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SunGard’s Scianna on the Position, Risk and Ops Focused Restructure and Plans for the Stream Solution Set This Year

As part of its overall push to better integrate its various solution sets following so many acquisitions over the last few years, SunGard has created a new division focused on supporting the position, risk and operations functions within financial institutions. Various parts from the old brokerage and clearance business, the wider capital markets group and...

Morgan Stanley’s Collier Rumoured to be Heading to Thomson Reuters

Following its furious spate of hiring new execs from vendors and financial institutions over recent months, data giant Thomson Reuters is rumoured to be adding yet another prominent industry figure to its ranks in the near future: current executive director and head of EMEA government relations for investment bank Morgan Stanley, Nick Collier. Collier, who...

First Derivatives Hires MD, Global Sales for Reference Data Solutions

First Derivatives, a provider of software and consulting services to global investment banks and hedge funds this morning announced the addition of Bret Bange to its management team. Based in NY, Bret will head global sales and marketing of FD’s suite of reference data solutions, which are marketed under the Group’s “Delta” product brand. As...

Project Brokers’ Cox Highlights Ref Data and Risk Management Applications of Biz Intelligence Software

In light of the current regulatory scrutiny of reference data, there has been a recent surge in the number of downstream data monitoring software solutions on the market and Project Brokers’ QlikView is a case in point. Daren Cox, CEO and managing director of the self-styled business intelligence consultancy, which was established back in 2005,...

MoneyMate Expands North American Operations

MoneyMate, a leading provider of investment data quality management solutions, today announced the continuing expansion of its operations in North America with the opening of a new office in Boston. MoneyMate has also appointed industry veteran Stephen B. Kraunelis as Senior Vice President, North American Sales. Mr. Kraunelis will be based in Boston. With 20...

ISO Standards for Legal Entity Data are More Important Than Those for Corporate Actions, Says PaceMetrics’ Giblin

The development of ISO standards for legal entity data should be prioritised over the push to get the industry to adopt ISO 20022 within the corporate actions world, according to Gerry Giblin, CEO of EDM vendor PaceMetrics. In the fifth in our series of talking heads on the challenges surrounding entity data management in the...

Data Infrastructure Investment on the Cards for 2011, Says SunGard’s Crowley

A desire for greater data transparency and consistency is driving firms to invest in their data infrastructures, according Janet Crowley, general manager of SunGard’s data management solution, Fame. Crowley, who has long been a proponent of managed data services, indicates that SunGard saw an uptick in interest in the vendor’s Fame solution set last year...

A Single Standard for Legal Entity Data May be a Long Way Off, Says Thomson Reuters’ Rice

The regulatory community may be keen for the industry to adopt standardised legal entity identifiers, but the adoption of a single suitable standard for these purposes may take some time. In the fourth in our series of talking heads on the challenges surrounding entity data management in the current market, Tim Rice, global head of...

Cleansing Entity Data is a Priority for Firms Facing Regulatory and Risk Management Challenges, Says Interactive Data’s Cumberbatch

Bob Cumberbatch, European business lines director at Interactive Data, speaks to A-Team Insight about his views on the developments within the legal entity identification space, including the lessons learned in the wake of the fall of Lehman. In the third of our series of talking heads on the challenges surrounding entity data management in the...

A-Team Webinar (Recorded): The Current State of Risk Data Quality

Click below to watch the webinar (recorded Jan 27, 2011) for free! The marketplace waits with bated breath for firm details of regulatory initiatives which will have significant implications for data management practices within financial institutions. While these details remain in discussion and development, it’s clear that regulators are taking data quality very seriously. In...