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Netik Appoints Todd Rudley as Head of Americas Sales
Netik, the global leading provider of financial data creation, management and distribution services and solutions, announced today the appointment of Todd Rudley to the role of Head of Americas Sales. Rudley will be based out of Netik’s New York headquarters and will report directly to John Mason, Chief Operating Officer of Netik. He will lead...
S&P VRS Adds New Credit Risk Model to Credit Health Panel
S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies today announced the availability of a new credit risk model that provides relative credit assessments for rated and unrated public companies, incorporating enhanced operational, solvency and liquidity measures. This new model achieves improved ranking accuracy and enhanced overall performance through methodology enhancements. The enhanced model is available for use within...
ABSA Capital South Africa Selects Trillium Software for Data Compliance
Trillium Software, a business of Harte-Hanks and a leading enabler of Total Data Quality solutions, today announced that Absa Capital- the investment banking division of Absa Bank and affiliated to Barclays Capital, has selected the Trillium Software System to assess the quality of data and ensure it is compliant with key business process requirements. The...
NYSE Technologies Rolls Enterprise Ticker Plant
Based on several component products, NYSE Technologies has introduced its Enterprise Ticker Plant, designed to deliver market data to a wide variety of applications across a trading firm, from low-latency algorithmic trading systems to desktops running Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Says Brian Doherty, global product manager for Data Fabric, the offering is essentially a productisation of...
BBA Calls for Accountability and Strong Governance as New Regulators Take Shape
The new UK financial regulators currently being created need to be supported by strong systems of governance and accountability, the British Bankers’ Association has told HM Treasury. In its response to the latest Treasury consultation on regulatory reform, the BBA supported the new focus on supervising individual firms while also monitoring risk in the economy,...
Appointments at Societe Generale Securities Services
Paloma Pedrola has been appointed International Manager for Custody and Trustee Services. Based in Paris and reporting to Etienne Deniau, she will be responsible for coordinating existing custody and trustee services in Western Europe, (Germany, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom), Central and Eastern Europe (Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia), and Africa (Egypt,...
Virginie’s Blog – MiFIR: A New Breed of Data Requirements
Rather than opting for an all in one directive to herald the second coming of MiFID, the European Commission has split the update into two parts: a regulation and a directive. The Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) should be of particular interest to the data management community due to its focus on all aspects...
Broadridge Financial Solutions Today Acquires Palaydyne Systems for Approximately $76.5 Million
To significantly expand its services to buy-side clients, Broadridge Financial Solutions today announced the acquisition of Paladyne Systems for approximately $76.5 million in consideration subject to various adjustments. Paladyne is a rapidly growing provider of a market-leading set of solutions to enable global, multi-asset class investment managers and service providers to work more effectively, minimize...
Interactive Data Adds Ex-Omgeo and GoldenSource Exec McCormick to Ref Data Team
In line with its ongoing restructuring under the watchful eye of its private equity owners, Interactive Data has hired ex-Omgeo and GoldenSource exec Fritz McCormick to act as a senior product director for its Pricing and Reference Data segment. McCormick joins from Aite Group where he was a senior analyst with a focus on enterprise...
BNY Mellon Announces Two South African Appointments
BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has today announced the appointment of two new relationship managers in South Africa. Jacquelynne Anderson has joined BNY Mellon Asset Servicing as a Senior Relationship Manager. She was formerly Group Head of Operations at African Alliance stockbrokers. Lauren Czepek has taken on the role...