London-based financial software and services provider City Networks has hired Andy Gershon as sales manager for Asia in the company’s Hong Kong office. Gershon joins a team of 30 staff based in Hong Kong. He moves from Misys’ trading and risk management software division MKI, where he was regional sales manager for the Greater China region, based in Hong Kong. City Networks says it expects to make more appointments in Hong Kong in the near future.
Volumes of investment in ESG products continue to rise, regulators around the world are putting rules in place, and the EU has, perhaps, first mover advantage with both ESG regulation and a taxonomy in place. This is significant progress in a relatively uncharted market, yet significant challenges remain for financial market participants keen to make...
Following the signing of a partnership agreement in July last year, Markit and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have finally announced the launch date for their joint venture in the derivatives trade processing space. The vendors will be launching MarkitServ, which combines DTCC’s DerivServ workflow platform and the (ex-Swapswire) Markit Wire trade confirmation...
Now in its 15th year the Data Management Summit NYC brings together the North American data management community to explore how data strategy is evolving to drive business outcomes and speed to market in changing times.
The industry breathed a sigh of relief when the deadline for reporting under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) was pushed back to July 1, 2014. But what’s starting to look like perhaps the most significant regulation of the next 12 months may start to impact our marketplace sooner than we think, especially...
