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Morningstar Launches Morningstar Analyst Rating for Funds, New Global Scale for Qualitative Ratings
Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research, today launched the Morningstar Analyst Rating for funds, the company’s new global scale for qualitative fund ratings. The Morningstar Analyst Rating is a designation assigned by Morningstar fund research analysts around the world and derived from the company’s five pillar analytical framework that considers the following key…
M&G Investments Selects MoneyMate’s DataManager
MoneyMate, a leading provider of investment data management solutions to the global asset management industry, today announced that it has been selected by M&G Investments to implement DataManager to ensure the accurate, efficient and controlled delivery of M&G’s fund product data to internal departments, external agencies and external clients. DataManager will host M&G’s range of…
RBC Dexia Appoints New Director in Switzerland
RBC Dexia Investor Services has appointed Pierre Aicardi as a new Director of Business Development in Switzerland, starting December, 2011. Mr. Aicardi will be responsible for establishing new business relationships with asset managers and financial institutions based in Switzerland. He will report to Marco Siero, Managing Director of RBC Dexia in Switzerland. “Pierre’s appointment is…
Credit Suisse Appoints David Murray as Senior Advisor, Australia
Credit Suisse today announced that David Murray, Chair of the Future Fund Board of Guardians and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, is joining the global financial services company as a Senior Advisor based in Australia. In his new role, Mr. Murray will provide Credit Suisse’s corporate, institutional and private clients in Australia and…
DST Global Solutions Strengthens Senior Management Team
DST Global Solutions, a market-leading provider of software technology and services to the investment management industry, today announced the appointment of Julian Webb, as Global Head of Data Management and Analytics. In his new role, Julian will provide strategic direction and leadership for DST Global Solutions’ Data Management and Analytics business, with a key focus…
Virginie’s Blog – Does CGS and EC’s Agreement Cut the Mustard?
After last week’s heated industry discussions on the subject of data vendor licenses and IP rights (see commentary on which here), the announcement this week that the final Is have been dotted and Ts crossed on the agreement between Cusip Global Services (CGS) and the European Commission may come as something of a disappointment for…
Markit Signs Multi-Year Contract Renewal and Service Expansion with XSP to Streamline Corporate Actions Processing
XSP, the global leader in end-to-end Corporate Actions automation, announced today that Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, has signed up for XSP’s new Headline Indices functionality. Markit uses the XSP v5 platform to supply buy- and sell-side firms with daily calculations for its various index services. The addition of XSP’s Headline Indices…
Steve Davey Joins RIMES as Head of IT Infrastructure & Information Security
To support the company’s continued growth, RIMES today announced that Steve Davey has joined the company as Head of IT Infrastructure and Information Security, effective immediately. Reporting jointly to the CEO and the CTO, Davey will be responsible for maintaining RIMES’ global IT infrastructure and data centers in order to further enhance the delivery and…
Guaranteed Messaging with Parallel Persistence from Informatica Ultra Messaging
To implement guaranteed messaging, some messaging vendors employ a messaging broker and a store-and-forward messaging model, to ensure that the message is persisted on a hard disk before sending along to consumers. While this model does simplify late join and loss recovery, since all messages flow through one central server, it carries a hefty price…
CGS Reach Agreement with European Commission
CUSIP Global Services (CGS), a leading provider of securities identifiers and other solutions that enable efficient trading, clearing and settlement in capital markets throughout the world, today announced it has reached an agreement with the European Commission (EC) to create and distribute a new data feed of US ISINs tailored specifically to the needs of…