ABN AMRO where he worked for 12 years, most recently as global head of credit trading and eco-markets. In his new role Longden will focus on expanding the firm’s fixed income and credit businesses. He will also develop...
Swift Appoints Ex-Radianz MD Chris Church as Securities Head
After a year of waiting, Swift has finally announced its successor to Jim Donovan as global head of securities: ex-Radianz managing director Chris Church. As well as leading the securities division, Church will also head the Americas region and be a member of the leadership council. Church will report to Swift CEO Lázaro Campos and...
Markit Appoints Charles Longden
Markit has appointed Charles Longden as managing director in Fixed Income and Credit. Longden joins Markit from ABN AMRO where he worked for 12 years, most recently as global head of credit trading and eco-markets. He was the chief architect of the iBoxx CDS Notes, the forerunner of the iTraxx CDS indices which Markit now...
Moody’s Investors Service Names Michel Madelain As COO, Brian Clarkson to Retire After 17 Years at Company
Moody’s Investors Service, the credit rating agency unit of Moody’s Corporation, has appointed Michel Madelain, currently executive vice president in charge of the Global Fundamental Ratings business, as chief operating officer with overall responsibility for managing the day-to-day operations of the ratings business. Brian Clarkson, who most recently served as president and COO of Moody’s...