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SunGard Availability Services Strengthens European Senior Management Team
SunGard Availability Services, the pioneer and leading provider of Information Availability and business continuity services, has today announced two significant promotions to its Senior Management Team to help expand its footprint in the UK and European markets. Mike Threlfall has been appointed to the newly created position of European, UK&I consulting and software director, while…
PolarLake Opens German Office
Today PolarLake, a global leader in applying Semantic Web and Big Data Technologies to the challenges of Financial and Reference Data Management, announced the opening of its office in Frankfurt, Germany. Marcus Behrend has joined PolarLake as Business Development Manager for Central Europe. Marcus has over 10 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry and…
Cadis Poaches Ex-SmartCo Duo and Opens Paris Office
Cadis, the global EDM specialist has opened its Paris office and brings on board two former SmartCo executives. Cyriac Poupinel has been appointed Senior Pre-Sales Consultant and Guillaume Rondy, Sales Executive focussing on Southern Europe and Scandinavia. “Opening our Paris office was a natural next step for the business especially with our recent client wins…
THR and DataContent Form Unique Specialist Market Data Recruitment Service
For the first time in the market data industry, a specialised dedicated recruitment service staffed by and for the market data sector has been formed by DataContent and ITHR. Utilising both DataContent and ITHR’s unrivalled personal contacts and connections, backed by a unique guarantee, ITHR will undertake a professional and confidential search and selection recruitment…
S&P Capital IQ Risk Solutions Signs Standard Bank South Africa
S&P Capital IQ Risk Solutions today signed an agreement to provide its default recovery data and Loss Given Default (LGD) model to the South African operations of Standard Bank. The agreement includes access to the LossStats recovery database and S&P Capital IQ Risk Solutions’ market-leading LGD modeling framework. S&P Capital IQ’s recovery data and modelling…
Virginie’s Blog – IOSCO and CPSS Consultation Sparks 32 Responses on OTC Derivatives Data Challenges (Part 1 of 2)
Last week, I looked at some of the data reporting requirements related to the systemic risk oversight developments going on in the US with regards to scrutinising the hedge funds and private equity markets (see more here), however, the US regulators have not been alone in their efforts on the data standards front. The International…
DTCC Files SDR Applications with CFTC
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that it had filed a registration application with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate a swaps data repository (SDR), DTCC Data Repository (U.S.), across multiple OTC derivatives asset classes. “DTCC is committed to working with financial authorities and the industry to promote a transparent…
Cantor Evaluating Calxeda ARM Chips for 10x Breakthrough
“I think the Calxeda-ARM machine is an exciting step … I’m evaluating carefully how it can impact the metrics I care about,” says Niall Dalton, director of high frequency trading at Cantor Fitzgerald. He is referring to today’s announcement by Calxeda of their very low power microprocessors based on the ARM architecture – and HP’s…
Artha Provides Glimpse into Planned Trading Appliances; Will Leverage FPGAs and Network Packet Processors
Startup Artha Financial Technology is emerging a little from stealth mode to provide a few details of what it plans to be shipping early in 2012. Founded by Manoj Viswambharan, former head of the FPGA development team for the Global Arbitrage Trading group at Credit Suisse, Artha plans to deliver trading system appliances based on…
Bravura Solutions Appoints Roland Slee as Managing Director for Asia Pacific
Bravura Solutions (Bravura), a leading global supplier of transfer agency and wealth management software applications and related professional services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Roland Slee as Managing Director – Asia Pacific. Reporting to Tony Klim, Bravura’s Chief Executive Officer, Roland will be responsible for accelerating growth, developing new lines of business,…