Dan Barnes
dan.barnes@fi-desk.comThe Editorial Director at Markets Media Europe, Dan strives to become an integral part of traders’ networks by ensuring they are informed and helped by the information we deliver. Dan wrote the world’s first article on predatory trading algorithms in 2004, and has won multiple State Street ‘Journalist of the Year’ awards in several categories. In his spare time, Dan makes longbows.
Brian Hickey joins LedgerEdge as firm deepens bench
Brian Hickey, LedgerEdge.
Erik Swords to head AllianzGI’s technology investment team
Walter Price, Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI).
Barclays hit by US$450 million loss on ETNs
Barclays has reported it has made an estimated loss of US$450 million on exchange-traded notes (ETNs). As the bank noted in a statement, ETNs are “riskier than ordinary ...
TransFICC investment to deliver e-trading platform with trader desktop
TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for fixed income and derivatives markets, has closed a Series A extension for US$17 ...
DataBP expands data services business with MarketAxess
Mark Schaedel, CEO, DataBP.
James Rubinstein new Americas head of execution and quantitative services at Liquidnet
James Rubinstein head of execution and quantitative services (EQS), Americas, Liquidnet.
What FINRA’s trade reporting changes tell us about consolidated tapes
Understanding the difference between commercial and public data offerings is crucial for data users. A good example of this difference can be found with a reclibration ...
How the effects of war are spreading in Asia
The war in Ukraine outside of Europe is, from a capital markets perspective, driving a ‘risk-off’ attitude across issuers, buy-side and sell-side firms. As previously ...
On The DESK: Tobi Molko, Bridgewater Associates
Talent acquisition, automation and the protection of trade data in the year ahead are key priorities for Tobi Molko, head of trading execution at Bridgewater Associates. ...
SEC proposes regulation of high-frequency trading firms in US Treasury market
US market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has proposed regulation of high-frequency trading (HFT) firms, also referred to as proprietary trading ...
BrokerTec integrates relative value curve spread trading with Broadway Technology
Fixed income and FX trading platform, BrokerTec, has partnered with Broadway Technology to make its relative value (RV) curve spread trading functionality available on ...
Raiffeisen Bank rolls out Chronicle FIX for global ETD business
Chronicle Software, a specialist provider of low-latency microservices and technology for financial services, has expanded its footprint in Raiffeisen Bank ...
Andrew Westhead named MD research for BestEx Research Group
BestEx Research Group, the execution analytics and measurement service provider for equities, futures, and foreign exchange trading, has appointed Andrew Westhead as ...
Clearlake Capital and Motive Partners to acquire BETA+ from LSEG
Behdad Eghbali, co-founder and managing partner, Clearlake.
Versana to launch syndicated loan platform
Cynthia Sachs, CEO, Versana (Courtesy of Versana).
