Standard & Poor’s has teamed up with Soliton Inc. to manage the acquisition and integration of its securities and reference data for financial clients. The agreement allows Standard & Poor’s clients to use Soliton’s TimeSquare data platform to manage reference
MarketAxess Holdings, the operator of an electronic trading platform for US and European high grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed income securities, has named Paul Ellis head of MarketAxess Europe. Ellis brings to MarketAxess a
Omniex, a complete investment and trading platform for institutional investors to access crypto-assets, has appointed former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Arthur Levitt and former Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Sheila Bair to its Board of
Lazard Asset Management Limited (LAML) has launched the Lazard Global Thematic Focus Fund, a UCITS-compliant Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital growth by investing primarily in an actively managed, diversified portfolio of 35 to 50 established companies located around the
Financial law firm Walkers has made a number of promotions at its Hong Kong office. Arwel Lewis and Thomas Granger have both been promoted to partners in Walkers’ investment funds group. Lewis joined Walkers in January 2007, specialising in corporate
Helen Doody has re-joined Abbey Capita as Head of Abbey Capital (US), assuming responsibility for the US Sales team, based in New York. Doody will re-join the management team and will report to, Páraic Cosgrave, Global Head of Sales, based
MarketAxess Holdings has launched a client to multi-dealer electronic credit default swap (CDS) index trading system in London and New York. The new system has been
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight has issued a letter advising the Bolsa de Valores, Marcadorias e Futuros (BVMF-Brazil) that its MICEX Index, Hang Seng Index, FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index, and the BSE Sensitive Index
– Founder and CIO Niels Clemen Jensen flags up potential liquidity squeeze – ARP founder and chief investment officer Niels Clemen Jensen is flagging up the risk of a US recession amidst a potential liquidity squeeze among lower-quality US corporates.
BeQuant, a cryptocurrency exchange for institutions and active traders, has launched allowing users to invest in numerous crypto asset classes. BeQuant’s core product is partnered with established technology Multiexchange who aggregates liquidity and works with large institutions such as HitBTC.
