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Pool-Side Reading for Reference Data Ravers
Your publisher and editor are honoured this issue to be carrying contributions from two of the leading lights of the reference data community. In what will become a regular feature, Tony Kirby, founder of the Reference Data User Group (RDUG) brings us completely up to date with the workings of the various standards working groups….
U.K. Asset Manager Insight Set to Go Live with Citadel’s Data Management Platform
U.K. asset management firm Insight Investment is about to go live with a reference data management infrastructure from Citadel Associates. The implementation will make Citadel’s Cadis the data management infrastructure underpinning Insight’s growing derivatives operations. Insight – formed through a merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland, and the subsequent acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management…
Rolfe & Nolan Adds Parker to European Sales Team
Rolfe & Nolan has added Gavin Parker to its European sales team, with a focus on order management solutions. He was previously managing director at Real Time Trading Systems and was IT director at Fortis Bank. Parker will report to Bill Herder, senior vice president, order management, and will be based in London.
SEI Taps Rodgers for Institutional Sales in Europe
SEI Investments has named Greg Rodgers director, institutional sales, for Continental Europe, based in London. The appointment marks the company’s continuing expansion in Europe. SEI recently opened offices in Germany and the Netherlands, and has offices in the U.K. and France. Rodgers will work with Bart Heenk, managing director for the Netherlands, and Stephan Romer,…
S&P Risk Solutions Hires Bar-Or, Davies for Product, Business Development
Standard & Poor’s Risk Solutions has named Yuval D. Bar-Or global head of product management and development, and Darren K. Davies managing director for North American business development, based in New York. Bar-Or will be responsible for the evolution and deployment of credit risk products, and will report to Roy Taub, executive managing director of…
Outsourced Data Management Services: Will This Be the Year? By Tim Lind, Senior Analyst, Investment Management, TowerGroup
Although discussions surrounding the economics of outsourcing have only increased over the past three years, creating inertia in the securities industry for business process outsourcing has been a frustrating experience. Entrenched attitudes take time to change, and outsourcing decisions continue to be driven more by political considerations than by the bottom line. The biggest hurdle…
LSE, FT Interactive Data Go Live With Corporate Actions via Swift
With the opening up of the Swift network to vendors for delivery of their corporate actions data, several data vendors have grabbed the opportunity and are in the process of launching ISO 15022-compliant data services. These developments are helping move the industry towards standardization and greater automation of corporate actions. FT Interactive Data last week…
FTI StreetEnterprise Release 6.3 Upgrades StreetReference, Actions
Financial Technologies International’s release last month of the latest edition of its StreetEnterprise securities processing solution features substantial upgrades to both its StreetReference reference data module and StreetActions corporate actions automation platform. According to FTI, the new release – version 6.3 – refines the StreetReference module “to improve the quality of data received from vendors.”…
Eagle Investment Systems Wins Alberta Investment Manager
Eagle Investment Systems announced a contract with Alberta Investment Management, the Province of Alberta’s investment management department, with C$40 billion under management. AIM has implemented the EaglePace data hub and portfolio management system for all asset classes, including equities, bonds and derivatives. Separately, Eagle has released version 6.0 of its suite of investment management solutions,…
DSTi Names Stallard Marketing Chief
DST International has appointed Paul Stallard as global marketing director. He was previously sales and marketing director at Fyshe Group. Stallard, whose appointment follows that of Ian Hunt, DSTi’s new head of global product strategy, will be responsible for global branding, product positioning and for managing DSTi’s global marketing. Meanwhile, DST International has made six…