DST Global Solutions Appoints Head of Investment Accounting Solutions for North America
DST Global Solutions, a provider of business solutions and services to the global investment management industry, has today announced the appointment of Michael Lauritzen as investment accounting solution manager for North America. Lauritzen previously served as head of DST Global Solutions’ consultancy services in North America. Prior to joining DST Global Solutions Lauritzen was director...
Pricing Partners Adds Ex-JPMorgan Trader Agarwal as Client Consultant
Following the announcement last week that it will be working with Fitch Solutions to improve the vendor’s credit default swap (CDS) data distribution, Pricing Partners has added another member to its London-based client support team. The valuations solution vendor has hired ex-JPMorgan trader Yash Agarwal as a client consultant. At JPMorgan, Agareal worked on the...
Acadian Asset Management Goes Live on DST Global Solutions’ HiNet Portfolio Accounting Solution
DST Global Solutions, a provider of business solutions and services to the global investment management industry, today announced that Acadian Asset Management has successfully implemented the HiNet Portfolio Accounting solution. Acadian is a Boston-based investment management firm that specialises in active global and international equity strategies that employ sophisticated analytical models. DST Global Solutions’ HiNet...
Fitch Solutions and vwd Group Extend Their Cooperation to Cover CDS Pricing Data
Fitch Solutions, a division of the Fitch Group, is pleased to announce it now provides credit default swaps (CDS) pricing data to the vwd group, a leading European provider of innovative, custom tailored information, communication and technology solutions to the securities industry. The CDS pricing data will give vwd clients enhanced transparency into the global...
Interactive Data Extends Its Interest Rate Swap Valuation Service
Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business has broadened the capabilities for its interest rate swap valuation service. This service assists clients by providing information they can use to help efficiently value their portfolios containing these OTC derivatives. The service now covers Canadian dollars and New Zealand dollars. It has also been expanded to...
Formicary Adds Focus on Back Office Requirements to Pricing Verification Solution
Technology integration solution vendor Formicary has released the latest version of its price verification solution, RiskSeer, with a view to improving its offering for the back office as well as those users in the front office. The vendor has traditionally pitched its solution at consumers of market data focused on pricing in the front office...
Fitch Solutions Partners with Pricing Partners on CDS Data Distribution
Fitch Solutions, a division of the Fitch Group focusing on the development of fixed income products and services, and Pricing Partners, an independent valuation, today announced a strategic partnership allowing users of Pricing Partners’ Price-it Solution with Fitch Solutions market data license to access seamlessly Fitch Solutions’ market data on OTC credit derivatives. The partnership...
Schroders Goes Live with SimCorp Dimension in Asia Pacific
Schroder Investment Management has completed the implementation of SimCorp Dimension for valuation and settlement functions across four countries within its Asia Pacific operation. The system, which has been live since 6 July 2009, covers over 800 portfolios in Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Japan and processes more than 20,000 transactions a month. SimCorp Dimension replaces...
Derivix Names Industry Veteran Pierce President
Derivix, a financial software company providing options pricing, portfolio risk visualisation and analytics solutions, today announced that Carrick Pierce has joined the company as its new president. In this newly created position, Pierce will oversee business development, product strategy and global sales to support Derivix as it continues to grow in the dynamic US options...
Pricing Partners Moves its Headquarters to Paris’s Financial Area
Pricing Partners announced today that it will move its headquarters to central Paris’s downtown area in November 2009 as a result of impressive growth and a consistent demand for products and services. The new address will be: Pricing Partners, 6 rue Rougemont, 75009 Paris. Pricing Partners is expanding at a rapid rate, adding more staff,...