Asset Control has appointed John Mitchell as North American sales director based in New York. Mitchell will be responsible for generating new business and expanding Asset Control’s regional presence. Previously, Mitchell was vice president of sales at Fortent, provider of risk and compliance solutions, and before that he was vice president of global sales and marketing at Bradmark Technologies, a database management software company.
The compliance deadline for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) has been pushed back a year to January 2018, giving financial institutions within its scope an opportunity to take a strategic rather than tactical approach to implementation. But whatever the approach, the scale of the regulation is large and the data management challenge...
Software AG today announced the introduction of process-driven Master Data Management through the acquisition of New Jersey-based Data Foundations Inc. Data Foundations is a provider of Master Data Management (MDM) software, used to optimise an organisation’s business performance. MDM gives organisations consistent and reliable information from differing data sources which can be utilised by virtually...
Now in its 8th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
It’s hard to believe that as early as the 2009 Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh the industry had recognised the need for greater transparency as part of a wider package of reforms aimed at mitigating the systemic risk posed by the OTC derivatives market. That realisation ultimately led to the Dodd Frank Act, and...