About a-team Marketing Services
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry

A-Team Insight People

Appital Appoints New Non-Exec Directors

Subscribe to our newsletter

Equity capital marketplace Appital has appointed Greg Bennett and Stephane Carty as non-executive directors, following the recent appointment of Brian Guckian and Philipp Eberle to the firm’s management team. Bennett, previously Head of Capital Markets for EMEA and the Americas for Fidelity International, also brings sell side expertise as former Partner and Managing Director in Equity Capital Markets and Equity Syndicate for Cazenove and JPMorgan Cazenove. Carty founded Fir Post Capital, a global volatility fund, in 2010 and subsequently Blackheath Capital Management. Previously, he was head of European Principal Strategies at Wachovia Securities International.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Related content

WEBINAR

Recorded Webinar: The time is now for buy-side firms to re-evaluate their approach to data management

Increased cost pressures, rising volumes of data, and the challenges of legacy systems are pushing buy-side firms to re-evaluate current approaches to data management. The aim is cost-effective, optimised data management that can provide flexibility and scalability, support various data types including ESG data, and ensure headroom for development in line with business objectives. Achieving...

BLOG

UK FSA Grants Approval to Xtrakter for the Regulatory Reporting of Derivatives Using AII Codes

The UK Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) February deadline for the introduction of the Alternative Instrument Identifiers (AII) is fast approaching and this week the regulator has granted Trax platform operator Xtrakter approval to regulatory report exchange traded derivatives (ETD) using the new identifiers. Jason Waight, Xtrakter’s recently appointed director of product management, explains to Reference Data...

EVENT

AI in Capital Markets Summit London

Now in its 3rd year, the AI in Capital Markets Summit returns with a focus on the practicalities of onboarding AI enterprise wide for business value creation. Whilst AI offers huge potential to revolutionise capital markets operations many are struggling to move beyond pilot phase to generate substantial value from AI.

GUIDE

Valuations – Toward On-Demand Evaluated Pricing

Risk and regulatory imperatives are demanding access to the latest portfolio information, placing new pressures on the pricing and valuation function. And the front office increasingly wants up-to-date valuations of hard-to-price securities. These developments are driving a push toward on-demand evaluated pricing capabilities, with pricing teams seeking to provide access to valuations at higher frequency...