(Editor’s note: Buy-side firms working in the U.S. Treasury markets have been challenged by structural issues such as ongoing regulatory reforms, liquidity problems and market concentration. OpenDoor Trading is hoping that it can help firms navigate around these problems. Susan Estes is the founder and CEO of OpenDoor Trading and has more than 30 years… Read More >>
Colt Technology Services Names VP of Capital Markets
Colt Hires from BT Global Services Colt Technology Services, which provides on-demand services to the financial markets reports that Andrew Housden has joined as vice president of capital markets, reporting to Tom Regent, Colt’s chief commercial officer. He will be responsible for growing the capital markets vertical, Colt says in a statement, and will be… Read More >>
Q&A: Why OpenDoor is Building a T-Bond Trading Platform
(Editor’s note: Trading systems vendor OpenDoor Trading announced last week that it is working closely with high-performance financial technology solutions provider Broadway Technology to hasten the development of a transaction platform for the U.S. Treasury bond market. They are joining forces and “ramping up for an early-Q4 launch” to meeting the demands of institutional investors… Read More >>
National Futures Association CEO Announces Retirement
NFA Board Searching for Replacement The National Futures Association (NFA) reports that Daniel Roth, its president and CEO, plans to retire “in the coming year.” The NFA’s board has begun a search for his successor. Roth, who has held the presidency and the CEO post since the beginning of 2003, joined the NFA in September… Read More >>
SmartStream Names New CEO as Philippe Chambadal Becomes President
Post-trade systems vendor SmartStream Technologies has a new CEO, Haytham Kaddoura, who will be working with Philippe Chambadal, who has left the CEO post to become president of the company, vendor officials announced this week. Kaddoura has served as an advisor to the board of directors of SmartStream, and is a member of the board… Read More >>
