Chicago-based RJ O'Brien & Associates (RJO) has appointed veteran institutional grains broker Richard Mayhew as Senior Vice President, Head of Grains & Oilseeds, EMEA. With more than 35 years of experience in grains in both the physical and futures markets,
Liquid Holdings Group has signed a joint marketing agreement with ConvergEx Prime Services, the prime services division of ConvergEx Group. Under the terms of the agreement, ConvergEx Prime Services will offer the Liquid platform as an option to its broad
CBOE Holdings is planning to launch options on the MSCI Emerging Markets and MSCI EAFE Indexes on Tuesday, 21 April. The ticker symbols will be MXEF and MXEA respectively. Under an agreement with MSCI, announced in December 2014, options on
US President Barack Obama’s call last Thursday for banks benefiting from a public safety net to be barred for “owning, investing in or sponsoring” private equity and hedge funds as part of wider strategy to curb excessive risk-taking by financial
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the supervision of cross-border regulated firms. The agreement, which was signed by CFTC chairman Tim Massad and his
State Street Corporation has appointed Alex Lawton to senior managing director and head of securities finance for State Street Global Markets in Europe, Middle-East & Africa (EMEA). He will be responsible for developing the securities finance business across the region
Petra Joucken has joined Fund Channel as head of management company relations. She will be responsible for developing new distribution agreements with management companies, particularly in Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands, where Fund Channel is expanding its business. From 2003
Bondcube, the fixed Income trading platform, is now live in Europe and the US, offering full match, negotiation and trading functionality for all to all bond trading. Bondcube takes indications of interest (IOIs) from both buy-side and sell-side participants. Buy-side
Trustee Executors Limited (TEL), a New Zealand-based provider of third party administration for financial services, has selected SS&C's reporting solution, Pages. SS&C will support reporting on TEL's 585,000 individual client accounts with more than $94 billion in assets. TEL, a
Robeco-Sage, a fund of hedge fund manager based in New York, has hired Michael Welch as director of business development. He will be based on the West Coast in the firm’s Greenbrae, California office and will focus on institutional and
