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Threadneedle Leverages Clean Data for Performance Project
Threadneedle Asset Management is implementing the Eagle Investment Systems performance measurement solution, based upon the foundation of a centralised source of consolidated reference data created using Eagle’s Pace data hub and portfolio management system. Following a project kicked off in Q1 this year, the investment manager has achieved compliance with the CFA Institute’s Global Investment…
EDM Council Taps Institutions For Membership Fees For 2007
In a move that may go some way towards countering criticism that its vendor-funded status stands in the way of its ability to establish industry standards for enterprise data management, the EDM Council is beginning a planned shift from a vendor-funded model to a membership model. Its base of vendor sponsors is already expanding. BearingPoint…
What does reference data mean to you?
The concept of enterprise data management is maturing. As Dale Richards, ex of SunGard and now leading a collaboration of small data management software companies under the banner of Lakefront Data Ventures, points out, the pressures of new business development are forcing a redefinition of what EDM means, and what tools are required to implement…
Ex-Interactive Data Man Smith Returns to Market Data Industry at Valuelink
Valuelink Information Services, UK provider of validated data solutions, has appointed Ashley Smith business development manager, reporting to CEO Stephen Choate. Smith spent 14 years at Interactive Data Corp, leaving in 2002.
Holmes to Head Up New Cicada Subsidiary Focused on Compliance
Cicada has created a new subsidiary, Profiler Solutions, to focus on compliance. Headed by Cicada executive vice president Hubert Holmes, the new business unit will offer software solutions to help firms meet regulatory requirements around know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML), based on its Profiler solution. As reported in Reference Data Review last…
ADP Strengthens its Commitment to Proxy Processing with Two New Hires
ADP Brokerage Services Group has appointed two new business development managers to focus specifically on its specialised proxy processing service. Ania Breuksch and Dogan Sevil become senior representatives for international business development and sales, reporting to Hakan Benito Sapmaz, director of international business development, ADP International Shareholder Communications.
Swift to Kick-Off Prototype CA Message Certification
Later this year Swift will start a certification proof of concept of the Swift Testing and Certification Service for ISO 15022 compliant corporate actions messages. A number of custodians and vendors have com-mitted to having their messages exam-ined by this prototype testing tool. The messages will be tested against the standard Swift verification, and then…
Howarth Joins Thomson Financial from Instinet, as MD Asia-Pacific Operations
Thomson Financial has named Mark Howarth managing director of Asia-Pacific operations based in Hong Kong. Howarth comes from a nine year stint at Instinet, where he was most recently managing director, Asia ex-Japan. He reports to Donal Smith, president, Europe and Asia, Thomson Financial.
CheckFree/CDS INC Partner on Canadian Corporate Actions Data
CheckFree eVent, CheckFree Corporation’s automation and workflow solution for corporate actions processing, now interfaces with CDS INC’s ISO 15022 compliant corporate actions data feed. CDS INC is a subsidiary of The Canadian Depository for Securities, and supplies Canadian equity and debt entitlements information. As a result of this joint effort, Canadian entitlement data for the…
Evaluations Heavyweight John Lynch Leaves Bloomberg
John Lynch, hired by Bloomberg just months ago to head a team of analysts spearheading the development of a pricing evaluations business (Reference Data Review, April 2006), has parted ways with the company. No comment was available from Bloomberg, beyond the assertion that its evaluations strategy remains in place. But this must be viewed as…