ISDA Makes Board Chairmanship a Full-Time Post The International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s board of directors has appointed Stephen O’Connor to an expanded, full-time chairmanship with a mandate to take a leading role in derivatives industry reform while “assuming a more active, hands-on involvement in driving ISDA’s strategic initiatives,” say ISDA officials. A full-time chairman… Read More >>
Tradeweb Founder Joins GFI as CME Group Mulls Sale of Nymex Building
Tradeweb Founder Joins GFI Group Tradeweb Markets founder James W. Toffey has joined brokerage GFI Group as global head of electronic markets to oversee GFI’s services as a global operator of electronic marketplaces for professional traders and market makers of cash and derivative financial and commodity products, officials say.At Tradeweb, Toffey served as the CEO… Read More >>
Calypso Fills Vacancy as Rule Financial Hires a Former Head of Ops
Ex-Quantifi Product Director Joins Calypso Calypso Technology has hired industry veteran David Kelly, the former director of credit product development at Quantifi, to be its director of financial engineering. Kelly will report to Tej Sidhu, senior vice president of engineering.Kelly fills a position left vacant since January 2012 when Amir Khwaja left after serving as… Read More >>
Broadridge Names Two Executives as NYSE Clearing Hires a Chief Risk Officer
Broadridge Picks a COO and Chief Revenue Officer Broadridge Financial Solutions has promoted Tim Gokey to the post of chief operating officer (COO) from his role as corporate senior vice president and chief corporate development officer. The vendor has also named Stephen Racioppo as chief revenue officer.The promotion of Gokey is in keeping with the… Read More >>
Douglas Jeffrey Leaves Information Mosaic as SWIFT Plans to Hire in Asia-Pacific
Jeffrey Leaves Information Mosaic Industry veteran Douglas Jeffrey has left his post as president for the Americas for Information Mosaic and is working with Recondo Technology, a software as a service (Saas) provider for the healthcare industry. Jeffrey confirms that he is the New York-based vice president for strategic accounts at Recondo, which provides Web-based,… Read More >>