MJ Hudson, a London-headquartered asset management consultancy, has made three senior appointments. Declan Canavan has been appointed Commercial Director and a Managing Director with responsibility for business development. Canavan joins from JP Morgan Asset Management where he was Managing Director
iBoxx TRS notional volumes hit a new all-time high of USD23.9 billion in June, surpassing the previous record high of USD19.3 billion set in March, and nearly three-times the volumes recorded in June 2015. Increases in iBoxx TRS volumes on
Options, a provider of colocation services for trading firms, today announced the deployment of next generation market data monitoring from Ixia, a Keysight business. The deployment of TradeVision at Options’ core data centre locations in Mahwah, NY4, NJ2, Carteret, and
Duet Group (Duet) has selected global single-source financial solutions provider, Apex Group Ltd. (Apex), to deliver full depositary and fund administration services for their liquid Africa strategies. Duet is a global investment holding company, founded in 2002, and a controlling
TFG Asset management, a diversified alternative asset manager that owns majority and minority private equity stakes in asset management companies, is broadening its structured credit investing business under Tetragon Credit Partners. The business has evolved from a historic focus on primary
SS&C Technologies Holdings, a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, has completed the acquisition of DST Systems, a global strategic advisory, technology, and operations outsourcing company. The addition of DST’s financial services and healthcare businesses provides SS&C with
FlexTrade has launched FlexNOW, an out-of-the-box, broker neutral EMS to address the needs of hedge funds and mini-primes requiring a streamlined, multi-asset trading system at the click of a button. Designed to handle trading for equities, futures and options, FlexNOW
SS&C Technologies Holdings, is to acquire certain Algorithmics and related assets from IBM. Algorithmics provides leading risk analytic products and services for the financial services industry worldwide. The addition of Algorithmics, which is expected to be completed in the fourth
Nasdaq’s Quandl, a provider of alternative and core financial data, has appointed Evan Reich as Head of Data Strategy and Sourcing. Reich was formerly Global Head of Data Strategy and Sourcing at BlueMountain Capital. Reich joins Quandl with over a
The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) has appointed Eric Bigelsen as Senior Vice President, Sales for the Americas. In his role, Bigelsen (pictured), will be leading the sales and business development efforts for The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) initiative
