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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…
Wenig Departing Thomson Reuters in Reorg
Veteran Devin Wenig is leaving Thomson Reuters, where he was head of the Markets division (its focus being on financial information and trading systems) as part of a reorganisation that will see that division split in three. CEO Tom Glocer will take over Wenig’s responsibilities, and the division will now be organised as: Financial Professionals…
ISDA Hosts Regional Regulators Workshop
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, (ISDA) hosted an Asia Pacific Regulators Workshop in Hong Kong today with supervisors and policymakers from 19 regulatory bodies across the Asia Pacific region. The one-day session, which was a follow-up to the ISDA Asia Pacific Regulators Summit held in May, addressed specific challenges related to the implementation of…
Cleartrade Exchange Helps Clients Meet Dodd Frank Regulations with Trade Repository
Cleartrade Exchange, the global electronic marketplace for freight and commodity derivatives, announced today that its Trade Repository, an integral part of its trading platform, has now been released to clients. Unlike most “old tech” solutions which are intra-day at best, the Cleartrade real-time Trade Repository automates the production of trade confirmations, in the form of…
Alexander Forbes Offshore appoints Richard Buchanan
Alexander Forbes Offshore, part of the Alexander Forbes International Group has appointed Richard Buchanan to Operations Director, based in Jersey. Richard joins Alexander Forbes from Alpha Bank Jersey where he was Managing Director. He has extensive operations, marketing and sales management experience gained over many years in the offshore financial services arena. He has also…
FSB Proposes New Resolution Planning Requirements for SIFIs, Data Fragmentation Issues Highlighted
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has this week produced a consultation paper setting out its proposals for new policy measures to ensure the effective resolution of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs). The proposals cover new resolution powers and tools for national authorities, cross border arrangements, resolution planning requirements and measures to remove any current obstacles…