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DST Global Solutions Appoints Verrengia for Performance Solutions in US
DST Global Solutions has appointed Jamie Verrengia to spearhead the delivery of its performance solutions in North America. Verrengia has more than 13 years of industry experience and joins from State Street Corporation where he was responsible for the implementation and technical support of global performance measurement and attribution solutions. Verrengia will be responsible for…
EDM Council Continues Campaign for Regulatory Recognition of Data’s Importance
The EDM Council has been a veritable hive of activity this year with its active campaign to get the regulatory community engaged in the issues surrounding data management. To this end, Mike Atkin, managing director of the industry body, has been on countless visits to US, UK and European legislators to ensure that data standardisation…
SEC Grants ICE Clear Europe and Eurex Clearing Exemptions to Operate CDS CCPs
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved conditional exemptions that will allow ICE Clear Europe and Eurex Clearing to operate as central counterparties (CCPs) for clearing credit default swaps (CDS). These conditional exemptions provide the SEC with regulatory oversight of the CCPs and should enhance the quality of the CDS market and the Commission’s…
Oracle to Buy Data Integration Vendor GoldenGate Software
Oracle has agreed to acquire GoldenGate Software, a provider of real-time data integration solutions. The addition of technology from GoldenGate extends Oracle’s capabilities with a heterogeneous real-time data integration solution and adds functionality to maintain uptime of business critical applications during migrations and upgrades. “The need to improve operating performance in a global 24×7 environment…
CFTC’s Gensler Calls for Interoperability for OTC Derivatives Clearing Market
Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has this week elaborated on his desire for more competition to be introduced to the OTC derivatives clearing environment. Gensler testified before Congress to encourage the US government to introduce greater levels of standardisation within the market and the ability for market participants to be…
Provident Risk Management Selects Fincad’s Fair Value Insight for Valuations
Provident Risk Management is using Fincad’s Fair Value Insight as the foundation for its clients’ credit risk management and market valuations for interest rate derivatives and maximum potential credit exposure. Fair Value Insight is a secure web-based independent valuation solution built upon Fincad’s industry standard analytics and Icap’s market data. The solution enables corporate treasuries,…
Bi-Sam Appoints Diaz as Sales and Pre-sales Manager for Europe
Bi-Sam, provider of analytics, data management and reporting software B-One, has appointed Steve Diaz as sales and pre-sales manager for Europe. He has previously worked for financial institutions such as Salomon Brothers, Credit Lyonnais but also for buy side technology firms such as Bloomberg, Charles River Development and Odyssey financial technologies. As a key member…
US on Course for SEC Mandated Crackdown on Ratings Agencies
Following the discussions earlier this year by US Congress to overhaul the beleaguered credit ratings agency business, this week the US Treasury released proposals aimed at reducing conflicts of interest within these agencies. The idea to change their fee structures was first tabled in April during a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) roundtable and these…
Buy Side Participation for ICE Trust to be Enabled in October
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), an operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and OTC markets, has developed a solution that provides segregation of customer funds and positions in credit default swap (CDS) clearing. The solution, which will enable buy side participation in CDS clearing, is expected to be introduced in October 2009, subject to regulatory approval….
Interactive Data Reports 4.6% Revenue Increase for Reference Data Biz in Q2 2009
Despite the difficult economic environment, Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data has experienced revenue growth of 4.6% in the second quarter of this year compared to last year’s figures. This is in contrast to a decrease for the vendor’s overall financial results for the second quarter ended 30 June 2009, US$185.0 million compared with…