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 new products and services designed to bring greater transparency and liquidity to the fast growing carbon markets.
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) creates new data sources that could be used to identify business opportunities and gain competitive edge. The sources include Approved Publication Arrangements (APA) and ESMA’s Financial Instruments Reference Data System (FIRDS). The regulation also mandates use of standard data, disaggregated market data feeds, and ISINs for OTC...
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Buy AND Build: The Future of Capital Markets Technology London examines the latest changes and innovations in trading technology and explores how technology is being deployed to create an edge in sell side and buy side capital markets financial institutions.
The industry breathed a sigh of relief when the deadline for reporting under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) was pushed back to July 1, 2014. But what’s starting to look like perhaps the most significant regulation of the next 12 months may start to impact our marketplace sooner than we think, especially...
