Wall Street Horizon, a provider of single-stock event research data for institutional investors and traders, has appointed Eric Soderberg as its Chief Marketing Officer.  Soderberg brings more than 20 years of experience building and leading the marketing and communication teams for high-profile financial information and technology companies including Convergex, BondDesk, Trepp, NYFIX, ClariFI and Macgregor. “We're at an exciting point in our growth as many more firms are starting to appreciate the value that a highly accurate single-stock event dataset can have in making smarter investment and trading decisions,” says Barry L Star, Wall Street Horizon's chief executive officer. “I

Global Markets Exchange Group Limited (GMEX) has become a member of the Swiss Futures and Options Association (SFOA). GMEX is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate GMEX Exchange.  Hirander Misra, CEO of GMEX Group, says: “Joining the SFOA is part of our strategy to engage with a wider internationally diverse audience with emphasis on both developed and emerging derivatives markets aligning to GMEX Group's core focus areas.” He added,  “We look forward to highlighting the benefits of GMEX Exchange, with its pioneering interest rate swap constant maturity futures products (IRS CMF), to a global

NN Investment Partners (NN IP, formerly ING Investment Management) has appointed Ivan Nikolov as a Senior Portfolio Manager in the firm’s Convertible Bonds team. Nikolov will be based in NN IP’s London office and and will report to Tarek Saber, Head of Convertible Bond strategies. His main focus will be to support the (L) Global Convertible Opportunities Fund.   Prior to joining NN IP, Nikolov was a CB investment manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, also in London. He previously worked at KNG Securities trading European and Asian CB’s and carried out credit research. Nikolov started his career at Pine River

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has announced that two new direct participants have been approved by ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) to participate in the gold auction, which is used to determine the LBMA Gold Price. The new direct participants are Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered. It was announced last week that Bank of China has been approved to participate in the gold auction. All three new participants join today. Since assuming administration of the LBMA Gold Price, IBA has grown the number of direct participants in the auction from four to ten. Further new participants are expected in the coming weeks, including

The PRICE Futures Group has appointed Richard Boerke, Jr as Institutional Sales Executive in the firm’s business development team.   The PRICE Futures Group, founded in 1988 by Walter T Price III and a division of Price Holdings Inc, an employee-owned financial services firm, is adding business development expertise to outpace the needs of its institutional clientele. Boerke has an extensive background in the futures industry.  He is familiar with all aspects of the business including specific expertise in managed futures, money management, commodities hedging, risk management and in consulting with institutional clients.  “Rick possesses formidable expertise in futures and

Copia Capital Management, the Discretionary Fund Manager part of the Novia group, has made a new addition to the firm’s investment and marketing team.   Reporting to Head of Investment Dr Evrin Erdem, Hoshang Daroga joins Copia as Quantitative Investment Manager. He will be responsible for quantitative modelling and investment research, as well as being a key contact point for all Copia stakeholders.  Hoshang holds a Master’s in Financial Engineering from UCLA School of Management in Los Angeles, and an MBA from Fordham University in New York. His last position was with LSV Asset Management in Chicago, and before that

Lazard Asset Management (LAM) has appointed Léopold Arminjon as a portfolio manager/analyst. Based in London, Arminjon will be responsible for running a new European long/short equity strategy to be launched later this year. “Léopold brings with him over 18 years of investment experience in European equities, which will benefit both our clients and our investment platform,” says Bill Smith, CEO of Lazard Asset Management London.  “This new strategy will complement our strong European equity capabilities and will broaden our already robust expertise in long/short equities, a core focus of our investment offerings for clients.” As of 31 March 2015, LAM

Conestoga Capital Advisors has added Derek Johnston, CFA, and Larry Carlin, CFA, to the firm.  Both will serve as Equity Research Analysts and support Conestoga's research of small- and mid-capitalisation stocks. Johnston is joining Conestoga from 300 North Capital, a growth-equity investment manager based in Pasadena, CA.  At 300 North Capital, he served as a Co-Portfolio Manager for the firm's SMid Cap Growth and Small Cap Growth strategies.  Prior to 300 North Capital, Johnston worked at Engemann Asset Management and Banc of America Securities.  Johnston brings a total of nineteen years of investment experience to Conestoga.  He has a Bachelor

Padraig Hoare (pictured) has joined Elian Fund Services as an associate director.  Hoare, 47, has more than 25 years’ industry experience, including 20 years in management positions in the financial services industry in Cayman. His focus at Elian will be on providing governance and oversight services to alternative investment funds. ‘I am looking forward to using my knowledge and experience to provide sound and personalised corporate governance services to clients, leveraging off the extensive knowledge and skills of those in the fiduciary services team and adding value wherever possible,’ he says. Before joining Elian, Hoare, a chartered accountant, was global