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Tourmaline Partners Expands Global Trading Capabilities with Three New Senior Hires

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Tourmaline Partners, LLC (“Tourmaline”), one of the world’s leading outsourced trading solutions firms, today announced it has strengthened its global trading capabilities by adding three seasoned professionals, former Partner at Mariana Capital, Simon Bradley, former Liquidnet Co-Head of Trading (EMEA) and Head of USI, James Kirk, and former BTIG institutional sales trader, James Williams.

Key Points: 
  • Tourmaline Partners, LLC (“Tourmaline”), one of the world’s leading outsourced trading solutions firms, today announced it has strengthened its global trading capabilities by adding three seasoned professionals, former Partner at Mariana Capital, Simon Bradley, former Liquidnet Co-Head of Trading (EMEA) and Head of USI, James Kirk, and former BTIG institutional sales trader, James Williams.
  • Aaron Hantman, Chief Executive Officer and Partner at Tourmaline, said, “We are thrilled to welcome executives of James Kirk, Simon Bradley, and James Williams’ caliber to Tourmaline’s growing global trading team.
  • They are proven investment professionals who all have demonstrated a track record of success and leadership across global equities trading.
  • Mr. Kirk brings nearly 20 years of experience in global equities trading to Tourmaline, having worked at both investment banks and agency brokerage firms throughout his career.

Investortools Adds ICE’s Streaming Evaluated Bond Prices to the Investortools Dealer Network in Perform

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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“Increased price volatility in bond markets has been a valuable reminder about the importance of providing more transparency into the markets we serve,” said Jon Anderson, Chief Product Officer and Co-Head at Investortools.

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  • “Increased price volatility in bond markets has been a valuable reminder about the importance of providing more transparency into the markets we serve,” said Jon Anderson, Chief Product Officer and Co-Head at Investortools.
  • Best Execution & TCA - for measuring bond trade execution quality and trading effectiveness across a growing number of venues and protocols.
  • “With ICE’s CEP, we’re now able to offer companies like Investortools and their customers intra-day streaming evaluations for a much broader universe of fixed income securities.
  • Customers also operate in a straight-through-processing environment, with Perform providing pre-trade analytics and compliance, and trading through ICE’s Bond’s execution platform.

Equiduct launches trading of the Nordic markets on Apex

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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LONDON, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Equiduct, the pan-European retail exchange, announced today that it has launched the Nordic markets on Apex, Equiduct's commission-free, Best Execution service for retail orders. More than five million retail investors connected to Apex through their retail brokers now have access to 208 Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish stocks.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Equiduct, the pan-European retail exchange, announced today that it has launched the Nordic markets on Apex, Equiduct's commission-free, Best Execution service for retail orders.
  • The Apex service for the Nordic region is supported by a pool of liquidity providers who are committed to deliver additional retail-specific liquidity in the Equiduct order book.
  • Josephson, who will be covering all Nordic markets from Stockholm, joins Equiduct from Infront ASA, where he worked as Sales Director for almost eight years.
  • [1] Source: Nasdaq, 26 September 2022, "4 Takeaways From Recent Retail Activity in Nordic & Baltic Markets" Report, available: https://www.nasdaq.com/docs/2022/09/27/4-Key-Takeaways-from-Recent-Retai...

Equiduct launches trading of the Nordic markets on Apex

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Competence, Competent authority, ADV, Best execution, Berlin, Directive 2014/65/EU, Nasdaq, COVID-19, BBO, ETF, Financial adviser, Nordic, Apex, Börse Berlin

LONDON, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Equiduct, the pan-European retail exchange, announced today that it has launched the Nordic markets on Apex, Equiduct's commission-free, Best Execution service for retail orders. More than five million retail investors connected to Apex through their retail brokers now have access to 208 Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish stocks.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Equiduct, the pan-European retail exchange, announced today that it has launched the Nordic markets on Apex, Equiduct's commission-free, Best Execution service for retail orders.
  • The Apex service for the Nordic region is supported by a pool of liquidity providers who are committed to deliver additional retail-specific liquidity in the Equiduct order book.
  • Josephson, who will be covering all Nordic markets from Stockholm, joins Equiduct from Infront ASA, where he worked as Sales Director for almost eight years.
  • [1] Source: Nasdaq, 26 September 2022, "4 Takeaways From Recent Retail Activity in Nordic & Baltic Markets" Report, available: https://www.nasdaq.com/docs/2022/09/27/4-Key-Takeaways-from-Recent-Retai...

Football: finalists Globe Soccer Awards 2022 elected by 10 million votes from fans all around the world

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Thursday, November 3, 2022
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After a successful first round of public voting, yielding a record-breaking 10 million votes, football fans worldwide have now elected the finalists for the Globe Soccer Awards 2022 who will advance to the second and final round of voting.

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  • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After a successful first round of public voting, yielding a record-breaking 10 million votes, football fans worldwide have now elected the finalists for the Globe Soccer Awards 2022 who will advance to the second and final round of voting.
  • For the TikTok Fans Player of the Year fans selected: Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland, Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo e Mohamed Salah.
  • The same are selected also for the Best Men's Player of the Year with Luis Daz e Sadio Man.
  • For the Best President of the Year fans selected: Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Pinto da Costa, Herbert Hainer, Florentino Prez e Paolo Scaroni.

ICE Best Execution Platform Expands Coverage to Over 2 Million Fixed Income Securities

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Monday, June 13, 2022
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced enhancements to its Best Execution service, which more than doubles coverage to over 2 million fixed income instruments.

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  • Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced enhancements to its Best Execution service, which more than doubles coverage to over 2 million fixed income instruments.
  • ICEs Best Execution service provides trade-by-trade measures of relative execution quality for both on-the-run securities and those that do not generally have robust transactional data or fit into traditional execution workflows.
  • The new web-based Best Execution platform offers a graphical interface and allows customers to analyze best execution results for more than 2 million securities including many that are not captured by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) and Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) datasets.
  • ICE has had extensive experience evaluating and providing analytics for both liquid and thinly traded fixed income securities, which customers need the most help valuing, said Amanda Hindlian, President of Fixed Income and Data Services at ICE.

Tourmaline Partners Adds Senior Traders in London and Sydney to Support Continued Global Growth

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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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STAMFORD, Conn., LONDON and SYDNEY, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tourmaline Partners, LLC, the world's leading outsourced trading solutions firm, today announced key new hires in London and Sydney to further strengthen its team of global trading experts.

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  • STAMFORD, Conn., LONDON and SYDNEY, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tourmaline Partners, LLC, the world's leading outsourced trading solutions firm, today announced key new hires in London and Sydney to further strengthen its team of global trading experts.
  • He comes to Tourmaline with more than twenty-five years of experience in financial markets, most recently as European Head of Equity Derivatives at BTIG for ten years.
  • Gleesoncomes to Tourmaline with more than twenty-five years of direct pan-Asian trading experience, spanning electronic, high-touch and block trading.
  • The new hires are emblematic of continued growth for Tourmaline globally.

CAE's Hélène V. Gagnon honoured with 2022 Report on Business Best Executive Award

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Friday, April 29, 2022
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MONTREAL, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -CAE (NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE) is pleased to announce that Hlne V. Gagnon, CAE's Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement has been awarded a 2022 Report on Business Best Executive Award.

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  • MONTREAL, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -CAE (NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE) is pleased to announce that Hlne V. Gagnon, CAE's Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement has been awarded a 2022 Report on Business Best Executive Award.
  • The Report on Business Best Executive Awards is an annual program to celebrate excellence among leaders at the SVP, EVP and C-suite (or equivalent) levels.
  • Hlne marries her astute knowledge of business with exceptional emotional intelligence she is a leader you want to follow.
  • Throughout her career, Hlne V. Gagnon has garnered 70 scholarships, awards, and distinctions, notably, the prestigious Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100 award from the Women Executive Network in 2007.

Tourmaline Partners Hires Industry Veteran Brett Fischer as Managing Director

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021
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Brett Fischer has joined as Managing Director, supporting business development and strengthening relationships with existing clients.

Key Points: 
  • Brett Fischer has joined as Managing Director, supporting business development and strengthening relationships with existing clients.
  • In addition, Michael Maloney has joined as a Director on the firms U.S. operations team, and Lavan Guruparan has joined as an Associate Director on Tourmalines Asia-Pacific (APAC) operations team.
  • Commenting on the new hire, Tourmaline CEO Aaron Hantman said: Were excited to welcome Brett to our team as we continue to respond to growing industry demand for outsourced trading services.
  • Tourmaline also announced the hiring of Michael Maloney as Director, US operations, and Lavan Guruparan as Associate Director, APAC operations.

Tourmaline Partners Hires Industry Veteran Brett Fischer as Managing Director

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
LLP, Technology, Industry, Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer, JPMorgan Chase, SEC, Heel, Leadership, FINRA, Apollo Global Management, Solution, GLOBE, LLC, FCA, Best execution, ITG, Growth, APAC, Financial services

Brett Fischer has joined as Managing Director, supporting business development and strengthening relationships with existing clients.

Key Points: 
  • Brett Fischer has joined as Managing Director, supporting business development and strengthening relationships with existing clients.
  • In addition, Michael Maloney has joined as a Director on the firms U.S. operations team, and Lavan Guruparan has joined as an Associate Director on Tourmalines Asia-Pacific (APAC) operations team.
  • Commenting on the new hire, Tourmaline CEO Aaron Hantman said: Were excited to welcome Brett to our team as we continue to respond to growing industry demand for outsourced trading services.
  • Tourmaline also announced the hiring of Michael Maloney as Director, US operations, and Lavan Guruparan as Associate Director, APAC operations.