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ABSA Capital South Africa Selects Trillium Software for Data Compliance
Trillium Software, a business of Harte-Hanks and a leading enabler of Total Data Quality solutions, today announced that Absa Capital- the investment banking division of Absa Bank and affiliated to Barclays Capital, has selected the Trillium Software System to assess the quality of data and ensure it is compliant with key business process requirements. The…
S&P VRS Adds New Credit Risk Model to Credit Health Panel
S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies today announced the availability of a new credit risk model that provides relative credit assessments for rated and unrated public companies, incorporating enhanced operational, solvency and liquidity measures. This new model achieves improved ranking accuracy and enhanced overall performance through methodology enhancements. The enhanced model is available for use within…
Netik Appoints Todd Rudley as Head of Americas Sales
Netik, the global leading provider of financial data creation, management and distribution services and solutions, announced today the appointment of Todd Rudley to the role of Head of Americas Sales. Rudley will be based out of Netik’s New York headquarters and will report directly to John Mason, Chief Operating Officer of Netik. He will lead…
Virginie’s Blog – Index Data Under the Microscope
It seems that all aspects of the data underlying decision making within the financial services community are under the microscope at the moment and last week’s FISD issue brief highlighted that index and benchmark data is no exception. Panellists including representatives from the whole range of participants in the index and benchmark community noted that…
EDI and the Commodities Research Bureau Team up to Deliver the Best Quality Commodity Pricing Data
Exchange Data International (EDI), a well established provider of Securities Corporate Actions and Reference Data, today announced a new commodity pricing service in collaboration with the Commodities Research Bureau (CRB), the world’s leading commodity and futures research, data and analysis firm since 1934. With this partnership, EDI is now able to offer its clients comprehensive…
Appointments at Societe Generale Securities Services
Paloma Pedrola has been appointed International Manager for Custody and Trustee Services. Based in Paris and reporting to Etienne Deniau, she will be responsible for coordinating existing custody and trustee services in Western Europe, (Germany, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom), Central and Eastern Europe (Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia), and Africa (Egypt,…
BBA Calls for Accountability and Strong Governance as New Regulators Take Shape
The new UK financial regulators currently being created need to be supported by strong systems of governance and accountability, the British Bankers’ Association has told HM Treasury. In its response to the latest Treasury consultation on regulatory reform, the BBA supported the new focus on supervising individual firms while also monitoring risk in the economy,…
NYSE Technologies Rolls Enterprise Ticker Plant
Based on several component products, NYSE Technologies has introduced its Enterprise Ticker Plant, designed to deliver market data to a wide variety of applications across a trading firm, from low-latency algorithmic trading systems to desktops running Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Says Brian Doherty, global product manager for Data Fabric, the offering is essentially a productisation of…
Interactive Data Adds Ex-Omgeo and GoldenSource Exec McCormick to Ref Data Team
In line with its ongoing restructuring under the watchful eye of its private equity owners, Interactive Data has hired ex-Omgeo and GoldenSource exec Fritz McCormick to act as a senior product director for its Pricing and Reference Data segment. McCormick joins from Aite Group where he was a senior analyst with a focus on enterprise…
Broadridge Financial Solutions Today Acquires Palaydyne Systems for Approximately $76.5 Million
To significantly expand its services to buy-side clients, Broadridge Financial Solutions today announced the acquisition of Paladyne Systems for approximately $76.5 million in consideration subject to various adjustments. Paladyne is a rapidly growing provider of a market-leading set of solutions to enable global, multi-asset class investment managers and service providers to work more effectively, minimize…