Interactive Data Promotes Williams to President of Sales, Sargeant to International Business MD
Interactive Data has promoted current senior vice president of its Major Accounts and Business Development Groups, Cort Williams, to the position of president of its sales organisation. In this role, Williams will have responsibility for the vendor’s sales, client relationships, and customer service oriented functions focused on institutional clients. Williams will transition into this role...
SIX Telekurs Names Credit Suisse’s Gross as CEO
SIX Telekurs, the financial information division of Switzerland’s SIX Group, has named Thomas Gross, the current head of Securities Operations at Credit Suisse, chief executive officer, effective April 1 2009. Gross, who will also become a member of the SIX Group executive board, will succeed Jörg Buser, who has been heading SIX Telekurs on a...
Reval Adds Trotta to Client Services Role and Brimfield to Biz Development
Reval, a provider of financial risk management solutions and services, has appointed Marzio Trotta as senior vice president of client services and Justin Brimfield as senior vice president of business development. The vendor, which provides also provides valuation services, indicates that the appointments are part of its drive to expand the scope of its client...
Capgemini Appoints Ezzat as CEO of its Financial Services Global Business Unit
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Capgemini has appointed the current chief operating officer of its Financial Services Global Business Unit, Aiman Ezzat, as CEO of the unit. Current CEO Raymond Spencer will assume the role of non-executive chairman of the business unit. Ezzat joined Gemini Consulting, Capgemini’s consulting arm, in 1991 where he was responsible...
GBST Completes Acquisition of Coexis, Williams and Shah Join Exec Team
Following the announcement of its intention to buy Coexis at the start of November, GBST, an Australian provider of securities transaction and fund administration software, has finally completed the acquisition. The vendor indicates that it has satisfied all the regulatory and legal requirements of the deal and will have a combined workforce of around 350....
GlobeOp Names Glickman Global Head of Risk Services
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor GlobeOp Financial Services has appointed risk management veteran Tony Glickman as global head of risk services and member of its operating committee. He will report to Vernon Barback, GlobeOp president and chief operating officer, and will be based in the company’s New York City office. According to Barback, Glickman was...
Interactive Data to Acquire Majority of NTT Data Financial for US$20.2m
Interactive Data Corporation has announced its intention to acquire the majority, at 64%, of NTT Data Financial Corporation (NDF) from NTT Data Corporation for 1.9 billion yen, or approximately US$20.2 million, in cash. The two firms have been redistribution partners for more than 14 years but Interactive Data made the decision to have a direct...
Markit Appoints Naro EVP and Global Co-Head of Equities, Commodities and Risk Management
Markit has added Sal Naro to its New York office and appointed him to the position of executive vice president and global co-head of equities, commodities and risk management. He will work in partnership with London-based executive vice president Niall Cameron. Naro joins Markit from fixed income hedge fund Sailfish Capital Partners where he was...
Moody’s Investors Service Appoints Kimball Head of Structured Finance, Cantor as Chief Credit Officer
Moody’s Investors Service has named Andrew Kimball executive vice president and head of its global structured finance business. He has been acting head of the business since July of this year. Richard Cantor has assumed Kimball’s previous role as chief credit officer of Moody’s Investors Service and chairman of its credit policy committee. Michel Madelain,...
Alvarez Moves from Asset Control to Interactive Data Reference Data Role
Interactive Data has brought on board Marc Alvarez to oversee reference data infrastructure for its Pricing and Reference Data business. Alvarez joins after a stint at Asset Control, which he joined when that company bought Tap Solutions in April 2007. In his new role as senior director Alvarez will be responsible for the utilization and...