Broadridge Appoints Veteran Carey to Head Securities Processing Business
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Tom Carey as president of its international securities processing solutions business. He will report directly to John Hogan, president and chief operating officer of Broadridge Financial Solutions. In his new role, Carey will be responsible for all aspects of Broadridge’s international securities processing business, which includes the international securities processing...
CGS and FOW Tradedata Launch Cusip Service for US Equity Options
Two months after the formal announcement of its partnership with UK-based futures and options specialist FOW Tradedata, Standard & Poor’s Cusip Global Services (CGS) business has launched its new Cusip Options Service for US listed equity options. The vendor began this year demonstrating an aggressive stance towards extending its reach into other areas of the...
DerivActiv Completes SAS 70 Type II Certification for Valuations
DerivActiv, a provider of independent valuations for fixed income, currency and equity derivatives, has completed a Statement of Auditing Standard No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II certification. “This certification is a more rigorous audit of the SAS 70 processes that we put in place in 2008,” says John Trefethen, chief financial officer of DerivActiv. “DerivActiv...
Westpac’s Putnam Joins QuIC to Head Biz Dev and Support in Asia
QuIC Financial Technologies, a global solutions provider of risk management, pricing and financial analytics, has appointed Mark Putnam to manage business development and support in the Asia Pacific region. Based in Sydney, Australia and reporting to the sales director North America and Asia, Putnam will focus on driving sales and forging strategic business relationships for...
Broadridge Financial Solutions Steps up to the Plate for Reference Data
It has undoubtedly been a busy start to the year for Broadridge Financial Solutions, with the signing of a number of partnership agreements in March and the launch of whole host of new solutions over recent months. One such endeavour is its venture into the corporate actions space, in concert with its wider push into...
EuroMTS Adds More Data and Functionality to Reference Data Platform
European fixed income securities marketplace, EuroMTS, has added more data and functionality to its online reference data platform, which it launched in collaboration with Exchange Data International (EDI) in October last year. The offering, aimed at providing descriptive, non-real-time information relating to all bonds listed on the MTS Markets, now features MTS Time Series data,...
Fincad Launches Software Development Kit for Pricing Analytics Integration
Fincad has launched a new software development kit that provides software vendors, banks and hedge funds with the ability to integrate Fincad analytics into new and existing systems. F3 SDK enables comprehensive measurement of the risk for all market data inputs at the trade or portfolio level. Built on a new object oriented architecture, F3...
Xignite and Broadridge Financial Services Enter Corporate Actions Arena
If further proof was needed that corporate actions is big news for the vendor community at the moment, the entry of new contenders into the market is a sure sign that there are more profits to be squeezed out of the sector. Earlier this week, Broadridge Financial Services announced that it is launching a new...
Euroclear Nederland Plans Launch of Shareholder Identification Service
Euroclear Nederland, the central securities depository (CSD) for all Dutch securities, is proposing to offer a service to help equity issuers identify the ultimate holders of their shares. As a result, investors would be able to more easily exercise their rights and duties as shareholders, and issuers would be in a better position to communicate...
SmartStream Expands Partnership with Syscom to Chinese Market
SmartStream Technologies has expanded its relationship with existing partner Syscom to sell the full suite of SmartStream’s Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) solutions throughout China. Syscom, a Taiwanese company, provides software applications and solutions to the Chinese financial services sector. It also delivers specialised professional consulting, testing services and technical support to clients including the Shenzhen...