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Nasdaq OMX has elevated Magnus Billing to president of Nasdaq OMX Stockholm to help guide the exchange through regulatory changes. read more>

Russian broker Otkritie Capital has elevated its head of repo and treasury to CEO as part of a staff reshuffle. The firm is preparing to meet the growing demand for Russian instruments linked to efforts to modernise the country's equity capital markets. read more>

US wholesale broker and market operator GFI Group has indicated an expansion of electronic trading services with the appointment of James Toffey as global head of electronic markets - a new position in the firm. read more>

Equities clearing expert Scott Riley has joined Morgan Stanley in London as executive director, leading the firm's equities clearing initiative, theTRADEnews.com has learned. read more>

Sell-side trade body the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has appointed former US senator Judd A. Gregg as CEO and former US representative Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. as president. read more>

Brokerage and trading services provider ConvergEx Group has appointed its head of electronic equity trading and sales to CEO of the firm's UK based broker-dealer, ConvergEx Ltd. read more>

BATS Chi-X Europe, the region's largest equities trading venue by volume traded, has appointed David Howson as COO from rival multilateral trading facility Equiduct Systems. read more>

Singapore Exchange has hired Jenny Chiam as senior vice president of head of securities to lead the venue's equities strategy. read more>

Chi-X Australia, the alternative trading venue, has confirmed that former GETCO and Instinet executive John Fildes will replace outgoing CEO Peter Fowler on 1 May. read more>

Sources have told theTRADEnews.com that RBS' global head of futures and options is set to leave the UK state-owned bank. read more>