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EDI and Failstation Combine their Expertise to Meet Client’s STP Goals
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of back office data, announced today a partnership with FailStation, the industry utility that aggregates real time failed trade and pre-matching trades for the industry. Middle Office Solutions (MOS) and Exchange Data International (EDI) have signed a partnership agreement to expand the products and services offered to their clients,…
Algorithmics Makes Case for Data Oriented Risk Management
In its latest paper, Algorithmics sets out the case for an integrated data-oriented approach to risk management, and outlines the practical steps risk IT professionals can take to achieve this. Based on Algorithmics’ innovative risk technology and decades of experience working with financial institutions around the world, the paper provides insight into risk-specific data issues,…
Thomson Reuters Strengthens China Leadership Team
Thomson Reuters today announced Chen Huang has been appointed the managing director of Investment & Advisory in China. The expansion of Thomson Reuters leadership team in China underscores the company’s commitment to growing its business by building local market expertise in China and across the Asia Pacific region. In this new role, Huang will be…
Exclusive: Fed CDO and DMRAV Headliner Bottega Takes on OFR Advisory Role
The US Office of Financial Research (OFR) has bagged another advisor in addition to recent Treasury appointee and ex-Morgan Stanley economist Richard Berner in the form of chief data officer (CDO) for the Markets Group at the New York Federal Reserve John Bottega. Bottega, who joined the Fed as CDO back in 2009 and is headlining…
US SEC: XBRL for Financial Statements
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted rules requiring companies to provide financial statement information in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) to improve the information’s usefulness. This is an overview for companies that are required to begin submitting XBRL data during 2011 and summarises some of the main process issues, lessons learned to date and…
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Appoints James Slater as Global Head of Securities Lending
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in investment servicing, has announced that James Slater will become global head of securities lending following the retirement of Kathy Rulong on 1 July 2011. Slater was formerly chief operating officer for BNY Mellon’s securities lending business with responsibility for providing strategic direction for core functions, including trading…
Simon Reynolds Joins the Octopus Multi Manager Team
Octopus Investments has hired Simon Reynolds into its Multi Manager team. Simon will be working alongside fund managers Colin Lunnon and Bish Limbu. He will be adding to the idea generation and research process across all asset classes, and will gradually take over some of the day to day portfolio management responsibilities in support of…
Former US Treasury Senior Advisor/US NEC Mary Goodman Joins James Caird Asset Management
Mary Goodman joined James Caird Asset Management (U.S.) LP in May 2011 as a Managing Director. Based in Washington DC, Mary provides strategic counsel on the global macroeconomic outlook and on monetary, fiscal, financial regulatory and other policy risks as part of the firm’s deliberation on investment decisions. Mary was Special Assistant to the President…
Talend Introduces Industry’s First Unified Platform for Data Services with New ESB Offering
Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced the industry’s first unified platform for data services, advancing its leadership in the converging data and application integration markets. Users of the new data services offering benefit from a unified platform with a common development, deployment and monitoring environment for both data management and application integration….
State Street Appoints Craig Butterworth to Head of Fixed Income Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa
State Street Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, today announced the appointment of Craig Butterworth to head of fixed income sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Butterworth will lead State Street Global Market’s fixed income sales team and will be responsible for expanding its rates business with…