Xcitek has hired Steven Price, previously IT manager at Magenta One. There, he was responsible for the IT infrastructure at Magenta One’s London and Jersey offices. For Xcitek, Price will be based in London and will be application support and implementation manager for its flagship software solution XSP. Price will report directly to Neil Sheppard, chief operating officer of XSP Europe.
How to get regulatory change management right and avoid the risks of getting it wrong The burden of regulatory change on financial firms has never been greater, leaving compliance teams under increasing pressure to ensure that changes are reviewed and acted upon in a timely manner. Technology enhancements in this space can help, allowing firms...
By Chris Pickles, Co-Chair of FIX Trading Community’s Reference Data Subgroup and Member of the Bloomberg Open Symbology Team Reference data has traditionally been treated as a ‘back-office’ function – almost as though only data that is fast-changing has relevance to a firm’s trading operations. But for more and more firms today, reference data has...
Now in its 9th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
Six months after Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) went live, how compliant is your organisation? If you took a tactical approach to cross the compliance line on January 3, 2018, how are you reviewing and renewing systems to take a more strategic approach and what are the business benefits of doing so?...
