Managing the Desk 

Capco Launches Wealth Management Group November 18, 2009 | Capco has launched a North American Wealth and Investment Management Group to service wealth managers, investment institutions and investor services firms.

DTCC Developing Solution for Cost Basis Reporting Requirements
November 13, 2009 | DTCC is developing a solution to help firms comply with a mandate requiring the reporting of adjusted cost basis information to investors and the government.

Knight Launches Knight Link in Europe
November 11, 2009 | Knight Capital Group has launched its Knight Link trading model for European equities.

Jury Acquits Bear Stearns Managers
November 10, 2009 | A New York City jury said two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were not guilty of fraud by concealing the weakness of the fund, which collapsed in 2008.

What Will 2010 Bring for the Buy-Side Trading Desk?
November 09, 2009 | The events of the past year and a half forever altered the financial markets. With the fall of top firms, the rise of volatility, the glaring publicity around high-frequency trading and a dramatically new regulatory climate, the trading desk of 2010 is in for some major changes.

Cuttone & Company Appoints Nunley SVP Institutional Sales
November 09, 2009 | Blake Nunley has joined Cuttone & Company as senior vice president of institutional sales. Based in Dallas, Nunley will oversee growth of the firm's electronic trading solutions in the region, particularly Cuttone's direct market access platform.

UBS Names Weingram Equity Derivatives Strategy Head
November 06, 2009 | According to an internal memo confirmed by a UBS spokesperson, Seth Weingram has joined the firm as Managing Director and Head of Equity Derivatives Strategy.

Seven More Charged in Insider Trading Probe
November 05, 2009 | The latest charges include current and former employees at Galleon Group as well as Incremental Capital and the law firm Ropes & Gray. The charges focus on insider trading activities around mergers and acquisitions.


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Hedge Funds' Managed Accounts Assets to Rise 70% November 04, 2009
Tullett Prebon and Calypso Launch Correlation Service November 04, 2009
ConvergEx Tapped by Mahogany Partners To Build Block Trading Tech November 03, 2009
Ticonderoga Securities Launches Equiy Derivatives Group November 03, 2009
Patsystems Announces Connectivity to Taiwan Futures Exchange November 03, 2009
Paladyne, RiskMetrics Partner for Hedge Fund Risk Reports October 30, 2009
Direct Access Partners Hires Team from Van der Moolen Group October 29, 2009
Capco Expands Cap Markets Group to Meet Trading Demand October 28, 2009
AmInvestment Selects SunGard for Risk Modeling October 28, 2009
Stamford Risk Analytics Introduces New Approach to Enterprise Risk Management October 28, 2009
High-Frequency Trading Firms Seeking Tech Talent October 27, 2009
Proprietary Trading Firms Recruit Technical Talent Online October 26, 2009
Geyer Leaves JonesTrading October 26, 2009
BTIG Builds Out Capital Introduction Team October 21, 2009
Fincad Enhances Analytics Suite October 20, 2009
7ticks Expands Relationship with Telx October 20, 2009
DTCC To Relocate to New Jersey October 14, 2009
SunGard Provides Solution for Moroccan Securities Industry October 13, 2009
BofA Merrill Lynch Builds Out Electronic Sales Trading Group October 13, 2009
BTIG Hires Vikas Tandon to Head High Yield and Distressed Analytics October 12, 2009
ConvergEx To Acquire Cogent Consulting After Collapse of Consortium Deal October 08, 2009
J.P. Morgan Launches New Depositary Receipt Solution October 08, 2009
Shoreline Trading Appoints Prime Brokerage Sales MD October 07, 2009
UBS Investment Bank Expands Energy Banking Team October 06, 2009
Bloomberg Releases Enhanced FX Auctions Facility October 05, 2009
BofA CEO Ken Lewis Resigns Amid Controversy October 01, 2009
Northern Trust Enhances Online Risk Reporting September 24, 2009
Lighthouse Financial Launches Global Portfolio Trading Platform September 24, 2009
BGC Partners Raises $10M+ on Charity Trading September 18, 2009
Electronic Trading in India September 18, 2009
CastleOak Names New Sales, Trading Head September 16, 2009
ICAP Hires for New Alternative Investments Group September 16, 2009
Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack to Step Down September 11, 2009
HFT is Market Making Evolved, Says NYSE Exec September 03, 2009
Neonet Builds Out Sales and Trading Team September 03, 2009
Northern Trust Introduces Capital Call Modeling Tool September 03, 2009
DTCC Names Former Lehman CIO to CTO Post September 02, 2009
FinAnalytica Releases Enhanced Risk Analytics Platform September 01, 2009
Boston Financial Data Services Names Three to Board August 31, 2009
Hedge Funds Hiring Again August 27, 2009
Morgan Stanley Hiring Up to 400 Sales, Trading Positions August 21, 2009
Macquarie Group to Acquire Delaware Investments August 19, 2009
Advanced Markets Deploys Fortex FX Platform August 18, 2009
Chi-Tech Launches European High Speed Trading Network August 14, 2009
Madoff CFO Pleads Guilty, Ordered to Jail August 12, 2009
FCStone Implements TwoFour System for FX August 11, 2009
ConvergEx Hires Robert E. O’Brien to Expand West Coast Presence August 06, 2009
Auerbach Grayson Names Dahlen SVP of Nordic Sales July 21, 2009
Lesko Appointed Instinet Asia CEO July 20, 2009
Former BofA Equities Head Joins Nomura July 20, 2009
Collins Stewart Builds Out U.S. Fixed Income Business July 17, 2009
BlackRock Acquisition of BGI Presents Integration Challenges July 16, 2009
The New Bulge-Bracket Broker-Dealers Reveal Their Revamped Trading Operations. July 16, 2009
Re-Thinking the Trader Thought Process July 16, 2009
Agency Brokers Take Role in Credit Markets Recovery July 13, 2009
Simplifying Algorithm Access July 10, 2009
Nomura Strengthens International Trading Through Lehman Buy July 10, 2009
J.P. Morgan, Bear Choose Best of Breed July 10, 2009
Merrill and BofA Work to Integrate Trading Operations July 10, 2009
Barclays Benefits from Lehman’s Trading Leadership July 10, 2009
New Trading Desks at a Glance July 10, 2009
U.S. Equity Commissions On Institutional Trades Could Drop 25 Percent in 2009, Says Greenwich Study July 09, 2009
ConvergEx Appoints New European Transition Management Head July 08, 2009
Concept Capital Expands Chicago Sales and Trading Desk July 06, 2009
Hedge Fund Selects Derivatives.com for New Risk Tool June 30, 2009
Northern Trust Launches Cross-Border Pooling June 30, 2009
Agency Brokers Go On Hiring Binge to Launch Fixed-Income Desks June 25, 2009
Bond Traders Are Drawn to Agency Commisson Payouts June 24, 2009
Linedata Launches NAV Dashboard for MFact Suite June 23, 2009
Surge Trading Acquires Madoff Trading Platform, Launching Market Making Business June 19, 2009
High Frequency Trading: Red Flags and Drug Addiction June 18, 2009
Omgeo and EuroCCP Target Counterparty Risk on Buy-Side June 17, 2009
MKM Partners Hires Cumberland to Expand Research and Trading Products June 16, 2009
DST Global Solutions Enhances Risk Management Center June 15, 2009
Quraishi Joins NewOak Capital to Head Business Development June 11, 2009
BTIG Expands Global Fixed Income with Four New Hires June 10, 2009
Citi Maps Out Global Electronic Trading Reorg June 03, 2009
Market Data Challenges Loom for Firms June 03, 2009
Auerbach Grayson Names Kazan VP of Latin American Equities June 01, 2009
Photo Gallery: Celebs Help BTIG Raise $3 Million for Charity May 28, 2009
MetaBit Selects Solace Systems for Next-Gen Trading Platform May 26, 2009
Northern Trust Offers Liquidity Monitor for FoHFs May 22, 2009
Chi-X Europe to Offer Three-Way CCP Interoperability May 20, 2009
http://www.techonline.com/learning/webinar/212902640 May 20, 2009
JonesTrading Hires for Derivatives Push May 18, 2009
Northern Trust Issues RFI for Minority and Women-Owned Broker Dealers May 15, 2009
Cogent Partners Launches Hedge Fund Advisory Business May 11, 2009
Execution, LLC, Hires Market Strategist May 07, 2009
Instinet Signs Distribution Agreement with Decision Economics May 06, 2009
Knight Libertas Names Mullineaux Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income Team May 04, 2009
Sims Wilson Appointed President of M.R. Beal May 04, 2009
Timothy Fischer Joins Deutsche Bank High-Yield Desk April 30, 2009