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Unifying Data for the End-User
The data that traders, researchers and risk managers need is often located across many systems. While ETL, middle-ware and traditional golden copy approaches are useful for data management, they don’t provide the business user with an easy way of analyzing this distributed data, says Xenomorph in its new white paper “TimeScape Data Unification”. A key…
Broadridge Canada Announces Enhanced Smart Securities Offering
Broadridge Financial Solutions, today announced the release of an enhanced version of its Smart Securities offering in Canada, which will now include New Issue Document Fulfillment. New Issue Document Fulfillment is a solution for the communication and delivery of transaction confirmations and required compliance documents to investors who have purchased new issue equity and fixed…
Robeco Completes Installation of Multifonds Fund Accounting System
Robeco, a pure-play asset manager with an active investment style has gone live with Multifonds Fund Accounting system to support its fast and efficient growth into new markets. Robeco needed a fund accounting product that provided a high degree of flexibility and a quick time to market in terms of setting up new products, coupled…
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Launches Workbench Mobile for the iPad
BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, announced the launch of Workbench Mobile, a new app enabling the firm’s institutional clients to authorize instructions and securely access key reports and account information from their iPad. Workbench Mobile is available now for download to registered Workbench users at the App Store through…
Bruno Prigent Appointed Global Head of Societe Generale Securities Services
Bruno Prigent, currently Deputy Head of Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS), will become Head of SGSS as of 30 September 2011. He will thus join the Executive Committee of the Private Banking, Global Investment Management and Services division as well as the General Management Committee of Societe Generale Group. Bruno Prigent will report to Jacques…
Virginie’s Blog – C+ ‘Could do Better’
This month, I’ve been busy organising a couple of webinars on the pricing and valuations challenge in the market (one of which is at 3pm on Thursday – see more here), as well as helping our research team on our upcoming North American valuations benchmarking report (check the site in the coming months for more)….
SEC, CFTC Staffs to Host Roundtable to Discuss International Issues Relating to Dodd-Frank Act Title VII Implementation
The staffs of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a joint public roundtable on August 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to discuss international issues related to the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Panelists will be announced…
EXCLUSIVE: DTCC’s Chief Data Officer Ron Jordan on His Experiences at NYSE, Regulatory Developments and DTCC’s Future Plans
Earlier this year, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) appointed ex-NYSE Euronext market data guru Ron Jordan to the position of chief data officer (CDO) and gave him the responsibility of guiding DTCC’s commercial and regulatory data business activities. Reference Data Review speaks to Jordan about his career highlights in the exchange sector and how these…
Another One Out the Door at Thomson Reuters: Wenig Departs from Markets Division as Part of Structural Shake up
In yet another shock departure from data giant Thomson Reuters over the last few months, Markets division chief Devin Wenig has left and CEO Tom Glocer is due to take on his responsibilities. Wenig, who has long been thought the natural successor to Glocer, is departing the vendor as part of a management and structural…
Virginie’s Blog – Never a Dull Moment
Summer used to be a quiet month or two for news. Not so this year (or even the last few years perhaps). What with the M&A rumour mill on overdrive, restructuring and musical chairs within the vendor community, endless regulatory toing and froing, and the recent announcement that the UK is potentially opting out of…