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ISDA Leads Industry Effort to Standardize the Credit Support Annex
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today outlined key provisions to the Standard Credit Support Annex (SCSA) proposal as part of its continuing efforts to increase efficiency and improve standardization in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets. The SCSA proposal addresses three primary objectives. The SCSA seeks to standardize market practices by removing embedded…
SunGard Availability Services Strengthens European Senior Management Team
SunGard Availability Services, the pioneer and leading provider of Information Availability and business continuity services, has today announced two significant promotions to its Senior Management Team to help expand its footprint in the UK and European markets. Mike Threlfall has been appointed to the newly created position of European, UK&I consulting and software director, while…
PolarLake Opens German Office
Today PolarLake, a global leader in applying Semantic Web and Big Data Technologies to the challenges of Financial and Reference Data Management, announced the opening of its office in Frankfurt, Germany. Marcus Behrend has joined PolarLake as Business Development Manager for Central Europe. Marcus has over 10 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry and…
New Interactive Performance & Risk Reporting from BNY Mellon Improves Transparency for Institutional Investors
BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, has introduced a number of enhancements to its Performance & Risk Analytics reporting that offer dynamic, new interactive capability enabling clients to customize, drill-down, and gain greater insight into their portfolio returns. The company’s new Interactive Performance Report (IPR) makes these new features available…
Markit Acquires QSG, Enters Data Analytics Sector
Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced that it has acquired Quantitative Services Group (QSG). QSG is a leading provider of independent equity research, advanced trading analytics and investment consulting services. The acquisition expands Markit’s capabilities in equities and will enable Markit to expose its high-quality data products to QSG’s statistical processes…
Cadis Poaches Ex-SmartCo Duo and Opens Paris Office
Cadis, the global EDM specialist has opened its Paris office and brings on board two former SmartCo executives. Cyriac Poupinel has been appointed Senior Pre-Sales Consultant and Guillaume Rondy, Sales Executive focussing on Southern Europe and Scandinavia. “Opening our Paris office was a natural next step for the business especially with our recent client wins…
THR and DataContent Form Unique Specialist Market Data Recruitment Service
For the first time in the market data industry, a specialised dedicated recruitment service staffed by and for the market data sector has been formed by DataContent and ITHR. Utilising both DataContent and ITHR’s unrivalled personal contacts and connections, backed by a unique guarantee, ITHR will undertake a professional and confidential search and selection recruitment…
S&P Capital IQ Risk Solutions Signs Standard Bank South Africa
S&P Capital IQ Risk Solutions today signed an agreement to provide its default recovery data and Loss Given Default (LGD) model to the South African operations of Standard Bank. The agreement includes access to the LossStats recovery database and S&P Capital IQ Risk Solutions’ market-leading LGD modeling framework. S&P Capital IQ’s recovery data and modelling…
DTCC Files SDR Applications with CFTC
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that it had filed a registration application with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate a swaps data repository (SDR), DTCC Data Repository (U.S.), across multiple OTC derivatives asset classes. “DTCC is committed to working with financial authorities and the industry to promote a transparent…
Northern Trust’s Van Praagh Takes on Operations Outsourcing Role
Following her move from Barings Asset Management (BAM) to Northern Trust at the start of this year, Terri Van Praagh has taken on a new role as senior vice president and head of investment operations outsourcing for the EMEA region. Prior to this role and since January, Van Praagh has been senior vice president and…