Appital
December 14, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Appital hires equity markets specialist Matthew Jefford

Mark Badyra, CEO, Appital, said: I am thrilled to welcome Matthew to the Appital team. His industry insights and equity markets expertise are invaluable as we implement our vision to bring technological innovation, efficiency and transparency to equity markets and unlock latent liquidity for investors. Jefford’s appointment comes as Appital recently announced VC funding and…

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FTX
December 13, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Samuel Bankman-Fried charged by SEC for defrauding investors, gets arrested in the Bahamas on criminal charges

The agency also pointed out as a key problem that Bankman-Fried kept the funds of Alameda and FTX mixed up together. The regulator alleges that he used that to make undisclosed investments, luxurious real estate purchases, and large political donations. SEC Chair Gary Gensler commented: We allege that Sam Bankman-Fried built a house of cards…

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Whistleblower
December 13, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Whistleblower receives a $20 million award from SEC

Creola Kelly, Acting Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower said: Whistleblowers may lead to the success of an enforcement matter by providing information that causes an investigation or examination to open or that meaningfully advances an existing investigation. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by…

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Equinix expands footprint in India with a fourth data centre
December 13, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Equinix expands in South Africa with a $160 million investment in a data center

With the new investment, the company enters strategically important connectivity hub for digital networks. The South African market boasts a significant network of submarine communications cables, established at several points across the country's 2,850 kilometres of coastline. Eugene Bergen, President, EMEA, Equinix, said: We entered the African continent earlier this year with the acquisition of…

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oneZero
December 13, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

oneZero adds Cboe FX and State Street to its EcoSystem

State Street will utilize shared, as well as tailored streams via direct relationships with their liquidity consumers. This will allow them to send clients a customized blend of liquidity, benefiting from multiple streams that allow for individual pricing per client segment according to flow characteristics, as well as shared streams for scalability. Ben Leit, Vice…

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