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GoldenSource’s Engdahl Elaborates on M&G Investments’ Platform Upgrade
Earlier this week, GoldenSource indicated that longstanding client M&G Investments has upgraded its implementation of the EDM vendor’s platform. Steve Engdahl, senior vice president of product strategy at the vendor, explains how the upgrade fitted into M&G’s Solvency II compliance preparations. The European asset management firm first bought the GoldenSource solution back in 2003 in…
PolarLake Announce Solution Suite for Financial and Reference Data
Today PolarLake announce the availability of the PolarLake Solution Suite. The PolarLake Solution Suite, which is the result of numerous successful client implementations and joint developments, offers four out of the box solutions built on top of the PolarLake Data Management Platform. The PolarLake Solution Suite includes: Ø PolarLake Price Processing Solution: Including an out…
PIMCO Boosts Portfolio Management Analytics Team with Three New Hires
PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has expanded its portfolio management analytics team with the appointment of three new investment professionals in its New York and London offices. The new personnel are: Vasant Naik, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Empirical Research, based in the London office; Stefano Risa, Executive Vice President and…
Monoline Exposures Resulted in $54 Billion in Charges for Banks, According to New ISDA Study
The counterparty credit risk exposure of 12 US bank holding companies and international banking companies to monoline insurers has led to some $54 billion in write-downs by the banks since 2007, according to a new analysis by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA). ISDA conducted the study as part of its examination into…
M&G Upgrades GoldenSource EDM Platform
M&G Investments (M&G), one of Europe’s leading investment managers with £200 billion of assets under management, completed an upgrade to GoldenSource EDM version 8 in May 2011. Along with the upgrade, M&G extended GoldenSource’s enterprise data management (EDM) platform to utilize the derivatives capabilities, doubling instrument volumes and delivering trusted, consistent information to power key…
Fiserv Names Cheryl Nash President, Investment Services
Fiserv, a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Cheryl Nash has been named President of its Investment Services division. With 28 years of service with Investment Services at Fiserv, Nash brings a strong track record of industry leadership, technology expertise and commitment to serving clients to this role. She has…
Andrew’s Blog – Bring In the Stormtroopers
More fall-out, it seems, from the ongoing restructuring at Thomson Reuters in the wake of former Markets head Devin Wenig’s resignation in the summer, this time within the Enterprise group. Enterprise chief Jon Robson this week announced the departures of enterprise data management head Sally Hinds and trade and risk chief Andy White, with their…
PolarLake and Capgemini Form Alliance for Financial Services
The Financial Services Global Business Unit of Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, and PolarLake, a leading software vendor providing a platform for Reference Data Management (RDM) and distribution for financial institutions, today announced they have entered into an alliance to improve comprehensive enterprise data management for financial…
Form PF’s Final Rules Reduce Tension for Fund Managers
The final rules of Form PF announced last week by the SEC have opened up a whole new era for hedge fund and private equity businesses, which will now be forced to disclose more information to the US government than previously required. As such, each entity should plan how they will address the Form’s requirements…
Bravura Solutions Appoints Global Strategy, Risk and Planning Manager
Bravura Solutions (Bravura) – a leading global supplier of transfer agency and wealth management software applications and professional services – has appointed Mr Jason Wilby as its Global Strategy, Risk and Planning Manager. Based in the Sydney office and reporting to Rebecca Norton, Bravura’s Chief Financial Officer, the new role was created to enable effective…