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Size matters: US equity market players wrangle over new tick size regime
The industry expects the SEC to finalize the Reg NMS shake-up as soon as late summer. While there is broad agreement about the need for change, the extent of the reduction in access fees and tick sizes will have a big impact on markets.
People Moves: Northern Trust, Deutsche Bank, SS&C, STP Investment Services & more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Michael Buzza (pictured), who becomes Northern Trust's new global head of Network Management and Market Security
People Moves: FactSet, Talos, Broadridge, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Neal Pawar (pictured), who joins Talos as a strategic adviser.
Sell side ramps up outsourced trading desk services for still-skeptical buy side
A raft of new entrants are offering outsourced trading services to buy-side firms, anticipating a wave of takeup among larger asset managers, driven by cost and coverage needs. But are they aiming too high?
People Moves: ASX, Nasdaq, Capco, FDIC, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Edwin Hui (pictured), who joins Capco as executive director and APAC data lead.
People Moves: Exegy, Luma, Capco, CAIS and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Julian Elliot (pictured), who joins Integral as senior product officer.
People Moves: WFE, MSCI, Broadway Technology, Tora and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Ed Tilly (pictured), who has been appointed chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges.
People Moves: Alpima, Santander UK, Tradeweb, SS&C, SmartStream, Numerix, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Karen Tierney (pictured), who joins Alpima as chief product officer.
Magnetic tape looks to find a new life at banks in a cloud-based world
IBM, which recently set a new world record for tape storage, says a lot of its financial services clients use the medium for storage as its cheaper and safer than other digital storage options. Others are skeptical of tape’s long-term prospects.
People Moves: Nasdaq, Santander, Barings, S4, Capco, BTIG
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Jeremy Skule (pictured) who has been appointed chief strategy officer at Nasdaq.
People Moves: MarketAxess, SimCorp, Shoreline, Sova Capital, Nutanix, RIMES, Capco, LiquidShare
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Raj Paranandi (pictured), who has been appointed COO EMEA/APAC at MarketAxess.
People Moves: IBM, BNY Mellon, Capco, Volante Technologies
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Gary D.Cohn (pictured), who has been appointed vice chairman at IBM.
AML Platforms ‘Are Just Not Working’—Is Human Error or Tech the Culprit?
Technologies meant to detect and stop financial crime may add more headaches than they relieve. Others say that the best tech can't overcome how bankers use these tools. The AML dilemma likely falls somewhere in the middle.
Bloomberg's FIGI: A Case of Red Light, Green Light
After the route toward accreditation via the ISO petered out, Bloomberg is vying to establish its reference data standard as a system of record in the US, following a win in Brazil.
People Moves: BNP Paribas, CIA Omnigage, Capco, IHS Markit, EOSE Data
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Sarah Wang (pictured), who has been appointed head of structuring Americas at BNP Paribas.
People Moves: Causality Link, Pirum, Itiviti, Capco, Commcise, LiquidityBook, Apex Group
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Craig Trim (pictured) who has been appointed senior software engineer at Causality Link.
Stevens Institute, Capco Lay Out Commercialization Efforts for New Artificial Exchange
The platform will initially target the HFT crowd, as well those looking to better understand market microstructure in equities.
Former AppsBroker Exec Sets Up Cloud Data Consultancy
GreenBirch will focus on helping financial firms explore ways to adopt cloud technologies, starting with time-series data management and commercializing internal datasets.
New Data Needs Lead to New Data Jobs
The increasing importance of data is introducing new roles to the financial sector. Wei-Shen looks to the future.
People Moves: Symphony, Cboe, Pico, SEC, Avelacom, Predata, HKEX
A look at some of the key "people moves" from June 17-21, including Emma Wheeler [pictured], who joins Pico.
The Day the Data Stood Still
With the UK preparing to leave the EU in March, regulators have a limited amount of time to figure out how to keep the flow of information going between each other post-Brexit—and the window is closing.