PwC has appointed Fiona Carpenter as a partner in its UK financial services tax practice. Carpenter specialises in alternative asset management and has 20 years’ experience helping alternative managers and funds with tax structuring and compliance. She will lead PwC’s
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed Brett Redfearn as Director of the agency’s Division of Trading and Markets. The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets establishes and maintains standards for fair, orderly, and efficient markets. The division
QuantConnect, an algorithmic trading platform that connects hedge funds to its community of 110,000-plus DIY quant traders, has expanded access to its pioneering Alpha Streams market, a marketplace for alpha where funds can shop for and license algorithmic trading strategies.
GAM is to use Red Deer’s MiFID II research valuation solution to consume and value research so that it can be paid for independently from trade execution, in compliance with the MiFID II regulations that come into effect on 3
Saxo Bank, an online trading and multi-asset specialist, has launched new, comprehensive account functionality on SaxoTraderGO for its global client base. Clients trading under Saxo Bank A/S will have access to the new functionality from 24 October and the rest
Cayman’s new hybrid Foundation Company is likely to appeal as a holding vehicle, SPV and succession planning option, according to Ogier trusts partner Anthony Partridge. Partridge (pictured), says that the new structure – introduced by the enactment of The Cayman
Binance, a global blockchain firm behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is partnering with Oasis Labs, a data privacy software company, to launch the CryptoSafe Alliance which will bring together a global ecosystem of collaborators to combat
Advanced Logic Analytics (ALA), a provider of finance and trading analytics solutions for buy- and sell-side institutions and other financial firms, has appointed Ryan Shuttleworth as Chief Technology Officer. Shuttleworth is an experienced C level technologist and engineer who has
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), an operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has completed its acquisition of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research division’s fixed income index platform, which will become part
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has begun efforts to enhance its European Global Trade Repository (GTR) in support of the upcoming Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) expected to be implemented in 2019. SFTR will require firms subject to
