Nasdaq has extended its contract with BM&F Bovespa – the largest stock exchange in Latin America – for the use of the SMARTS Market Surveillance platform across Brazil's equities, commodities and futures markets. Nasdaq has been working with BM&F Bovespa
After a drawdown in June due to the market turmoil surrounding the Brexit vote, the UCITS HFS Index bounced back in July, reporting gains of 0.75 per cent. The broad index started the month with a positive performance of 0.32
Norrep Capital Management has appointed Wan Kim as senior vice president, national sales and marketing. Kim has over 20 years of experience in the investment industry. Prior to joining Norrep, he was at a large financial institution where he managed
European exchange group Euronext is to acquire a 20 per cent stake in central counterparty EuroCCP for around EUR14 million, subject to closing adjustments. This follows the announcement on 12 May confirming Euronext was in exclusive talks to acquire a
Corporate credit specialist Muzinich & Co has added to its European syndicated loans team with the appointment of Torben Ronberg, Stuart Fuller, Sam McGairl and Alex Woolrich. Muzinich & Co says expansion of its team forms part of a global
Franklin Square Capital Partners is consolidating its brands under the name FS Investments, with its affiliated broker-dealer FS2 Capital Partners becoming FS Investment Solutions. The transition coincides with the firm's expansion of its alternative investment solutions, as well as its education and
Eze Castle Integration has expanded its cybersecurity consulting services for investment firms and will now offer vulnerability assessments, penetration testing and third-party due diligence audits to all firms across the investment industry. Eze Vulnerability Assessments cover both internal and external
Crestline Specialty Lending (CSL), a part of the opportunistic investment group of credit-focused institutional alternative asset manager Crestline Investors, is supporting benefitexpress’ add-on acquisition of benefitsCONNECT. benefitexpress, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, provides a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service platform for employee benefits and
Loan and bond administrator GLAS has expanded its operations to Asia with the opening of a new office in Singapore headed by Paul Wilden. The move has been driven by an increased demand for alternative loan and paying agency, and
Bats Global Markets is to acquire Javelin SEF, a swap execution facility (SEF). The deal is intended to accelerate Bats’ plans to offer trading of non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) for the foreign exchange market. Javelin currently offers trade execution for
