Peak Ridge Capital Group’s venture capital fund, the Peak Ridge AgTech Fund, has expanded its advisory board to include Tommy G. Thompson, former four-time governor of Wisconsin and US secretary of health and human services. As governor of Wisconsin from
4th Story has introduced a new set of tools that aim to simplify workflow and improve efficiency for analysts and portfolio managers. The tools are targeted at the cumbersome, repetitive tasks that are necessary for PMs to stay abreast of
Asset manager GLG Partners has appointed Raffaele Costa as the co-head of marketing. Raffaele will work alongside Emmanuel Roman, the firm’s co-chief executive, to develop and execute GLG’s global product and distribution strategy. “Raffaele has been with GLG since
Alternative investment management firm Evanston Capital Management (ECM) has appointed Carl Gargula as vice president – business development. In this newly created role, Gargula will be responsible for marketing in the RIA, family office, bank, broker/dealer, and financial intermediary channels.
The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange is expanding its interest rate derivatives segment with the addition of physically deliverable Euro-Swap Futures, available from 1 September. The new Euro-Swap Futures contracts are based on euro-denominated interest rate swaps with varying maturities
SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas, had record trading volumes in January and compound growth following its migration to NYSE Euronext’s Universal Trading Platform on 23 November
In January 2010, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 10.8 million contracts, up from 10.5 million in January 2009. Of those 7.0 million were Eurex contracts and 3.75 million contracts were at the
Customers of Enyx will now be able to access nxFeed, the firm’s ultra-low latency FPGA-based market data distribution system, through Options’ Velocity market connectivity and application hosting service. The solution enables users to access, via a single API, an ultra-low
Global advisory, fund administration and fiduciary services firm Maitland has hired Scott Price to spearhead its ambitious growth aims in the US market. Price will be joining the firm as Head of Business Development and Client Management for North America.
MF Global, an intermediary offering solutions in global cash, derivatives and related markets, has appointed David P. Bolger and David Gelber to its board of directors. Gelber will replace Lawrence Schloss as chairman of the compensation committee. Schloss was recently
