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Gay Huey Evans Appointed Vice Chairman of the Board and Non-Executive Chairman of Europe, ISDA
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) announced that Gay Huey Evans will join ISDA as a vice chairman of the board of directors and non-executive chairman of Europe for ISDA. The appointment is effective 10 January 2011. Huey Evans, who is based in London, will act as an advisor to ISDA’s board and management…
OnePath Goes Live with Kurtosys for Fund Reporting in 7 Weeks
Kurtosys Systems Limited, a global provider of client communications solutions, products and services today announces that OnePath, one of Australia’s leading providers of wealth, superannuation, investment, insurance and advice solutions and part of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), has gone live on FundSource in just seven weeks for the production of their…
SEI Focuses on Providing Valuations Transparency and Independence to the Buy Side, Says Oakes
Middle office outsourcing solution provider SEI has recently upgraded its pricing and valuation offering for the buy side by adding more third party data feeds and a new online Manager Dashboard tool . June Oakes, solutions director in SEI’s Investment Manager Services Division, explains to Reference Data Review that the upgrade is aimed at ensuring its…
Princeton Financial Systems Releases PAM for UVT 2011
Princeton Financial Systems has released a new version of its unit value pricing and trading solution, PAM for Unit Value Trade (UVT). PAM for UVT has been supporting leading insurance and annuity companies throughout the United States and Canada for over a decade. The all new PAM for UVT 2011 offers significant technical enhancements. PAM…
Odds On?
The more people I speak to, the more cynical I get about the future of the US Office of Financial Research. It seems that some are even close to running a book on how long it will be before the government backs away from the idea, given the changing political dynamics on Capitol Hill. In…
Stop Press: Markit Enters Risk Systems Business with QuIC Acquisition
Credit pricing and valuations specialist Markit Group has acquired QuIC, a risk analytics firm that allows institutions to test market and credit risk scenarios. The move will give Markit a set of analytical applications to complement its data and valuations offerings, particularly in the credit area. Markit positions the transaction as an entre into the…
DTCC Publishes Updated ISO 20022 Specifications for Corporate Actions Processing
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today published updated drafts of new ISO 20022 corporate action announcement specifications, which will be used in a pilot test with custodian banks, broker-dealers and other corporate actions users beginning this April. While the pilot of the DTCC system using ISO 20022 announcement messages will involve a limited…
ALaS Consulting LLC Acquires Xcitek Consulting Services
ALaS Consulting LLC (ALaS) and Xcitek Consulting Services (XCS) agreed to unify their offering through ALaS’ acquisition of XCS, announced Erik DiGiacomo, President of ALaS Consulting. The two firms bring complementary skills and talent to their global financial services clients. The acquisition fits ALaS strategy of “owning” the areas in which it practices and expands…
Interactive Data Significantly Expands Global Content For Wealth Managers And Financial Advisors In Europe
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it has significantly expanded the depth and breadth of global content available to wealth managers and financial advisors via PrimeTerminal Professional, its customisable financial desktop solution. PrimeTerminal now offers access to a vast wealth of independent fixed income evaluated…
Macquarie Extends Usage of GoldenSource Securities and Products
In 2009, Macquarie Securities Group has selected GoldenSource, an enterprise data management provider for the securities and investment management industry, to streamline the end-to-end data quality process, for its equity and equity derivatives business. Macquarie is now rolling out the technology across its other enterprise business lines.