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Avelacom Appoints Timothy Wong as VP of Sales in APAC and Opens Hong Kong Office
Avelacom, the low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and data solutions provider, has appointed Timothy Wong as VP of Sales for the APAC region. Wong joins from Xenith IG (formerly Superloop Asia) and brings over 15 years of experience working in data and network systems across sales, business development and technology. In addition, the company has…
Adaptive Launches Aeron Open-Source Community and Announces Aeron Premium
Adaptive Financial Consulting, the electronic trading technology solutions provider, has announced the next phase of development for its Aeron platform, which Adaptive acquired in February 2022, when it bought Real Logic. Since the acquisition, Adaptive has doubled the size of the Aeron engineering team. To continue with its commitment to the open-source Aeron technology, Adaptive…
OpenSee Positions for Growth with New Hires in US
OpenSee, the financial data analytics company, has made one global appointment and added three executives in its New York office to drive sales and broaden support for international and domestic clients in the US. Abdul Anwari and Michael Bailleux join as US Sales Directors, reporting to Rodrigo Medgenberg, who was appointed as VP Sales late…
BMLL Hires Industry Veteran Rob Laible as Head of Americas
Following its recent US$26 million funding round, BMLL, the independent provider of harmonized, historical Level 3 data and analytics, has appointed industry veteran Rob Laible as Head of Americas, with plans to open a New York area-based office. Laible comes with over 30 years’ experience of running global institutional businesses across sales and trading, technology,…
Pico Appoints Bo Zhou as Head of APAC
Pico, the technology services, software, data and analytics vendor, has named Bo Zhou, Ph.D., as Head of APAC to oversee Pico’s continued growth in the region. Zhou brings more than 15 years of financial markets industry experience and was most recently Partner and Senior Managing Director for IHS Markit (now S&P Global). Previously, she served…
Taskize Hires James Pike as Head of Business Development
Taskize, the provider of inter-company workflow to the financial services industry, has announced the appointment of former Morgan Stanley Managing Director James Pike as Head of Business Development. Based in London, Pike brings over 24 years’ worth of industry knowledge and experience across securities and derivatives, having most recently held the role of EMEA Head…
Appital Appoints Matthew Jefford as Business Development Executive
Appital, the equity markets technology solution vendor, has appointed Matthew Jefford, an experienced equity markets specialist, as Business Development Executive. Jefford will help accelerate Appital’s growth strategy, specifically working with the asset management community to deepen platform liquidity, and support the firm’s mission to bring innovation and automation to equity markets. Jefford brings over 30…
Refinitiv and MayStreet – Traversing the Latency Spectrum
Following its acquisition of Refinitiv in 2021, to expand its Data and Analytics business, LSEG signed an agreement to buy US-based market data solutions vendor MayStreet in May this year. MayStreet was founded in 2012 by two market data practitioners, Michael Lehr & Patrick Flannery. After graduating from Rochester University with a degree in computer…
DTCC Appoints Nashira Spencer to Head Security
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure provider, has appointed Nashira Spencer as Chief Security Officer (CSO), responsible for managing DTCC’s enterprise-wide global information security, physical security, employee safety, and crisis/incident management functions. She will report to Tim Cuddihy, DTCC’s Group Chief Risk Officer. Spencer brings 20 years of leadership and…
Integral Hires Judy Goh to Head APAC Sales
Integral, the FX technology provider, has appointed Judy Goh as Managing Director and Head of Sales for APAC. Based in Singapore, Goh brings 16 years’ experience in the foreign exchange market, with management roles in e-FX institutional sales and business growth spanning across major financial institutions. Most recently, she held the role of Vice President…