Transformative Projects are Unlikely to Happen this Year in the Risk Data Space, Says Kinetic Partners’ Collins
“In 2010 it will be difficult to do anything transformative,” John Collins, member of risk management platform provider Kinetic Partners focused on the vendor’s consulting business, told delegates to A-Team Insight Exchange in London this week. The cost pressures of the current market climate and an unwillingness to change core technology platforms will continue to...
Private Clouds Have Potential in the Enterprise Data Context, Agrees A-Team Insight Exchange Panel
Cloud computing may have become a buzzword for the industry but despite some reservations in the market about latency, it does have potential in an enterprise data context, agreed panellists at A-Team Insight Exchange in London this week. Market participants are seeking to streamline their usage of vendor data feeds and reduce their costs and...
Put Aside Preconceptions About Technology and Realise Data Aggregation for Risk Analysis Across Silos, Says Sybase’s Williams
In order to be able to fully realise the benefits of the risk analytics technology on the market firms must first put aside their preconceptions about what this technology is capable of, said Adrian Williams, business development director of Sybase, in his keynote speech to the delegates to A-Team Insight Exchange in London this morning....
SimCorp and AIM Software Partner to Provide Cleansed Data
SimCorp, a provider of highly specialised software for the investment industry, and AIM Software, a provider of financial data management solutions, have entered into a global collaborative agreement. The agreement enables SimCorp to provide AIM Software’s GAIN Data Management software to its clients, in conjunction with SimCorp Dimension, SimCorp’s seamless investment management solution. GAIN Data...
Former Reference Data Exec Van Lunteren Exits RBS, Unlikely to be the Last
After three years as head of common reference data for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and, prior to its acquisition, ABN Amro in the Netherlands, Martijn van Lunteren has exited the building. As noted by Reference Data Review earlier this month, RBS has made no secret of its plans to cut around 3,500 back office jobs over...
Agio Technology Targets Top 200 Hedge Funds with Outsourcing Offering, Plans HK Office Opening This Year
Pressure to focus on the core of their business is driving hedge funds to outsource many of the operational aspects of their business, including data management, explains Bart McDonough, CEO and founder of the new vendor on the managed services block, Agio Technology. Following nearly nine years of working in a systems architecture role for...
Trillium Software Unveils Latest Version of Trillium Software System to Help Companies Achieve Data Certainty
Trillium Software, a business of Harte-Hanks, announced today its latest version of the Trillium Software System. This newly-released software platform provides an easy-to-navigate interface which supports the data lifecycle methodology that companies engage in to “Discover, Develop, Deploy and Manage” their information quality initiatives. Designed to visualise data issues, improve business rule validation and enhance...
Regulators Focusing on Data Sharing Cross Border, Says FRSGlobal’s Blair-Ford
Not only is the regulatory community asking firms to get their data management systems in order, it is also seeking greater coordination between its own constituents, explains Selwyn Blair-Ford, head of global regulatory policy at solution vendor FRSGlobal. A lot of the recent work that has gone into structuring the new EU regulatory framework has...
Agio Technology Names Nakashian as Head of Client Services
Agio Technology, a provider of managed IT services for premier hedge funds, today announced that it has appointed Nicole Nakashian, former executive director at UBS Investment Bank, as managing director, Client Services. “Nicole was our number one choice to lead Client Services since our inception,” says Bart McDonough, CEO of Agio Technology. “She is very...
UK FSA’s Living Wills Deadline Creeps Closer, Data Challenges Incoming
Six of the UK’s largest banks will be required to submit their preliminary draft recovery and resolution plans to the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) next month as part of the regulator’s living wills pilot programme. In order to be able to submit these drafts by the end of October, HSBC, Barclays, Royal Bank of...