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Deutsche Bank’s Flatley Named to Replace Wise as CEO of Netik
In a move that underscores the convergence of electronic trading with data management, Netik has named Rob Flatley, until February global head of Autobahn Equity at Deutsche Bank, as its new chief executive officer. Flatley takes over from John Wise, founding CEO, who returned to the company in 2002 after a period pursuing other interests….
SmartCo Goes Live at National Bank Financial Group in Canada
SmartCo, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Data Management software solutions for the financial industry, is delighted to announce that National Bank Financial Group of Canada has gone live with its innovative data management software solution, SmartCo DataHub. Following a market and competitor review SmartCo’s data management platform has been selected by National Bank Financial…
OFI Asset Management Selects Pricing Partners for its Structured Products Revaluations
Pricing Partners, the independent valuation expert and a world leader in mathematical models for valuations of derivatives and structured products, announced today to provide independent revaluations to OFI Asset Management for its interest rates, credit and equity structured products. OFI Asset Management develops and provides tailored investment solutions to its clients. The group operates over…
NYSE Euronext Aims to Blaze Symbology Trail with Adoption of Bloomberg Bsym Codes
NYSE Euronext’s adoption of Bloomberg’s open-source security identifiers is aimed at setting the pace for industry change within the symbology segment, in the hopes of broadening client choice and reducing customer cost. The exchange operator, which provides a range of data feed services, is first adding the Bloomberg Open Symbology (Bsym) codes to its OpenBook…
Markit Appoints Managing Director of Equities And Index Operations
Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced the appointment of Paul Grimes as Managing Director of Equities and Index Operations. Grimes will be responsible for Markit’s equity and fixed income index operations and will also co-head Markit’s dividend forecast, index management and exchange traded fund (ETF) services, in partnership with Bernie Thurston,…
Wall Street Horizon Launches Real Time Dividends Monitor (RDM), First Service Delivering Automated, Dividend Data for Low-Latency Electronic Traders
Wall Street Horizon today announced the public launch of its Real Time Dividends Monitor (RDM) service, which uses proprietary algorithms to “read” wire-service dividend announcements and parse announcement data into structured fields usable by computerized processing systems. RDM is the first automated comprehensive source of information on dividend announcements available to the investment community. The…
Cosmos Releases Security and Reference Master
Cosmos Technologies, the product development arm of Indus Valley Partners, today announced general availability of Cosmos Security Master, a fully customizable, comprehensive security data management solution designed to centrally store and efficiently manage critical security information in a complex multi-fund, multi-strategy, multi-counterparty, multi-asset environment. Cosmos Security Master is the only commercial solution built from the…
Markit Launches Liquidity Metrics for Fixed Income Markets
Markit, a global financial information services company, today announced it will provide liquidity metrics for all credit default swaps (CDS), evaluated bonds, loans and asset backed securities (ABS) included in its pricing services. The aim is to give market participants a comprehensive view on the liquidity of financial assets across the fixed income markets. The…
UK FSA Reveals More About Plans for Soft Launch of Gabriel Liquidity Reporting, Pushes Back Data Quality Testing
During its most recent firms forum on the subject of liquidity reporting, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) confirmed that it is planning a soft launch for liquidity risk reporting on its online regulatory reporting system, Gathering Better Regulatory Information Electronically (Gabriel). As noted by the FSA in January, firms are being required to test…
DST Global Solutions Strengthens Client Relationship Strategy with Key Hires
DST Global Solutions, a provider of business solutions and services to the global investment management industry, has enhanced its client relationship strategy with the appointment of two senior global account managers. Michael Walsh joins DST Global Solutions from State Street Corporation, where he headed up the company’s UK MEA Investor Services business. A qualified accountant,…