Sandy Broderick has been appointed as a non-executive director to the boards of GMEX Technologies Ltd.; Global Markets Exchange Group Ltd. (GMEX) which operates GMEX Exchange; and Global Derivatives Indices Ltd. (GDI), officials say. Broderick will also serve as chairman of GMEX. Broderick most recently served as CEO of DTCC’s Deriv/Serv, capping 25 years of… Read More >>
Liquidnet Bolsters Execution Services Group
Institutional trading network Liquidnet has hired Chris Jackson as the European head of Liquidnet’s Execution and Quantitative Services (EQS) Group, officials say. In his new role, Jackson will be responsible for “setting the strategic direction of the European Trading Desk and Algorithmic Services Group, as well as heading up the senior sales effort for Liquidnet’s… Read More >>
Barney Frank: Dodd-Frank’s Future Depends on 2016 Election
The future of the Dodd-Frank Act depends on the outcome of 2016 presidential election, says former U.S. Congressman Barney Frank, co-author of the massive financial services reform legislation. Frank says the law will be repealed if the Republicans win the White House, Senate and House of Representatives next year. During an appearance on a radio… Read More >>
ICE Futures Hit with $3M Penalty for Trade Reporting Errors
Derivatives marketplace ICE Futures U.S. has been slapped with a $3 million civil monetary penalty by the CFTC over repeated failures to comply with trade reporting requirements over a 20-month period, officials say. ICE Futures U.S. is a futures and options exchange for agricultural, energy and financial contracts. It is part of the Intercontinental Exchange… Read More >>
Q&A: ‘Banks have always engaged in loophole mining’
On March 10, the Museum of American Finance released Genealogy of American Finance, published by Columbia Business School Publishing. Written and researched by financial historians Dr. Robert E. Wright and Dr. Richard Sylla, the book explores the history of how the 50 largest American financial institutions came to be, tracing out a complex family tree… Read More >>
New Chief Information Officer for the OCC
Chicago-based OCC, the equity derivatives clearing organization also known as the Options Clearing Corp., reports that Luke Moranda has joined as senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO). He will replace Raymond Tamayo, who had previously announced his intention to retire in 2015, and will report to Michael McClain, OCC president and chief operating… Read More >>
RJO European Affiliate Buys Kyte Group from GFI
Chicago brokerage R.J. O’Brien and Associates’ (RJO) European affiliate R.J. O’Brien Europe Ltd. (RJO Europe) will acquire interdealer broker GFI Group’s subsidiary The Kyte Group Ltd., officials say. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and the UK Financial Conduct Authority has approved the transaction, which is expected to close no later than March 17,… Read More >>
Our Special Report on the Key Ops Issues for 2015
Making predictions about the Top Ops issues for 2015 is more challenging than you might think, given the many facets of securities operations. We began our predictions coverage at the end of 2014 by reaching out to industry analysts and participants such as Virginie O’Shea, a senior analyst with Aite Group; Tim Lind, global head… Read More >>
TTC Supports Eurex Clearing Prisma Margining
Officials at the Technancial Company (TTC), a provider of real-time risk management and trade surveillance tools, say they are “first to market” with offerings that support the new Eurex Clearing Prisma 2.05 real-time margin methodology. The announcement was made at the 40th Annual Futures Industry Association (FIA) Conference, March 10-13, at the Boca Raton Resort… Read More >>
OpenGamma Embraces Open Source Margining
OpenGamma, a London-based, privately held provider of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading solutions, says it is “working with dealers and other OTC derivatives market participants to deliver an open source model to calculate the margin on bilateral derivatives trades.” The solution will “implement the final Standard Initial Margin Methodology,” being developed by the International Swaps and… Read More >>
