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Quality of Regulatory Authorities More Important Than Structure, BBA Tells Parliamentary Committee
The UK’s new financial regulators will need clear lines of responsibility and the right statutory objectives if they are to meet their intended aims, the BBA has told the joint committee of MPs and Lords scrutinising the new Financial Services Bill. More important than the new regulatory structure will be clarity in the chain of…
State Street Global Advisors Continues to Grow its Fundamental Equity Team in Ireland
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) today announced two senior additions to its Fundamental Equity team in Ireland. The new appointments will support a growing team based in Dublin and headed by Chris Johns, global chief investment officer, Active Fundamental Equities. Jeremy James joins as senior research…
The IMS Group Appoints Three New Compliance Consultants
The IMS Group (IMS), the compliance and regulation consultancy, has appointed three new compliance consultants. The new hires are Diana Stevens, Cynthia Griffith and Daniel Sharpe. Diana joins IMS from multi-billion dollar hedge fund Eton Park Capital Management, L.P, where she assumed the day to day coverage of compliance in its London branch. Her areas…
Matthias Scheiber Joins Multi-Asset Investment Team as Fund Manager
Schroders continues to strengthen its £35 billion FUM Multi-Asset business with the appointment of Matthias Scheiber*. Matthias starts at Schroders on 8th September 2011, joining a team of over 60 multi-asset investment professionals globally and will report to the Head of Multi-Asset Investments, Johanna Kyrklund. Matthias has eleven years of investment experience across the industry….
Virginie’s Blog – Reference Data @ Sibos
Ahead of Swift’s annual conference later this month, here’s a quick roundup of the reference data related sessions on the agenda for those heading to Toronto (and a preview for those of you who will be waiting for A-Team coverage of the event). In keeping with Swift’s extended ambitions in the reference data standards space…
Algorithmics Indicates it Will Stick to Existing Product Roadmaps Post-IBM Acquisition
IBM’s US$387 million acquisition of risk specialist Algorithmics will see the incorporation of the latter’s staff and products into the IBM fold. According to company executives, Algorithmics will add credit, market and liquidity risk solutions to IBM’s business analytics and optimisation division, while IBM will offer Algorithmics’ users extended analytics capabilities, as well as business…
Virginie’s Blog – IBM and Algorithmics: Following the Alignment Pattern
IBM’s planned acquisition of Algorithmics, which was announced earlier this week (timed nicely on 1 September alongside two other acquisition announcements – NYSE Euronext buying Metabit and SunGard buying Finace), is just another example of the increasing trend within the vendor community and (to some extent) the industry at large of the alignment of risk…
Ben Clissold Joins State Street Global Advisors as Senior LDI Portfolio Manager
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation, today announced the appointment of Ben Clissold as senior liability-driven investment (LDI) portfolio manager within the Investment Solutions Group. Clissold will be based in London and will report to Raymond Haines, head of European Liability-Driven Investment. Clissold joins from P-Solve Asset Solutions,…
Vienna Stock Exchange Launches New Sector Indices
Today, the Vienna Stock Exchange started calculating and publishing new sector indices for the ATX and CEESEG (CEE Stock Exchange Group whose subsidiaries are the exchanges of Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague and Vienna) to round off its range of indices and meet market demand. The ATX sector indices are based on the companies in the ATX…
Northern Trust Announces Leadership Changes in Australia/New Zealand and the Channel Islands
Northern Trust announced today that Rohan Singh will become managing director for Northern Trust in Australia and New Zealand. Singh replaces Paul Cutts who will assume the role of country head for the Channel Islands, based in Guernsey. The transition for both roles will take effect on 1 November 2011. Since joining Northern Trust in…