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DClear Services Expansion Continues with Appointment of Industry Veteran Hugh Stewart
SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management specialist, today announced the appointment of Hugh Stewart as sales director for its DClear Services business. Stewart joins DClear with more than 30 years of sales and management experience in the global financial services and technology industries, most recently as SVP of sales, EMEA and Asia at enterprise data…
Bloomberg’s Warms Responds to Data Manager Feedback on the BBGID
Earlier this month, three data manager readers of Reference Data Review provided feedback on the Bloomberg Global ID (BBGID), which lies at the heart of the data vendor’s open symbology initiative. In response to these queries, Peter Warms, global head of Bloomberg’s global identifiers and symbology, explains that BBGID will remain free and comes with no restrictions…
Asset Control Opens Zurich Office, Hires Senior Sales Executive
Asset Control announced today the opening of its office in Zurich, Switzerland and the hiring of a new senior sales executive for Europe, Patrick Odoni. Asset Control is also expanding its professional services and sales staff in Zurich to meet growing customer demand in the region. Patrick Odoni has joined Asset Control as senior sales…
Omgeo’s Bouchea Discusses Legal Entity Identification and Regulatory Impacts on Data Management
In the second of our series of talking heads on the challenges surrounding entity data management in the current market, ahead of the end of month deadline for feedback to the Office of Financial Research on legal entity identification standards, we speak to Omgeo’s director of product management for its data related business solutions Mark…
DTCC and MarkitSERV Collaborate with AcadiaSoft to Automate Collateral Messaging and Reduce Risk in OTC Derivative Markets
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), MarkitSERV and AcadiaSoft today announced that they are working to deliver a joint solution for improving communication related to setting and maintaining the collateral required between counterparties to over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions. The solution is the first step taken by the three companies to develop a multi-functional collateral…
Q&A: Cogeco Data Services’ Virginia Brailey on Low Latency North of the Border
When it comes to low-latency hot spots, it’s not all about NYC, and not even just about the US. Our neighbors to the north have plenty going on too in terms of electronic exchanges and new marketplaces. And there are local vendors, such a Cogeco Data Services. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com talked to Virginia Brailey, vice president, marketing…
More Practitioner Feedback on the BBGID: Great Potential But More Definition Needed
Bloomberg’s new global identifier, dubbed the BBGID, is causing something of a stir within the data manager community and Reference Data Review has received more feedback on the subject this week, following on from the comments from two practitioners last week. A securities reference data practice manager at a large US investment bank explains his…
BI-SAM Expands its Reach from Hong Kong to Singapore and Australia
BI-SAM, a provider of performance attribution and reporting software solutions for the global asset management industry, announced new appointments, increasing its presence in Asian markets. The AuM growth in the Asian Asset Management market is driving the need for high performing technology solutions to maintain its development as well as to provide its investors with…
ESMA Sends Letters to CFTC and SEC Asking for Greater Cooperation Across the Pond on Swaps Data
In light of the recent discussions going on in the US between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) around the introduction of new data repositories and reporting requirements for the swaps market, the European Securities and Markets Authority has sent a letter to both regulators stressing the need…
A Dose of Latency Nourishment
Plenty of food for thought this week for those of us who need to think deeply about latency. No, A-Team isn’t wrestling with how to squeeze out interparty latency, cut the tails of its jitter curves or ensure ROI on new high-speed venue connections (although we know many of you are). No, our current deep…