The Wealth Management Association announced an agreement with MSCI to provide the Private Investor Index Series.

MSCI will offer the wealth management community a series of flexible multi-asset class indices that will be augmented and enhanced over time based on the changing needs of the private client sector.

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM) announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CITIC Futures International Co. Limited (CITIC Futures International). The MOU establishes a cooperative relationship where the parties will collaborate on mutually beneficial business opportunities. They will also pursue projects to increase market liquidity, reliability and operating efficiency.    

Thomson Reuters today announced that it was named Technology Provider of the Year (non-bank) at the Structured Products Asia Awards 2016 for the company’s complex structured products and OTC derivatives pricing and analytics solution.

Tom Bendixen has been appointed as General Counsel for Cinnober, the leading independent and award-winning provider of exchange and clearing technology.

Ancoa, provider of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators, buy- & sell-side firms, today announced that MarketAxess Europe Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of MarketAxess Holdings Inc .

The European Commission’s decision will be welcome news for freelancers and micro-businesses - many of whom feel that they are getting a raw deal when it comes to paying tax.

We recently carried out research that found seven in ten (71%) UK micro-business owners in the UK felt that larger businesses benefited more from the tax system than they did. Projected across the UK’s 5.2 million-strong micro-businesses sector, which accounts for 95% of all businesses, that equates to millions of self-employed people who view the tax system with a sense of injustice.

BankUnited, Inc., announced that Rajinder P. Singh, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, will succeed John A. Kanas, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, as President and CEO effective January 1, 2017. Mr. Kanas will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Singh, along with Mr. Kanas, was one of the founding organizers of the Company in 2009, and has been instrumental in driving the turnaround and growth of the Company.

Many people underestimate how many organisations currently hold sensitive information about them a new survey has found.  The research, commissioned by sensitive data experts, Ground Labs, would suggest that the average UK consumer is actually far more giving than they realise.

Jiro Okochi, CEO and Co-founder of Reval, the leading global provider of a cloud-based platform for treasury and risk management, has been recognized as one of the most influential, creative, and powerful people in corporate treasury and transaction services byGlobal Finance magazine.