Bloomberg L.P. announced that Mary Schapiro will become Bloomberg’s Vice Chair for Global Public Policy and Special Advisor to the Founder and Chairman. Ms. Schapiro, who has had a distinguished career as a financial services regulator under four U.S. presidents from both political parties, will oversee Bloomberg’s public policy and regulatory priorities globally. Ms. Schapiro’s service as the 29th SEC Chair culminated decades of regulatory leadership. She was the first woman to serve as SEC Chair, and the only person to have served as chair of both the SEC and the...

Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Tom Carey as President of its Global Technology and Operations (GTO) segment. Previously the President of Broadridge International, Carey reports directly to Tim Gokey, who will now become CEO of Broadridge in January 2019. As President of GTO, Carey will oversee the growth of Broadridge’s core technology business globally across Capital Markets and Wealth and Investment Management. He will continue to serve on Broadridge’s Executive Committee.   A 25-year veteran, Carey helped combine all of Broadridge’s international...

Nasdaq Inc. has announced that Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) will roll out the Nasdaq Real-Time Risk solution across all of HKEX’s cash and derivatives markets via the Nasdaq Financial Framework. The Real-Time Risk solution is tailored to the needs of central clearing counterparties (CCPs) through facilitating operations and compliance with regulatory requirements.

MainFirst Bank AG, a leading independent European equity research and trading firm, will acquire the institutional brokerage business in European equities from Raymond James in Paris and London effective December 1, 2018. As part of this acquisition, MainFirst will also add 29 employees from Raymond James in Paris including Research, Sales and Sales Trading and a further six Research employees in London. These individuals will be integrated into the MainFirst organization.

FIF will be holding our Annual Chicago Financial Markets Event on Tuesday October 16, 2018 at Cboe Global Markets (400 South LaSalle Street, Chicago). Join us for a luncheon and a panel discussion on current market transparency trends. Seats are limited so please Register Here today.

FIF CAT Tech Spec Review Working Group -  Finished our review of the Tech Spec and reviewed the comment letter to ThesysCAT.  FIF submitted a full comment letter and associated feedback to ThesysCAT, the SROs, and the SEC on Monday, October 1. FIF Manual Events Subgroup - Reviewed the materials on Manual Route Events as a follow-up to our discussions with the SROs FIF Error Correction Subgroup -  Revived the Error Correction Subgroup to discuss zero-based file location index provided in the feedback files and the requirement that all feedback files will be submitted to...

SS&C Technologies has completed its $1.45 billion acquisition of investment management software services provider Eze Software. According to a story in The Trade, the acquisition of Eze Software will add 1,050 employees in 15 offices and more than 2,500 clients across five continents to SS&C Technologies. Eze Software provides execution management systems (EMS) and order management systems (OMS) to asset managers and has itself acquired companies to improve its products and services. The company exists today as a combination of Eze Castle Software, RealTick, and Tradar.

Sabet Elias joins BNY Mellon as chief technology officer after more than seven years in the same role for sales and trading within the global banking and markets division at Bank of America. He has more than 20 years’ experience in building and operating trading technology, having also formerly been chief technology officer and global head of electronic trading infrastructure at Citigroup. At Citigroup, Elias was responsible for strategy, architecture and a cross-asset platform that enables consistent pricing and risk calculations throughout the entire technology stack. Prior to his...

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will host the inaugural Cboe Risk Management Conference (RMCSM) in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, November 6. Similar to Cboe RMC U.S., Europe and Asia, traders, strategists and researchers will discuss the latest thinking and products for managing risk, enhancing yields and lowering portfolio volatility. The conference is planned to feature 10 sessions in one day, with presentations and discussions led by 12 industry experts. The full agenda and list of speakers is available at www.cboermctelaviv.com