XSP Moves to the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street
XSP announced that the company has moved its New York office to the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street. The relocation is part of a 10 year lease and designed to accommodate XSP’s growing requirements. Brendan Farrell, CEO at XSP, said: “This is an exciting time for XSP as we head into 2011 – our...
The Options Clearing Corporation Announces Two Officer Promotions
Mary Savoie to first vice president, Industry Services from vice president, Industry Services. She will continue as lead manager of the Options Industry Council, an industry cooperative programme of comprehensive options education for retail and institutional investors and financial advisors. Savoie will also manage OCC’s role in organising the Options Industry Conference and OCC’s Corporate...
European Systemic Risk Board Established
The legislation establishing the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) came into force today. The seat of the ESRB is in Frankfurt am Main and its Secretariat is ensured by the European Central Bank (ECB). The ESRB is an independent EU body responsible for the macro-prudential oversight of the financial system within the Union. It shall...
A-Team Group Continues Expansion with New Hire
London, Dec. 15, 2010 — A-Team Group, specialists in news, research and events for financial IT executives, is pleased to announce that Filsan Ali has joined A-Team Group as Business Development Manager, responsible for Reference Data Review and Risk Technology sales activities, including the A-Team Insight online news service, A-Team’s new Valuations Benchmarking Survey and...
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Appoints Jon Willis as Head of EMEA Transfer Agency Services
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has appointed Jon Willis as head of EMEA Transfer Agency Services, with responsibility for the company’s UK and offshore transfer agent activities. Willis will report to Paul Bodart, head of global operations for EMEA. He joins BNY Mellon from International Financial Data Services (IFDS), State Street and DST System’s joint venture...
Robert Hegarty Joins Thomson Reuters as Global Head of Market Structure
Thomson Reuters today announced that Robert Hegarty has been named Global Head of Market Structure for the Enterprise business. Hegarty will oversee the expansion of Elektron, the firm’s financial markets ecosystem that delivers content and services worldwide, by cultivating partnerships with market participants to accelerate the growth and value-add for community members. He will report...
DTCC’s Heggarty and Omgeo’s Lind to Join Thomson Reuters
In line with its recent spate of hiring, data vendor Thomson Reuters is rumoured to soon be adding the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) managing director of market structure Robert Hegarty and Omgeo’s current managing director of strategy Tim Lind to its ranks. Last month, Thomson Reuters added ex-Credit Suisse exec Sally Hinds to...
Ingres Expands Executive Management Team With New Hire In Sales
Ingres Corporation, innovators of Ingres VectorWise, a breakthrough analytic database, and leading providers of open source enterprise-grade database, today announced it has hired industry veteran and ex SAS executive, Geoff Sheppard, to strengthen its executive management team. Sheppard will serve as the Vice President of Sales for NEMEA and SEMEA, and will head up sales...
Consultancy Firm ISC Hires Data Solution Vendor Veteran Lumsden
Buy side focused consultancy firm Investment Solutions Consultants (ISC) has hired data vendor veteran Paul Lumsden as a management consultant. Lumsden most recently worked as head of product management for client communications solution provider Kurtosys Systems, which earlier this year launched a new EDM platform for the asset management community. Geoff Edwards, ISC managing partner,...
RIMES Appoints Mitesh Modi as Chief Operating Officer
RIMES Technologies, a provider of benchmark data services, today announced that it has hired Mitesh Modi as the company’s chief operating officer. Modi will take responsibility for all aspects of operational management across the increasing number of RIMES offices around the world. The appointment reflects RIMES’ continuous growth and ongoing commitment to global expansion. Modi...