Nasdaq Announces Two Top Moves: Bjørn Sibbern and Lauren Dillard
Nasdaq has announced that Bjørn Sibbern will assume the newly established role of President, European Markets, based in Stockholm.
Rick Steves
Senior Reporter, Regulation and Fintech
Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses. He joined the financial services industry in 2009, and has been a financial journalist since 2011. He holds a degree in Business Administration and has experience producing real-time news, from both buy-side and sell-side, as well as for retail traders, brokers and service providers. Steves' work has appeared in a variety of online publications including FX Street, NewsBTC, FinanceFeeds, and The Industry Spread. Rick has great interest in the dynamics of the trading industry. The never-ending clash between technology, economics, regulation, and more importantly, the people.
May 2019
BANKEX and Fusion to Tokenize Commercial Loans for SMEs
BANKEX has partnered with Fusion Foundation, a non-profit open source infrastructure, to bring a new set of collateralized digital assets to market.
Avelacom Announced PoP at Thailand’s SET Exchange
Avelacom has deployed a PoP (point of presence) at The Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET) data center facilities in order to reduce latency.
PR9 Launches Institutional Crypto Trading and Settlement Platform
PR9 Network has launched a real-time institutional trading platform which allows clients’ assets to remain in cold storage with their preferred custodian.
CME Group’s Traiana Enhances Credit Risk Hub for FX Prime Brokers
Traiana service for trade life-cycle and risk management solutions offers its Credit Risk Hub for Designation Notice Manager and Credit Link.
IRESS Appoints Phil Quin-Conroy as Managing Director in the UK
IRESS has appointed Phil Quin-Conroy as managing director of the firm’s United Kingdom business, starting in the role on 17 June.
April 2019
Deutsche Börse Launches Unique Insights into Market Positioning and Dynamics
Deutsche Börse Data Services has announced the launch of its new data product Eurex Flow Insights, which provides a daily analysis of order flow.
Brokeree Announces Bonus Extension for MetaTrader PAMM
Brokeree Solutions has announced the release of a Bonus Extension for MetaTrader PAMM for new PAMM deposits made by investors.
CMC Markets Adds NYSE FANG+ Index to CFD Offering
CMC Markets enables clients to trade thousands of financial instruments across forex, indices, cryptocurrencies, commodities, shares, ETFs and treasuries.
CISI to Recognize ACIFMA Programmes, Treated as Equivalent
ACIFMA, with 8k gobal members & CISI, with 45k global members, have signed an agreement that encompasses qualifications, membership, ethics and CPD content.
FlexTrade Appoint Two Senior Executives for Business Development in EMEA
FlexTrade has appointed Lak Loi and Vahid Shirani as co-heads of sell-side OMS business development for the EMEA region..
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.