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Jan Stuart and Andy Shaw to Join Credit Suisse’s Commodities Research Group within Fixed Income Research
Credit Suisse today announced that Jan Stuart and Andy Shaw will join Credit Suisse’s Fixed Income Research Department as Head of Energy Research, and Head of Base Metals Research, respectively. Effective September 1, Mr. Stuart will be based in New York, while Mr. Shaw will be based in Singapore and join in late July. Both…
A Low-Latency Lap of SIFMA
Well, I’ve actually completed a few laps of the exhibits over the past couple of days. There’s no doubt the show was once again smaller than before, but the world of low latency was still pretty well represented. Here are some notes from what I’ve seen … * Content providers were few and far between….
Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has Boosted its Asset Allocation Team
A graduate of ESC Nantes/Audencia, 33 years, Thomas Vlieghe’s first position in 2003 was at AGF Asset Management where he worked as an assistant equity fund manager. In 2004, he joined Bryan, Garnier & Co as a broker on European stocks. He then moved to Allianz Global Investors in 2005 where he spent 6 years…
ISDA Announces Commodity Derivatives Trade Repository Selection
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) announced today that the ISDA Commodities Steering Committee has chosen Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Deriv/SERV and EFETnet to partner with the Committee on the next stage of development of the Commodity Derivatives Trade Repository. This selection is the result of a public Request for Proposals…
RBC Dexia Appoints New Director in Hong Kong
RBC Dexia Investor Services has appointed Alessandro Silvestro to the role of Director of Business Development for Asia. Based in Hong Kong, Mr. Silvestro will be responsible for driving RBC Dexia’s growth strategy in the region for both onshore and offshore mandates. He will report to Brent Reuter, Managing Director of Hong Kong and Head…
DST Global Solutions’ Anova Platform Now Available as a Hosted Service
DST Global Solutions, a market-leading provider of systems and services to the investment management industry, today announced that Anova, its award-winning middle office investment analytics platform, is now available as a hosted service to investment and wealth management firms globally. The Anova hosted service is provided by DST Global Solutions’ parent company DST Systems, which…
SimCorp Releases IFRS 9 Guide for Investment Firms
SimCorp, a leading provider of highly specialised software and expertise for the investment industry, announced today its guide to the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9. The guide examines how investment firms can benefit from new measurement models and how they can leverage their IT platform to ensure compliance with the new regulation. The IFRS…
Survey: Risk Management Under Pressure as Firms Refocus on Profits, Growth
Has the financial services industry reached a comfort zone, placing it in jeopardy of another crisis? Are today’s risk management practices and reporting in tune with existing risk culture and organizational expectations? Despite lessons learned, reform remains threatened by an imbalance of risk management demands and actual programs and practices in place, according to a…
Latest SAS Risk Management Offerings for Banking, Insurance Help Address Regulations, Risk
To address evolving risk management practices and regulatory requirements, such as Basel III and Solvency II, SAS has ramped up risk management solutions for both banking and insurance with enhancements to SAS Risk Management for Banking and SAS Risk Management for Insurance. Leading organizations relying on enterprise risk solutions from SAS, the leader in business…
National Bank of Abu Dhabi Gains Real-Time Analytics with SAS, Teradata
The number one bank in the United Arab Emirates, the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), will leverage market-leading technologies from Teradata, the world’s largest company focused on data warehousing, and SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, to gain a single enterprise view across the organization. This will help the bank maintain…