Yaron Takes Over from Esler at Bear Stearns
Bear Stearns’ managing director and principle Paul Yaron has become the new head of reference data services following the departure of Peter Esler earlier this year (RDR, May 2005).
Crammond to Spearhead Markit’s Asia Pac Development
Markit continues to expand its Asian practice, with a new office opening in Singapore to be run by David Crammond. Crammond joins from ABN Amro, where he was head of structured asset sales for the Asian region. Before then, he was based in ABN’s New York office, running structured credit sales. At Markit, he will...
S&P Further Boosts Securities Evaluations Group with Dooley Hire
Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations group has added Michael Dooley to its Interest Rate Swaps pricing team. Dooley has previously worked at firms including Prudential Securities, Sumitomo Bank Securities, and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He joins a growing team following more hires last month (RDR, May 2005). Prior to bringing Dooley on board, Standard...
Soliton for Sale in Early Sign Of Consolidation Of the Reference Data Management Industry
Reference and time-series data management provider Soliton is looking for investment from a strategic partner, or a potential outright sale of the company. Early signals, at the time of Reference Data Review’s press time, suggest the vendor has appointed an investment banker – Kirchner & Co. – to proactively contact potential suitors. The Canadian-based company...
McLean Joins Reuters Enterprise Information from S&P
Miranda McLean has joined Reuters Enterprise Information division to head marketing efforts within Europe. McLean will continue to be based in London and will report to Kelly Lavelle, global head of marketing for division. She joins from Standard & Poor’s where she spent two years as director of business development and marketing. Prior to that,...
FISD Taps Alvarez for Securities Model Chairman Role
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) has appointed Marc Alvarez as chairman of the Securities Model Working Group. Alvarez is executive vice president of products and marketing at data management firm Tap Solutions. As chairman, he will provide strategic direction for the group as it evaluates the administrative, technological, and taxonomy issues relating to market...
Paris Moves On From Deutsche Bank
David Paris has left Deutsche Bank where he was global head of information management services within the bank’s global technology and operations group, based in London. In this role he had worked on the data management initiatives focused on meeting regulatory requirements of KYC and Anti-Money Laundering. No word yet on where he plans to...
Esler Leaves Bear Stearns
Peter Esler is no longer with Bear Stearns where he held the position of managing director, global head of market data services. Here he had been involved in a reference data management services evaluation. His next move has not yet been decided.
Perry Re-Emerges Royal Bank of Scotland
Derek Perry has re-emerged at Royal Bank of Scotland as manager, operations change management. This follows a brief stint at BearingPoint, prior to which he was at Capco where he worked on reference data services.
Hirschfeld Leaves Citadel for Asset Control
David Hirschfeld has joined Asset Control as senior vice president of operations, a vendor that his previous firm Chicago-based Citadel Investment Group selected for data management services (Reference Data Review, December 2004). In his new role, Hirschfeld will be involved in initiatives including the turnkey solutions program, Asset Control Solutions Center for product demonstrations and...