Etrali Trading Solutions, maker of voice-trading, compliance and unified communication services, has announced that it is opening new offices in Sydney, Australia, the first thrust of a renewed push into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, officials say. From its Sydney offices, Etrali will manage its existing Australia client base and “support the growing demand for compliance… Read More >>
MSCI Names Head of ETF Coverage for Australia
MSCI, a vendor of investment decision support tools, has hired Tim Bradbury as vice president of exchange traded fund (ETF) coverage in Australia, officials say. In his new role, Bradbury will be responsible for “driving visibility, awareness and usage of the MSCI indexes within the fast growing ETF market in Australia, with a special focus… Read More >>
Dion Names Director for Australia and New Zealand
Financial technology vendor Dion Global Solutions has appointed David Bowles as regional director for Australia and New Zealand, officials say. In his new role, he will hold full P&L responsibility for the region, including strategic product development, new business and existing operations. Bowles has more than 20 years of experience in financial technology, and was… Read More >>
ASX Rips Up Its Back Office
With major productivity benefits in mind, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has overhauled its back-office operations and moved from highly manual, batch-oriented processes toward straight through processing and automated workflows for customer, securities reference and corporate actions data. ASX officials are anticipating productivity improvements as high as 80% for corporate actions processing; faster speed to… Read More >>
LCH.Clearnet Appoints Head of SwapClear Australia
Clearinghouse LCH.Clearnet reports that Marcus Robinson has been appointed head of SwapClear Australia. Robinson, who is an Australian citizen, has relocated to Sydney, where he will “support the growing demand for on-the-ground, robust interest rate derivative (IRD) clearing solutions,” the company says in a statement, which also notes that his mission is to lead “LCH.Clearnet’s… Read More >>
Perennial Value to Use Imagine’s Analytics Cloud
Imagine Software, a provider of financial risk and portfolio management solutions, reports that Perennial Value Management, part of an investment firm based in Australia, has selected Imagine’s cloud-based service for risk mitigation in its long-equity shares trust. Perennial manages $8.2 billion on behalf of institutional and retail clients, according to Imagine. “Imagine can easily aggregate… Read More >>
