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Corporate Boards Vulnerable to Hacking and Information Theft, Says Thomson Reuters Survey
Most major corporations surveyed have significant security gaps that leave sensitive board-level information open to information theft and hacking. Those are among the findings of a new survey of board members of UK and global corporations conducted by Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk & Compliance. The findings are particularly noteworthy in light of recent news stories…
Thomson Reuters Reinforces Commitment to Enterprise Solutions with New Hire
Thomson Reuters today announced that Ralf Roth has been named global head of Elektron Transactions and Strategy for the Enterprise Solutions business, reporting to Jon Robson, president of Enterprise Solutions. Joining Thomson Reuters from Deutsche Bank, Ralf brings nearly 20 years of international experience focused on automated trading. At Deutsche Bank Ralf was responsible for…
James Odell Joins DTCC as First Deputy General Counsel
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced that James E. Odell has joined the company as First Deputy General Counsel (Deputy GC). Odell brings more than 25 years of legal expertise in the financial services industry to this role, most recently with UBS Investment Bank. He reports to Larry E. Thompson, Managing Director…
Informatica’s Hsu Talks up Market Data and Standards Libraries Developments
EDM platform provider Informatica has extended its capital markets ambitions with added bells and whistles with the addition of new market data feed and data standards libraries, including Bloomberg and Depository and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) versions. Karen Hsu, director of product marketing for the vendor, explains to Reference Data Review how Informatica is also connecting with key…
Top Seven Low Latency Technology Advances
Technology in the Capital Markets changes quite rapidly. In order to stay competitive, business and IT leadership must learn about new approaches, techniques, technologies, and how to integrate it all together. Whether your role is as an architect, vendor, developer, analyst, or decision maker, it is vital to gain an understanding of these new areas…
Deutsche Bank’s Roth Named Elektron Head at Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has filled a gap in the senior ranks of its Enterprise Solutions unit, with the appointment of Deutsche Bank’s Ralf Roth to the role of global head of Elektron Transactions and Strategy. Elektron is the company’s managed hosting and co-location offering, providing low-latency market data, risk management, analytics and transactional services. At Deutsche…
Markit Announces Roll of Markit CDX Indices
Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced that its Markit CDX North America Investment Grade and Markit CDX Emerging Markets indices will roll into their next series on September 20 2011. Final membership lists are available here. The Markit CDX NA HY will roll on September 27 2011. A final membership list…
Legacy Asset Management Company (LAMCO) Goes Live With Calypso as Central Valuation Solution
Calypso Technology, a global application software provider of an integrated trading, risk and processing platform to financial institutions and corporate treasuries, announced today that Legacy Asset Management Company (LAMCO), a fully owned subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holding Inc., has gone into production with the Calypso system as its core derivatives platform for valuation and risk….
Thomson Reuters Grows Legal Entity Data Solution to Address Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance
Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of an expanded legal entity data solution, which will be available for retrieval via Thomson Reuters DataScope Select and Thomson Reuters DataScope Onsite. This offering significantly expands the firm’s legal entity content capability, which is approaching coverage of 1 million entities across nearly 250 markets and 50 languages. Thomson…
Eagle Asset Management Ramps Up Institutional Sales Support
Eagle Asset Management, provider of equity and fixed-income investment strategies to institutional and individual investors, has hired Donald J. Pepin as Director of Institutional Sales. He will focus on strategic initiatives targeting domestic and international consultants as well as direct new business development. Pepin has nearly 30 years of industry experience in areas including institutional…