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Interactive Data Significantly Expands Global Content For Wealth Managers And Financial Advisors In Europe
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it has significantly expanded the depth and breadth of global content available to wealth managers and financial advisors via PrimeTerminal Professional, its customisable financial desktop solution. PrimeTerminal now offers access to a vast wealth of independent fixed income evaluated…
Macquarie Extends Usage of GoldenSource Securities and Products
In 2009, Macquarie Securities Group has selected GoldenSource, an enterprise data management provider for the securities and investment management industry, to streamline the end-to-end data quality process, for its equity and equity derivatives business. Macquarie is now rolling out the technology across its other enterprise business lines.
New Head for SIX Telekurs in Vienna
Andreas Steiner (34) took over as head of the Austrian branch of SIX Telekurs in Vienna on 1 January 2011. He succeeds Josef Krall (59), who retired from the post after almost 11 years. Andreas Steiner worked for Reuters as of 2002, most recently in the capacity of lead account manager for Austria and Eastern…
BI-SAM Names Anthony Howland COO of its UK Branch
BI-SAM, a provider of performance attribution and reporting software solutions for the global asset management industry, today announced that, in response to its growing number of clients, its UK team has been reorganised around Anthony Howland, its new COO. Opened in 2006, BI-SAM Ltd was the first subsidiary of the BI-SAM Group and is unsurprisingly…
Omgeo Names Randy Guy New Global Head of Technology
Omgeo today announced that Randy Guy has been named managing director of technology. In his new role, Guy will focus on developing and executing Omgeo’s technology strategy, while driving product innovation, promoting efficiencies, and continuing to enhance service reliability. Dave Cutright, Omgeo’s former managing director of technology, will continue to be an integral part of…
FinDataPortal Enhances its Services with the Feed Manager Capability
FinDataPortal, a financial data portal with a new approach to data provision, announced today the release of its Feed Manager feature, enabling subscribers to create their own customised feed. FinDataPortal (FDP) is a platform through which clients can access datasets from different financial data providers in a way that is tailored to their specific needs….
Bertin Departs Swift for Pastures New, De Boe to Take Over Asset Servicing Responsibilities
After two years as Swift’s global head of Asset Servicing and Custodians, Sophie Bertin Hadjiveltcheva is departing for pastures new. Michèle De Boe, who is currently senior market manager for Funds at Swift, will take over Bertin’s Asset Servicing responsibilities following her departure. Since November 2008, Bertin has headed the Asset Servicing and Custodian groups…
T2S Meeting Highlights Ongoing Corporate Actions and Shareholder Transparency Concerns
Last month’s Target2-Securities (T2S) meeting at the European Central Bank (ECB) highlighted the progress that has been made by the Corporate Actions Sub-group (CASG) and the Shareholders Transparency Sub-group in attempting to sort out the data standardisation challenges in their respective areas of connecting to the pan-European settlement system, which is due to be launched…
SEI Expands Middle Office Services with Enhanced Pricing and Valuation Capabilities
SEI today announced that it has extended its array of middle office services by enhancing its asset pricing and valuation validation solution for investment managers. The solution, which leverages the independent valuation and pricing models of industry leading third party pricing providers, is designed to provide managers with more accurate and independent pricing verification. The…
Industry Has Until 22 February to Respond to CFTC’s Legal Entity Identification Proposals for the Swaps Market
Following on from the series of roundtables last year conducted by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to examine the data standardisation challenges underlying the provisions contained within the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the regulator has published a set of proposals in the Federal Register regarding the identification of counterparties…