McKay Brothers International’s (MBI) Central London POP, adjacent to the London Stock Exchange, is now live, completing MBI’s UK Local millimeter wave network. MBI connects data centres serving major UK equities, interest rate and FX matching engines at the lowest
Citi is to sell its fixed income analytics and index businesses to London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) for a total cash consideration of USD685 million, subject to customary adjustments. The transaction includes Citi’s fixed income analytics platform, The Yield
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has voted unanimously to approve two proposals for amendments to existing regulations addressing cybersecurity testing and safeguards for the automated systems used by critical infrastructures the CFTC regulates. The proposals will be open
Alternative investment fund manager SQN Capital Management has appointed Dawn Kendall as managing director of SQN Asset Management Ltd, the UK manager of the SQN Secured Income Fund (LSE-SSIF). Kendall joins SQN from TwentyFour Asset Management where she was
MPMF Fund Management (Ireland) Limited (MPMF), the Maples group’s alternative investment fund manager (AIFM), has been authorised as a UCITS management company by the Central Bank of Ireland. “The UCITS management company authorisation will allow MPMF to gain investment momentum
Nasdaq and Astana International Financial Centre JSC (AIFC) have signed a new agreement for the development of Kazakhstan’s nascent stock exchange, the AIFC Exchange. The exchange is targeted to launch in late-2017 and will initially trade equities and fixed income with
Big changes are afoot across a broad spectrum of the financial services industry. For example, in the wealth management and investment advisory space, thanks to huge technological developments in recent years, traditional wealth managers have a new competitor to face;
Signs of economic growth, steady US yields and a calm dollar greenlit a rebound in global risk assets after last week’s declines, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Less noise about the controversial
Strategic advisory and consulting firm Berkeley Research Group has appointed Michael Athanason as a managing director. Athanason joins the BRG Capstone group in New York where he will lead the Private Funds Group Valuation Team. Athanason brings over 25 years
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed John Sergides as Managing Director, Global Head, Business Development & Marketing. 

 The appointment, which reinforces MUFG’s commitment to the asset servicing sector, is effective
