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Exclusive: Fed CDO and DMRAV Headliner Bottega Takes on OFR Advisory Role
The US Office of Financial Research (OFR) has bagged another advisor in addition to recent Treasury appointee and ex-Morgan Stanley economist Richard Berner in the form of chief data officer (CDO) for the Markets Group at the New York Federal Reserve John Bottega. Bottega, who joined the Fed as CDO back in 2009 and is headlining...
Thomson Reuters Strengthens China Leadership Team
Thomson Reuters today announced Chen Huang has been appointed the managing director of Investment & Advisory in China. The expansion of Thomson Reuters leadership team in China underscores the company’s commitment to growing its business by building local market expertise in China and across the Asia Pacific region. In this new role, Huang will be...
Algorithmics Makes Case for Data Oriented Risk Management
In its latest paper, Algorithmics sets out the case for an integrated data-oriented approach to risk management, and outlines the practical steps risk IT professionals can take to achieve this. Based on Algorithmics’ innovative risk technology and decades of experience working with financial institutions around the world, the paper provides insight into risk-specific data issues,...
EDI and Failstation Combine their Expertise to Meet Client’s STP Goals
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of back office data, announced today a partnership with FailStation, the industry utility that aggregates real time failed trade and pre-matching trades for the industry. Middle Office Solutions (MOS) and Exchange Data International (EDI) have signed a partnership agreement to expand the products and services offered to their clients,...
Aria Protected Funds Selects Pricing Partners’ Derivatives Independent Valuation Services
Pricing Partners announced today that Aria Protected Funds, a Luxembourg-based manager of high yield, protected funds, has selected Pricing Partners’ flagship independent valuation platform, Price-it Online (PIO) for its alternative assets. Aria Protected Funds will use Price-it Online to further validate and challenge counterparty pricing. Price-it Online will add an additional level of transparency and...
Credit Suisse Hires Roger Lehman as Head of CMBS Research
Credit Suisse has hired Roger Lehman as managing director and head of Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Research, responsible for research and analysis that will support the bank’s re-entry into CMBS origination as well as its secondary trading desk. He will report to Dale Westhoff, global head of Securitized Products Research, and will join the Credit...
Profidata Group: Gunther Glabbatz New Regional Director for Germany and Austria
Profidata Group, a provider of investment and wealth management software, has announced the hire of Gunther Glabbatz. Glabbatz will take responsibility for business development in Germany and Austria. Prior to joining Profidata, Glabbatz held a similar role at SimCorp. Glabbatz has a broad experience with IT-implementation projects in the asset management, banking and insurance business....
Stuffed with Standards
Last week witnessed the continuing evolution of a new standard for the identification of legal entities across the financial markets with the publication of the Sifma led coalition of associations’ feedback on the subject to the Office of Financial Research (OFR). But will it be just another standard to add to the many that the...
Hitchon of Deutsche Bank Named to DTCC Board
Jonathan Hitchon, co-head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Prime Finance business, has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Hitchon was elected to the board replacing Robert Kaplan of State Street Bank and Trust, whose term had expired. All other members of the board were reelected, except for...
State Street Appoints Craig Butterworth to Head of Fixed Income Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa
State Street Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, today announced the appointment of Craig Butterworth to head of fixed income sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Butterworth will lead State Street Global Market’s fixed income sales team and will be responsible for expanding its rates business with...