A risk-based approach to governance and compliance can help financial services firms implement a holistic view of their processes and procedures while ensuring high levels of trade surveillance and monitoring. “We believe the goal is to get away from siloed
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) has issued a joint staff advisory that gives exchanges and clearinghouses guidance for listing virtual currency derivative products. “The CFTC staff are
SGX has been notified by the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) of an application made in the Bombay High Court for an interim injunction against its new India derivatives products. SGX says it has full confidence in its legal
By Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners – Equity markets around the world sold off last week because of uncertainty relative the Coronavirus’ impact on the global economy and corporate profits. No one knows how bad the economic impact might be, but the
Austin-based Eventus Systems, a global trade surveillance and market risk software platform provider, has appointed two executives to key new roles at the firm. Eric Einfalt has joined as Chief Strategy Officer, and David Mitchell as Regional Sales Executive, North America.
Drawbridge Partners, a premier cybersecurity software and services firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers has been selected by Optima Partners, a global financial regulatory compliance advisory firm, for the outsourcing of its due diligence
Trader Jeff Tompkins has launched his flagship hedge fund, Altos Capital. The main objective of the fund is to outperform the S&P.
Fortuna Asset Management Communications – a public relations agency specialising in advice to boutique asset managers – has become a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The move by Fortuna AMC is in recognition of the increasing importance
Asset Control, a leading provider of proven, data management cloud-based services for financial data analytics, has launched its new Ops360 workflow solution. Ops360 is a rich web user interface based on a new business domain model and RESTful API that
Avalon Capital Partners Limited (Avalon) has hired five senior cash equity salespeople as it continues with rapid expansion plans across both Event Driven and International Equities.In the Event Driven division, Aaron Sawyer, Holger Klees and Gregory Lafitte have joined the
