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Torstone Hires Sam Farrell as Head of North America
Torstone Technology, the SaaS platform for post-trade securities and derivatives processing, has appointed Sam Farrell as Head of North America, based in Toronto. He will have oversight of all Torstone’s US and Canadian operations and will be tasked with expanding Torstone’s footprint in North America. Prior to joining Torstone, Farrell spent the last 35 years…
The New World of Trading Technology – a View from the Top
What are the key developments in the financial markets sector today and how are those developments impacting trading technology decisions? Where is innovation occurring and what are the challenges that firms face when deploying new solutions? How are firms tackling such an acute lack of diversity in the workforce that for a recently advertised position,…
Avelacom Appoints Timothy Wong as VP of Sales in APAC and Opens Hong Kong Office
Avelacom, the low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and data solutions provider, has appointed Timothy Wong as VP of Sales for the APAC region. Wong joins from Xenith IG (formerly Superloop Asia) and brings over 15 years of experience working in data and network systems across sales, business development and technology. In addition, the company has…
Adaptive Launches Aeron Open-Source Community and Announces Aeron Premium
Adaptive Financial Consulting, the electronic trading technology solutions provider, has announced the next phase of development for its Aeron platform, which Adaptive acquired in February 2022, when it bought Real Logic. Since the acquisition, Adaptive has doubled the size of the Aeron engineering team. To continue with its commitment to the open-source Aeron technology, Adaptive…
OpenSee Positions for Growth with New Hires in US
OpenSee, the financial data analytics company, has made one global appointment and added three executives in its New York office to drive sales and broaden support for international and domestic clients in the US. Abdul Anwari and Michael Bailleux join as US Sales Directors, reporting to Rodrigo Medgenberg, who was appointed as VP Sales late…
BMLL Hires Industry Veteran Rob Laible as Head of Americas
Following its recent US$26 million funding round, BMLL, the independent provider of harmonized, historical Level 3 data and analytics, has appointed industry veteran Rob Laible as Head of Americas, with plans to open a New York area-based office. Laible comes with over 30 years’ experience of running global institutional businesses across sales and trading, technology,…
Pico Appoints Bo Zhou as Head of APAC
Pico, the technology services, software, data and analytics vendor, has named Bo Zhou, Ph.D., as Head of APAC to oversee Pico’s continued growth in the region. Zhou brings more than 15 years of financial markets industry experience and was most recently Partner and Senior Managing Director for IHS Markit (now S&P Global). Previously, she served…
Taskize Hires James Pike as Head of Business Development
Taskize, the provider of inter-company workflow to the financial services industry, has announced the appointment of former Morgan Stanley Managing Director James Pike as Head of Business Development. Based in London, Pike brings over 24 years’ worth of industry knowledge and experience across securities and derivatives, having most recently held the role of EMEA Head…
Appital Appoints Matthew Jefford as Business Development Executive
Appital, the equity markets technology solution vendor, has appointed Matthew Jefford, an experienced equity markets specialist, as Business Development Executive. Jefford will help accelerate Appital’s growth strategy, specifically working with the asset management community to deepen platform liquidity, and support the firm’s mission to bring innovation and automation to equity markets. Jefford brings over 30…
Refinitiv and MayStreet – Traversing the Latency Spectrum
Following its acquisition of Refinitiv in 2021, to expand its Data and Analytics business, LSEG signed an agreement to buy US-based market data solutions vendor MayStreet in May this year. MayStreet was founded in 2012 by two market data practitioners, Michael Lehr & Patrick Flannery. After graduating from Rochester University with a degree in computer…