Asset Control Appoints John Mitchell to Lead North American Sales
Asset Control has appointed John Mitchell as North American sales director based in New York. In his new role Mitchell will be responsible for generating new business and expanding Asset Control’s regional presence for its centralised reference and financial data management solution for financial institutions. Prior to joining Asset Control, Mitchell was vice president of...
LakeFront Data Ventures Adds Ian Mathers as Associate Partner
LakeFront Data Ventures (LDV) says Ian Mathers has joined the LDV Data Management Partner Program as a LakeFront associate partner. He will be concentrating his efforts on project management and implementation and process engineering and improvement. Mathers was most recently with Royal Bank of Canada as a senior IT/data partner in Credit Risk, Ops Risk...
SEI’s Ventura Joins LakeFront’s Partner Programme
Edward Ventura has joined the LakeFront Data Ventures (LDV) data management partner programme as a LakeFront associate partner. He will be focusing on expanding the LDV reference data consulting business. Most recently Ventura was senior product manager of asset data services for SEI, where he led the strategy and sourcing for redistribution and consumption of...
… While Telekurs’ Newbury Jumps Ship to Barclays Global Investors
Richard Newbury, formerly head of product management at Telekurs UK, has started his new role in the knowledge team at Barclays Global Investors.
Telekurs Fills Long-Vacant UK MD Role as Cole Joins from CounterpartyLink…
Martin Cole has joined Telekurs UK as managing director, taking a position that has been unfilled since early last year. Cole comes from legal entity data specialist CounterpartyLink, where he was head of sales and marketing. He brings 20 plus years of experience in the industry, including a stint as managing director, UK and Ireland,...
GoldenSource’s McCormick Follows Lind to Omgeo
Omgeo, the Thomson Financial/DTCC-owned provider of post-trade, pre-settlement services including Alert for standing settlement instructions (SSIs), has hired Fritz McCormick as data business director. McCormick comes from GoldenSource, where he was vice president of business development and alliances. Prior to that he worked at analyst Celent. McCormick is responsible for the evolution of Omgeo’s data...
Tony Kirby Trades in Accenture for Ernst & Young
Tony Kirby has left Accenture – which he joined to work in its data management and managed reference data services business, but where he ultimately spearheaded much of the consultancy’s MiFID work – to join Ernst & Young as head of regulation and compliance.
Laura Martinez of XSP Elected Vendor Co-Chair of ISITC Corporate Actions Working Group
XSP’s Laura Martinez, principal product manager, has been elected as vendor co-chair of the ISITC Corporate Actions Working Group. In this position, Martinez will collaborate with the group’s co-chairs and members to review ISO 15022 standards and direct enhancements to message content that promote STP for corporate actions. Martinez has been an active participant of...
Catherine Downhill Joins Fitch Ratings’ Global Business Development Team
Fitch Ratings has appointed Catherine Downhill as commercial director for Fitch’s Valuspread and Market Implied Ratings services. She joined Fitch on Monday December 10 and reports to Thomas Aubrey, managing director in Fitch’s Global Business Development team, London. Prior to joining Fitch, Downhill was most recently business manager for equity and fixed income evaluated pricing...
Omgeo Hires Matthew Nelson, Fritz McCormick to Research New Areas of Growth
Omgeo, the Thomson Financial/DTCC-owned provider of post-trade, pre-settlement services, has hired Fritz McCormick as data business director and Matthew Nelson as director, market intelligence. McCormick comes from GoldenSource where he was vice president of business development and alliances, and prior to that he worked at analyst Celent. Nelson comes from analyst TowerGroup, and counts a...