Chicago-based RJ O'Brien & Associates (RJO) has promoted Thomas Texier to the new role of managing director of its London-based affiliate, RJ O'Brien Limited (RJO Limited). Texier, who has served as chief operating officer of RJO Limited since the Chicago-based
Horizon Software (Horizon), a SaaS provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, has appointed Emmanuel Faure as Head of Sales APAC to support its rapid growth in the region. Faure brings exceptional experience and leadership, having worked as a Managing
ACA Compliance Group, a provider of compliance, cybersecurity, performance and technology solutions to financial services firms, has acquired Telavance. Founded in 2010 by Salvatore Cangialosi (pictured), Gokul Kallambunathil, Rama Pappu and Mahesh Viswanathan, Telavance provides anti-money laundering (AML) risk reviews
By George Ralph, RFA – Start-up hedge funds have a lot to think about; from the crucial raising of initial capital and building up a client base, to finding the right team of people and ensuring that everything you are
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is offering an improved service to its Iberian members with the opening of a new office in Madrid. Brigitte Caboulet, who has played a key role in the recent rapid growth of EEX market share
Blue Sky Alternative Investments’ hedge fund team has secured a new mandate for its flagship systematic global macro strategy, Dynamic Macro, via the Deutsche Bank platform, dbSelect. Blue Sky, Australia’s only listed diversified alternative asset manager has AUD3.4 billion assets
Individuals who serve as independent non-executive directors, like it or not, operate in a role which is constantly evolving. This evolution is not only in parallel with changes in investment funds business but also in terms of regulation and heightened
Fund management company and alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) FundRock Management Company has opened an office in Dublin, which will be headed up by Ross Thomson. Thomson has nearly 20 years of fund industry experience in Luxembourg and Canada.
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) acting chairman J Christopher Giancarlo has appointed Amir Zaidi to lead the division of market oversight (DMO). In addition, Vincent McGonagle has been appointed as the acting director for the division of enforcement (DOE),
IHS Markit has launched a cross-asset class registry of systematic internalisers (SIs) to help firms understand their trade reporting obligations under MiFID II. The service covers all asset classes covered by ESMA RTS 2, including bonds, all classes of OTC
