People Moves Monday: Cboe, Janus Henderson, FCA, and more…
The past week saw appointments and role changes across trading venues, the buy-side, and regulators.
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Cboe appoints new derivatives market intelligence director
Individual brings 15 years of experience in previous portfolio management and trading roles.
Susquehanna leads Series A investment for SpectrAxe
IMC and CTC are also involved as co-investors; the investment is expected to provide greater market access and liquidity depth in the OTC FX options market.
ESMA firms up rules of engagement amid market turbulence
Among the proposed rules are incoming changes to the operation of systematic internalisers (SI), with more structured processes for informing national regulators set to be introduced.
Buy- and sell-side in stand-off as US tariffs waiting game continues
A week on from the US’ so-called ‘Liberation Day’, Claudia Preece catches up with traders on both sides of the street to understand the state of play...
Amundi Technology partners with Murex to expand OTC derivatives capabilities
The offering combines Amundi’s ALTO platform with Murex’s OTC front-to-back solution to meet evolving market demands.
24 Exchange launches live swaps trading through CobaltFX partnership
Through leveraging CobaltFX’s Dynamic Credit process, the pair claim they can achieve more flexible and scalable client trade execution.
Janus Henderson and US life insurer Guardian unveil new strategic partnership
The move will see the firm become Guardian’s investment grade public fixed income asset manager, taking on the $45 billion investment grade public fixed income portfolio.
Citadel Securities leads $25 million Series B investment in TransFICC
Other investors include BlackFin Tech, AlbionVC, HSBC, Illuminate Financial, ING and neosfer; investment follows TransFICC announcement in November that it intends to bid to become the consolidated tape provider.
BNY facilitates first intraday repo trade through triparty platform
The intraday repo solution is designed to enable market participants to source liquidity for specified periods of time without the need to borrow for a full 24-hour period.