Tarbert is 14th CFTC Chairman Dr. Heath P. Tarbert, the CFTC’s new chairman, is vowing to “hit the ground running” as his term kicked off July 15, and marks the end of J. Christopher Giancarlo’s service as head of the regulator for the commodities and derivatives trading industry. “At its core, the CFTC is a… Read More >>
FlexTrade to Apply Corvil’s Analytics to Client Performance
Corvil to Help FlexTrade Users Optimize Executions FlexTrade, a multi-asset execution and order management systems (OMS) vendor, is using Corvil Analytics as a way to improve client performance across FlexTrade’s trading solutions, officials say. The combination will enable FlexTrade to provide clients with Corvil’s machine-time analytics, which allows FlexTrade to identify areas for optimization that… Read More >>
Options Clearing Corp. Taps Citi for New President-COO
New OCC Exec to Take Control in May The Options Clearing Corp. (OCC), the equity derivatives clearing organization, reports that John P. Davidson, a veteran in the financial services industry, has joined as president and chief operating officer (COO), effective May 8. Davidson, who will report to OCC Chairman and CEO Craig Donohue, and replaces… Read More >>
CloudMargin & SmartDX Tackle the Variation Margin Rule
Variation Margin Rule Takes Effect March 1 CloudMargin, at web-based collateral and margin management solution, and SmartDX, which provide trade and relationship document generation, collaboration and processing announced that they have partnered to address the daily variation margin (VM) rule that goes into effect March 1 in the European Union, United Kingdom, United States and… Read More >>
