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Trucost/Factset Partner to Boost Environmental Risk Disclosure to Investors
In a major step forward for investment analysts, the extensive environmental performance data available from Trucost will now be accessible for the first time over FactSet. This will allow investors to seamlessly embed environmental risk management into their everyday decision making, alongside traditional financial metrics. The new partnership creates an integrated approach to analyzing the…
Solarflare Accelerates Another Exchange
NYSE Euronext is the latest announced exchange customer for Solarflare Communications, which sells go-faster 10gE network interface cards (NICs) and acceleration software. The company announced CBOE as a customer earlier this month. Specifically, NYSE has deployed Solarflare’s SFN5122F 10GbE server adapter with its EnterpriseOnload software to reduce latency and jitter on network I/O in its…
State Street Global Advisors Appoints Head of UK, Middle East and Africa Institutional Business
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation, today announced the appointment of Susan Raynes as head of its UK, Middle East and Africa (UKMEA) institutional business. Raynes will report to Greg Ehret, head of SSgA Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and will be responsible for identifying institutional business…
Broadridge Appoints Stefanie Shelley as Chief Marketing Officer
Broadridge Financial Solutions announced today that it has appointed Stefanie Shelley as its Chief Marketing Officer, effective immediately. In her new role, Ms. Shelley will be responsible for Broadridge’s global marketing functions, including the company’s brand strategy, all brand and product marketing efforts, corporate communications, and digital and social media marketing. “Stefanie is a proven…
Additional International Consensus on the Proposed LEI Needed Before Rules Can be Issued in 2012, Says OFR’s Berner
Although the Office of Financial Research (OFR) was due to issue a rule regarding the adoption of its proposed legal entity identification (LEI) standard before the end of last month, the deadline has slipped due to the need to gain additional international input on the subject, according to the Treasury’s Richard Berner. Berner, who was…
Virginie’s Blog – What Visser’s £2m FSA Fine Says About Data and Control
The news this week that hedge fund manager Michiel Weiger Visser has been slapped with the highest ever fine for an individual (at £2 million) and struck off by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) not only highlights the current focus of the regulator on dealing swiftly and harshly with market abuse infractions, but also…
Q&A: George Salemie of RedDot Networks Talks Latency Monitoring and FPGAs
We came across RedDotNetworks at June’s SIFMA show, and were pleasantly surprised they that are based here in Austin, and doing interesting things in the worlds of latency management and FPGA development. So IntelligentTradingTechnology.com caught up with founder George Salemie to find out more about the company, and where it is heading. Q: When did…
SGX Reaches for Lower Latency
So, Singapore Exchange’s Reach matching engine went live today as planned. Based on Genium Inet technology from Nasdaq OMX, it matches in less than 90 microseconds, door to door, whatever that means. The new system is part of a $250 million upgrade by SGX, also including a new data centre and co-lo facilities. Apart from…
AFME Pledges Support for a Consolidated Tape, Gathers Info on Post-Trade Transparency for Non-Equity Markets
As part of its response to the European Commission’s proposals under the second iteration of MiFID, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has championed the cause of a consolidated tape for post-trade equity data in the region. However, although it acknowledges the need for greater transparency in the non-equity markets, the industry association…
Costs of Living Wills Requirements Likely to be Considerable But Are Hard to Estimate, Says Kinetic Partners’ Shrimpton
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has just released a new consultation paper on its proposals for recovery and resolution planning requirements, which estimates that the direct costs of implementation will be between £4 million and £35 million for “high impact” firms and the ongoing compliance costs to the industry will be between £150 million…