ING’s global securities finance team has hired Colin Bugler to head its new synthetic portfolio solutions team, reporting to Richard Pryce, head of equity lending and repo. The creation of the synthetic portfolio solutions team, which incorporates the contracts for
Itiviti, a technology and service provider for the capital markets industry, has appointed Linda Middleditch as Chief Product Officer. An experienced strategy and change management specialist, Middleditch joins Itiviti from Bloomberg LP, where she most recently was Global Head of
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has started daily reporting of aggregated short positions, which will be published on the ASIC website. Short sellers have been required to report short positions to ASIC following the introduction by the Federal Government
Equinox Capital Markets, the alternative investment marketing organisation, has appointed Daniel Gormont as an institutional sales associate. Gormont joins a team dedicated to marketing, sales and business development solutions for alternative investment managers both in the US and internationally. Gormont
Plato Partnership, a not-for-profit company bringing creative solutions and efficiencies to today’s equity marketplace, is collaborating with BMLL Technologies to provide twelve daily T+1 market quality metrics to enable more transparency and information across the trading landscape in Europe. This
Hermes Fund Managers, an asset manager offering investment solutions for institutional clients, has selected client communications specialists Equipos to deliver its enterprise-wide client reporting infrastructure. Hermes will use Equipos Coric to automate the production of client reports and streamline client
Financial services firm Brown Brothers Harriman has expanded its EMEA securities lending team with the addition of four senior executives. David Lewis, Jacqueline Waller, Céline Emond and Samantha Peppiatt have joined BBH’s team to focus on relationship management and business
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has launched a new ‘MiFID II Eligibility as a Service’ tool. MiFID II brings many challenges to buy and sell-side firms, including the requirement to report trades to the regulator on a
GlobeOp Managed Services will partner with business communications provider Intermedia to offer Outlook 2010 desktop functionality through Microsoft Exchange as a hosted service. The enhanced private cloud service enables GlobeOp to offer clients the benefits of full collaboration functions of
Qbasis Invest, the Liechtenstein-based managed futures specialist, is expanding its London marketing operations with the appointment of Alistair Evans as director sales, UK. Evans has eight years’ experience in the alternatives sector. Most recently, he was partner and co-founder of
