ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd today announced it has agreed to sell OnePath Life NZ Limited for NZ$700 million to Cigna Corporation, a specialist insurance business that has been providing insurance protection to New Zealanders for 100 years. The transaction represents a slight premium to embedded value and is expected to generate a gain on…
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AxiomSL, the global provider of regulatory reporting, data and risk management solutions, announced the appointment of Andrew Wood as the company’s Country Manager for Australia. Wood will be based in Sydney and his appointment is in line with the company’s commitment to expanding its Asia Pacific (APAC) footprint and growing client base in Australia. Andrew Wood…
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Vela Trading Technologies, a high performance trading and market data technology provider, today announced the appointment of two additions to the senior management team, Brian Cassin and Ollie Cadman. Providing leadership across North America, EMEA and APAC, Brian and Ollie will serve as joint heads of product and strategy. Reporting to Vela's CEO Jennifer Nayar, Brian…
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Tools for Brokers, a Forex technology company providing integrated solutions for brokerage businesses has just announced the official opening of new office in Shanghai. The company stated the step was motivated by the intensification of company's activities in the APAC (Asia-Pacific) region. Lately the company faced the need for frequent travels to Asia to sign…
Read moreLiquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has announced a record in the third quarter in Asia Pacific as buy-side Members increased trading activity amid a spike in marketmoving events. Volumes rose 27% on the previous quarter with US$8.99 billion principal traded in APAC for the quarter. This included records in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and Indonesia. Regional…
Read moreGold-i announced today it is accelerating its growth plans in Asia with the appointment of industry veteran, Hans von der Recke as Head of Sales for Asia Pacific (APAC) and the opening of a new office in Japan. The appointment coincides with Gold-i celebrating eight years in business and restructuring its UK-based sales team to…
Read moreXTX Markets today announces that Ted Yang has joined the firm’s Business Development team in Asia. Yang will be based in Singapore and joins from Tower Research where he worked as the Head of Technical Implementation Management in APAC. Previous to this, he was Head of the Electronic Trading Client Services team at Samsung Futures…
Read moreFlexTrade Systems, the industry pioneer in broker-neutral algorithmic trading platforms for equities, foreign exchange and listed derivatives, has announced that it has opened a representative office in Sydney, Australia. FlexTrade has been building its presence in the APAC region with senior sales hires. With the proposed increases in superannuation contributions there will be an increase in…
Read moreThe new office in Singapore, which is the first branch of the company in Asia, will serve as an important hub for clients seeking to expand their business into new markets.
Read moreThe agreement, which strengthens Azul's presence in the Asia-Pacific region, will enable New Zealand banks and financial services institutions to deploy Zing, Azul's Java Virtual Machine.
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