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ANZ Selects Serisys to Implement the Syn~ Platform Across its Global Markets Business
Serisys Solutions, a provider of IT solutions and services to the capital markets, announced today that it has signed a global agreement with ANZ for the implementation, roll out and 24×7 support of the Syn~ platform across its Global Markets business. Serisys will implement Syn~ as ANZ Global Markets’ unified post-trade transaction processing system for…
Kinetic Partners’ U.S. Office Expands Regulatory and Compliance Practice to Meet Increased Hedge Fund Demand for SEC Registration
Kinetic Partners, a global professional services firm to the asset management, investment banking and brokerage community, today said it has expanded the regulatory and compliance team at its New York office to meet increasing demand from hedge funds undergoing SEC registration required under the Dodd-Frank Act. Donald Babbitt and Kevin Duffy Jr. have joined the…
Natixis Further Reinforces Coverage
Laurent Capes appointed Senior Banker Laurent Capes started his career with the World Bank in 1997. In 1999, he joined the Emerging Markets division within the Treasury Directorate at the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry. In 2001, in the Financial Markets office of the Treasury Directorate, he worked on several privatization transactions. He…
IOSCO Highlights Dark Pool Post-trade Data Gaps, Lack of Global Venue Identification Standards
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its principles for the global dark pool community, which highlights the high degree of disparity across the post-trade data environment for these venues. In particular, it notes the lack of a common venue identification standard and trade reporting processes. IOSCO, which has also been working on…
Otkritie Appoints Eleven for New International Team
Otkritie, one of the largest financial groups and leading providers of high frequency trading solutions in Russia, has hired a team of eleven to bolster its expanding fixed income and strategy department. The appointments coincide with the latest Thomson Reuters Extel results, which focus on excellence in investment banking and asset management as voted by…
Linedata Appoints APAC MD
Sally Crane has joined Linedata in June 2011 as Managing Director, responsible for growing Linedata’s business in Asia. Key responsibilities include business development, delivery and strategy, as well as oversight for the Hong Kong office. Prior to that, Sally was Regional Director for FactSet Pacific in Hong Kong, after moving to Asia in 1997. During…
ANZ Global Markets to Use GBST’s Syn~
GBST, a global provider of technology services to the financial services industry, announces today that it has signed a long term agreement with ANZ for the deployment of GBST’s securities transaction platform, Syn~, for the ANZ Global Markets business. ANZ will use GBST’s Syn~ platform as a complete post trade middle and back office solution….
Banks Being Pushed Towards a More Formalised Approach to Risk Management, Say Barclays’ Hayward and BNP Paribas’ Carette
The desire to restore trust and confidence in the market has become the driving force behind much of the investment that has gone into risk management systems, according to Bill Hayward, director of regulatory risk and group risk for Barclays Bank. Speaking at last week’s SAS user conference in Antwerp, Hayward joined Ivan Carette, director…
S&P’s Pagliaro Elaborates on the Details of its Valuations and Risk Partnership with Sapient
Earlier this month, Sapient Global Markets and Standard and Poor’s Valuation and Risk Strategies (S&P VRS) signed a partnership agreement to provide their respective client bases with greater data and risk and pricing analysis capabilities for structured finance products. Reference Data Review speaks to David Pagliaro, senior director at Structured Finance Solutions for S&P VRS, about what…
Kinetic Partners Hire Kevin Huby
Kevin Huby has been appointed a Member at Kinetic Partners to focus on building the firm’s risk management and remediation services. This new appointment will complement and significantly strengthen Kinetic Partners’ highly regarded regulation and compliance service offering. Kevin joins Kinetic Partners from Ernst & Young, where he established and led a team focusing on…