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Hirschfeld Leaves Citadel for Asset Control
David Hirschfeld has joined Asset Control as senior vice president of operations, a vendor that his previous firm Chicago-based Citadel Investment Group selected for data management services (Reference Data Review, December 2004). In his new role, Hirschfeld will be involved in initiatives including the turnkey solutions program, Asset Control Solutions Center for product demonstrations and…
Cicada Packages KYC Solution…
Cicada is packaging its data management software and data cleansing team to offer a purpose-built Know Your Customer (KYC) solution. The framework will provide configurable, rules-based workflow schema to help financial institutions manage their client data review process, as well as keep an audit trail and source attribution details. The solution can manage both internal…
Cicada Continues Sales Team Expansion in Europe, U.S.
Cicada is continuing to expand its sales team, hiring Steve Rosenburg as director, America sales, Eija Hietavuo as European sales director, and Bruce Hawkins as business consultant, managing pre- and post-sales support efforts. Rosenburg was previously with Reuters’ Enterprise Information Products Solutions group, and held senior sales roles at Bridge. At Cicada, he will report…
Netik Upgrades InterView Information Portal
Netik has upgraded its InterView Information Portal with the release of the Performance Explorer. The new module enables uses to ‘slice and dice’ performance information via a browser for higher levels of analysis.
Standard & Poor’s Bolsters European Securities Evaluations Team
Standard & Poor’s has bolstered its European Securities Evaluations group with the addition of two senior managers to the team. Annabel Saunders is named associate director, and Ciro Incarico is named director of fixed income evaluations sales in the group. Saunders has previously worked at Reuters and FT Interactive Data, where she had been responsible…
…While Subsidiary CounterpartyLink Signs Up Capco As Early Distributor
Cicada’s new CounterpartyLink subsidiary (Reference Data Review, February 2005) is beginning to establish itself among other service providers, signing up Capco Reference Data Services as a distributor for the issuer, client, counterparty and hierarchy data service. As well as becoming a distributor, CRDS, which offers outsourced business process and technology services, intends to incorporate the…
Capco Names Parthasarathy as Country Manager, India
Capco has named Padma Parthasarathy as country manager in India, based in Bangalore, and reporting to partner and executive vice president, business process outsourcing and sourcing development Gopi Chelliah who joined a few months ago (Reference Data Review, March 2005). Parthasarathy will be responsible for developing Capco’s relationships with India’s banking sector as well as…
Fininfo Distribution Deal Extends ICB Into Europe
French information provider Fininfo is distributing the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) database via its Finalim back office datafeed and FinWin front-office data terminal products. The deal will expand the reach of the ICB classification system, launched in January of this year by Dow Jones Indexes and FTSE Group, into Fininfo’s European client base.
Xcitek Hires Jones for Product Management Group; Gyngell in Europe
Larry W. Jones has joined corporate actions firm Xcitek as senior vice president of its product management group, responsible for managing the product roadmap. Although not from a corporate actions background, Jones spent 18 years at HP/Compaq Computer Corp. within its global services division, as well as Integrated Medical Systems International and Adea Solutions. He…
Banque de Luxembourg Automates CAs with Vermeg
Vermeg has signed up a third client in Luxembourg for its Megacor corporate actions service. Banque de Luxembourg chose Megacor to fully automate its corporate actions processing to enable STP, after reviewing five other providers. The live data is scheduled for completion in September.