Wedbush Futures, a full-service futures commission merchant (FCM), has appointed Thomas P Anderson as Senior Vice President, Head of Proprietary Trading Group Services.  In this role, Anderson will be responsible for growing Wedbush's PTG offerings across multiple asset classes, and helping existing PTG customers achieve their trading objectives. Anderson is a respected 34-year veteran of the listed exchange derivatives industry and was previously the Chief Commercial Officer of ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago since 2007. He holds four licenses to conduct business — Series 3, 7, 24 and 63. He serves on the CME Group's FCM Advisory Group, Chicago Police Foundation

CME Clearing Europe has promoted Tina Hasenpusch to Chief Executive Officer. She will replace Lee Betsill, who will be returning to Chicago as Managing Director, Global Clearing Operations at CME Clearing. Hasenpusch previously served as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of CME Clearing Europe, and has worked closely with Betsill in developing this important part of CME Group's global business. Hasenpusch will be responsible for continuing to grow the business and will work with customers to address their clearing requirements. Under Betsill's leadership CME Clearing Europe (CMECE) has grown to list a broad range of cash settled and physically

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