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Profidata Group: Gunther Glabbatz New Regional Director for Germany and Austria
Profidata Group, a provider of investment and wealth management software, has announced the hire of Gunther Glabbatz. Glabbatz will take responsibility for business development in Germany and Austria. Prior to joining Profidata, Glabbatz held a similar role at SimCorp. Glabbatz has a broad experience with IT-implementation projects in the asset management, banking and insurance business….
Credit Suisse Hires Roger Lehman as Head of CMBS Research
Credit Suisse has hired Roger Lehman as managing director and head of Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Research, responsible for research and analysis that will support the bank’s re-entry into CMBS origination as well as its secondary trading desk. He will report to Dale Westhoff, global head of Securitized Products Research, and will join the Credit…
Hudson Bay Capital’s Black Discusses Bloomberg Vault Implementation, Cost Saving Benefits of Cloud-Based Data Storage
The expanded registration requirements under Dodd Frank for firms that once fell under exemptions have resulted in many more firms being compelled to invest in data storage solutions in order to ease the data retrieval process and keep costs down. One such firm is buy side firm Hudson Bay Capital Management, which has recently rolled out…
Seeing Colt Through a Different ‘Prizm
While it may not be the biggest transaction, Colt’s agreement to acquire a majority stake in MarketPrizm, which finally materialised this week after months of speculation, gives the UK telecom services provider some teeth with which it hopes to bite off a larger chunk of the trading connectivity marketplace. No cash will change hands as…
BNP Paribas Appoints Stephen Hale as Senior Relationship Manager for Hedge Funds in London
BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking announces today the appointment of Stephen Hale, as head of hedge fund relationship management Europe, further strengthening the bank’s European coverage of hedge funds. Stephen joined the Investor Relationship Management team in London at the end of April and reports to Stefano Blotto, head of Investor Relationship Management team…
SIX Telekurs White Paper: Transparency in Evaluated Pricing
In an effort to help bring clarity and understanding about transparency in evaluated pricing, SIX Telekurs is pleased to announce the release of a new white paper that describes our thoughts and practices. The paper will be discussed publicly for the first time in a workshop at the upcoming A-Team “Data Management for Risk, Analytics…
CFTC and SEC Describe Data Focused Investment Plans for 2012, CFTC Establishes Data Standardisation Subcommittee
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have once again testified before the Senate regarding requests for an increase in their budgets for next year, including US$66 million earmarked by the CFTC for technology and US$78 million for the same on the part of the SEC. During his testimony,…
Swift Selects Sword FircoSoft to Support New Centralised Sanctions Screening Service
Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,700 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, has selected Sword FircoSoft to provide components of its new centralised Sanctions Screening service. Economic sanctions are growing in importance as a tool to fight financial crime. As a consequence, complying with evolving sanctions regulations and frequently updated lists…
Financial Industry Trade Associations Coalition Releases Framework for a Global Legal Entity Identifier System
A coalition of financial-services trade associations today released a comprehensive set of requirements for establishing a legal entity identifier (LEI) system to aid regulators and industry in monitoring systemic risk. The Trade Associations note that the requirements document released today is meant to be an evolving solution that will be refined as others participate in…
Sifma Led Financial Association Coalition Provides OFR with a Wish List for the LEI, Sets 30 May Deadline
The 13 strong, Sifma led coalition of industry associations involved in providing feedback to the regulatory community regarding the establishment of a new global legal entity identification standard has finally produced its comprehensive list of requirements for the ID. The group has also set a deadline of the end of this month (30 May) for…