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Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit has selected multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions provider Eventus’ Validus platform to provide market abuse monitoring on the exchange.
Headquartered in Panama City, Panama, Deribit is the world’s largest cryptocurrency options exchange by volume and open interest, with approximately 90% market share in Bitcoin and Ether options. The exchange also offers select futures on cryptocurrencies.
Deribit Chief Legal, Compliance & Regulatory Officer David Dohmen said the exchange considered several trade surveillance systems in anticipation of operating under the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority in Dubai and as Deribit looked to expand into additional
BTIG, a specialist in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services has launched the Tactical Hedge Fund Group with key hires Bella Brandon, CFA and Zoe Henderson. Brandon and Henderson both join the team as managing directors and will be based in BTIG’s London office.
Brandon brings over 10 years of industry expertise to the firm. Most recently, she was managing director and co-head dynamics team at Panmure Gordon where she was responsible for building out the firm’s pan-European and US content, trading & sales trading effort. Prior to that, she was at Olivetree Financial Group, an equities
Alternative data specialist QuantCube Technology has launched QuantCube CPI nowcast indicators for Brazil and China. The new indicators, which quantify the Consumer Price Index at a country level in real-time, are available on the QuantCube Macroeconomic Intelligence Platform.Â
Apex Group is to acquire Bank of America Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited, the Irish depositary business of Bank of America. Apex will acquire BACSIL through its subsidiary European Depositary Bank.
Diligend, a cloud-based, digital due diligence software platform for the investment management industry, has rebranded as Dasseti. The rebrand comes alongside the successful close of the firm’s Series A Financing led by Nasdaq Ventures.
Technology is elevating the quality and scale of primary research – allowing managers to undertake in-depth, high quality research at a pace and breadth not previously possible. By conducting expert surveys through specialist firms, investment managers can reach a greater number of professionals in a fraction of the time, and collect reliable data they can use to form the basis of their investment decisions.
Talos, a provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, has partnered with digital assets fund administrator Formidium, providing its institutional investor clients with access to Formidium’s digital assets and tax accounting platform.
With the Securities & Exchange Commission proposing tighter cybersecurity requirements for hedge funds and other asset managers, Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP, a boutique law firms serving the investment management industry, has launched a new cybersecurity law practice.
Cole-Frieman & Mallon says the new practice, which is dedicated to advising investment managers on their cybersecurity obligations, will be led by former partner and cybersecurity expert John Araneo, who has rejoined the firm’s New York office.
The firm’s move comes as new cybersecurity regulations continue to surge, a trend illustrated by the SEC’s proposed Cybersecurity Risk Management Rule, which introduces an entirely
Integral, a currency technology provider to the financial markets, has launched Integral Digital, a full extension of its trading and client distribution platform for banks, brokers and hedge funds to support cryptocurrencies and fiat-backed stablecoins.
Options Technology, a Capital Markets services provider, has secured VMware Cloud Verified status in SG1 Singapore. The accomplishment follows the VMware Cloud Provider Principal Partner Status awarded to the firm last year alongside Cloud Verified attainment at MTL4, TR2, NJ2, PRDC, LHC, LD4 and NY5 sites.
