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SimCorp’s Schröter Elaborates on Decision to Partner with Aim Software for Data Heavy Lifting
SimCorp’s recently announced decision to partner with data management solution provider Aim Software was based on the desire to better support its clients’ requirements around golden copy record production, explains Marc Schröter, SimCorp’s senior vice president and head of strategic research. Up until now, the vendor has left its clients to deal with the process of…
FRSGlobal adds two Vice-Presidents to Executive Management Committee
FRSGlobal, the industry-recognised leader in content-rich solutions for unified global regulatory reporting and risk management, today announced that it has appointed Nancy Schneier as Vice President Global Alliances and Wolfgang Prinz as Vice President Product Management. Nancy joins with over 25 years’ experience of selling and delivering technology solutions in the financial services industry, managing…
Netik’s Management Team Focusing on Data Management Value Adds Such as Analytics and Downstream Requirements, Says New Recruit Mason
Following the management shake up that took place at the start of the year, data management outsourcing solution vendor Netik has kicked off a strategic review to better understand what the vendor has historically done well and where it can improve its solutions for the benefit of its user community, explains John Mason, who joined…
Defining the Data Agenda
Data management is certainly a hot topic of late but how is the industry to have a structured and meaningful discussion about it when there are so many issues to be covered? As I have noticed when chairing discussions on reference data topics at past events, it is very easy to get sidetracked by particular…
Avox’s Price and DTCC’s Kirby Explain Integration Plans and Utility Potential
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) acquisition of Avox has given the UK-based counterparty and entity data vendor the ownership structure it has long needed to establish itself as an industry utility, according to CEO Ken Price. As noted by Reference Data Review, the appeal for DTCC was in adding the final piece of…
SunGard Boosts Data Management Offering By Combining MarketMap and Fame Under SaaS Banner
In line with the current trend in the vendor community towards launching software as a service (SaaS) versions of data management solutions, SunGard has decided to combine its Fame and MarketMap offerings under the banner of a new SaaS environment. The vendor has just integrated Exchange Data International’s (EDI) corporate actions data feed into MarketMap and…
Another One Jumps Ship at Fiserv: Hopcroft Joins XSP as Senior Sales Exec
Following the exit of ex-Investment Services head Geoff Harries and ex-marketing head Irene Mulkeen earlier this year, Fiserv has lost yet another corporate actions focused executive in the form of former sales exec Ben Hopcroft, who has joined eVent rival XSP. Hopcroft is now senior sales executive and account relationship manager for the EMEA region…
Focus on Corporate Governance Could Prove a Boon for Proxy Voting Automation, Says Computershare’s Sarkar
The recent regulatory and market interest in the area of corporate governance could prove to be beneficial for the drive to further automate the proxy voting space, said Naz Sarkar, director of Computershare Investor Services, which provides online shareholder services. By calling for the voting process to be made easier and for more shareholders to…
DST Global Solutions Strengthens Client Relationship Strategy with Key Hires
DST Global Solutions, a provider of business solutions and services to the global investment management industry, has enhanced its client relationship strategy with the appointment of two senior global account managers. Michael Walsh joins DST Global Solutions from State Street Corporation, where he headed up the company’s UK MEA Investor Services business. A qualified accountant,…
GBST’s Shah Talks up New Corporate Actions Solution Launch for Broker Community
Following its rebrand under its parent company’s name in August, the vendor formerly known as Coexis, GBST, has decided to join the corporate actions vendor community. As one of a number of new entrants this year into this already fairly well populated market, GBST is attempting to set itself apart by tailoring its solution to…
