International offshore law firm Harneys has appointed Sarah Dobbyn and Jonathan Law as partners in the firm’s Cayman Islands office and Johann E Henry as a partner in the British Virgin Islands. Dobbyn (pictured) is head of the firm’s litigation
FD has acquired ActivateClients Limited, in a deal worth EUR4.75m (GBP3.4m), of which EUR1.5m (GBP1.1m) is payable in cash and EUR3.25m (GBP2.4m) is payable through the issue of 183,185 FD new ordinary shares. The earnings enhancing acquisition provides complementary software
By Dr Charles Cassar, Malta – The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has recently clarified its position with respect to the licensing and regulation of loan funds in Malta. In this regard the MFSA issued supplementary standard licence conditions (SLCs) which
The international derivatives markets of Eurex closed out 2009 with a turnover of more than 2.65 billion contracts, compared with 3.17 billion in the record year 2008. This year’s figure splits into 1.7 billion contracts traded at Eurex and 960
Calastone has added the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) Global Asset Management to its global order routing community. NBAD was Abu Dhabi’s first local bank and played a pioneering role in building the country’s financial system. Today, NBAD has
Hotspot, an institutional foreign exchange (FX) market owned and operated by BATS Global Markets, is expanding its European presence with the launch of its first Europe-based FX matching engine. BATS President Chris Concannon said, “This project is important for our
Channel Island law firm Carey Olsen has named Tim Corfield as a partner. Corfield (pictured) specialises in banking and finance litigation and corporate disputes, including corporate insolvency and restructuring. The appointment further strengthens the firm’s litigation team in Guernsey which
ConceptONE has appointed Boris Tiomkin as Executive Chairman. Tiomkin will be primarily responsible for leading ConceptONE’s strategic planning and business development efforts. He expected to work with the firm’s management team to accelerate the company’s expansion in the Americas and
GBST is to integrate and offer the in-memory computing capabilities of the SAP HANA platform with its financial transaction tax product, GBST Syn~FTT. The bundled solutions are expected to allow investment banks and stockbrokers to process equities trades in compliance
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained a preliminary injunction against Matthew B. Pizzolato, formerly of Tickfaw, Louisiana, William C. Guidry of Plano, Texas, and Capital Funding Consultants of Covington, Louisiana. The CFTC charged the defendants in November 2009
