Northern Trust Capital Markets announced today that it has hired Ben Brownette as a research analyst in its Sydney, Australia office.

This appointment marks the first hire in the region by Northern Trust Capital Markets since acquiring institutional brokerage business, Aviate Global in May this year. This acquisition brought Northern Trust its second office in Australia.

Swipestox GmbH, Frankfurt, has sealed a further partnership with Forex Capital Markets LLC, New York, joining its growing network. Forex Capital Markets LLC, in short FXCM, is a leading global online broker, listed on the New York Stock Exchange and winner of multiple awards. FXCM traders who engage in mobile social trading on the SwipeStox app may trade all major forex crosses, international indices and soft commodities.

ACTIV Financial, a global provider of real-time, multi-asset financial market data and solutions, and big xyt, the leading provider for data and analytics solutions on large datasets, today announced the launch of ACTIV X-ray, a cloud-based tick data repository which will enhance the way trading firms discover and test new venues or meet ever growing regulatory requirements.

ACTIV X-ray provides a unique set of capabilities to rapidly turn market data and analytics into business value:

ACTIV Financial reports that RSJ has selected ACTIV X-ray to help identify trading opportunities as they expand their trading activity in new asset classes and trading venues.

Fiserv, a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Dakota Plains Credit Union, based in Edgeley, North Dakota, has selected an integrated technology suite from Fiserv.

Subsequent to CustomerXPs’ Clari5 being voted Best Fraud Detection Product at the Annual OpRisk Awards in London in June 2016, Kris Finsoftware and CustomerXPs have announced a customized version of the acclaimed product available directly to banks in Asia Pacific to meet their specific requirements.

Bancolombia and First Data, a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, announced a s

Lazard announced today that Christopher Mulshine has joined the firm as a Managing Director in Private Capital Advisory, effective immediately. He is based in New York.

“Chris brings more than 15 years of experience as a trusted advisor to institutional investors and fund managers,” said William Riddle, Managing Director and head of Lazard’s Private Capital Advisory Group. “His insight and relationships will further bolster our expertise in credit and debt strategies as we increase our capabilities in this area to meet client demand.”

HSBC Private Bank today announced the appointment of Joe Abruzzo as Business Head of North America.

In this role, Abruzzo will be responsible for driving and executing HSBC’s strategy for private banking across North America, particularly in the US, a key market for HSBC Global Private Bank. He will also serve as a member of the HSBC Global Private Bank Executive Committee.

Based in New York, Abruzzo will report to Marlon Young, Regional Head of Global Private Banking, US & Latin America.