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Xenomorph Offers Souped-Up SQL for Reference Data
Xenomorph has launched TimeScape QL+, a new query language designed specifically for filtering and analysis of reference, historic and tick-by-tick data. Based on an SQL-like syntax, TimeScape QL+ allows traders, risk managers and technologists to filter and analyze data more efficiently than is possible with pure relational database technology, Xenomorph says. The development has been…
Principia Partners Hires Rand to Lead Sales
Harvey Rand has joined New Jersey-based Principia Partners as executive vice president of sales and customer relationship management. A veteran of Summit Systems, Fusion Systems and Sybase, Rand was previously at learning software provider Zoologic. Principia provides front-to-back-office systems for capital markets.
FTI Taps IntegraSP for StreetDashboard
Financial Technologies International has tapped IntegraSP’s AltioLive to offer StreetDashboard, a data management tool aimed at providing a holistic view of enterprise data for middle- and back-office data. The system allows firms to monitor key indicators like currency, country and counterparty exposure to minimize risk, by offering a window into FTI’s StreetEnterprise applications.
IDS Employs 2 More Senior Staff
Don Totter, CEO of Integrated Decision Systems, continues his hiring spree with the appointment of Ron LoVetri as chief marketing officer, responsible for directing all IDS marketing activities. LoVetri was previously vice president at Charles Schwab and spent time at Autodesk. IDS also named Randy Peerson vice president of software development. He joins IDS from…
FISD to Launch XML Toolkit for Messaging Standards
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) plans to release an XML toolkit – dubbed XML transmission Compaction (XTC) – to aid developers using its FISDMessage protocol and support the standardization of reference data. FISDMessage, along with MDDLService, will be the transport layer for FISD’s Market Data Definition…
SmartStream Names Eichen Head of U.S. Solution Services
Richard Eichen has joined SmartStream as general manager of U.S. solution services. Eichen, based in New York, will report to Lou Longhi, U.S. managing director, and will have responsibility for rolling out SmartStream’s STP Control Architecture (STPCA), aimed at transforming SmartStream from an application provider to a strategic partner. Eichen was previously managing director –…
EDI Expands Middle Eastern Coverage of WCA, Dividend Feeds
Exchange Data International (EDI) has expanded the Middle Eastern coverage of its Worldwide Corporate Actions (WCA) and Worldwide Dividends feeds. The new service includes additional Arabic language translation capabilities as well as data from three additional Middle East stock exchanges and local data providers. Exchange information from the Algerian, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates (UAE)…
Lammersdorf Steps Down as Deutsche Borse Head of Information Services
Christoph Lammersdorf is stepping down this month as managing director information services at Deutsche Borse. He will be succeed by Holger Wohlenberg, one of four new managing directors appointed by the German exchange in a management reshuffle. Wohlenberg joins from Deutsche Bank, where he was managing director in the global corporate finance division. Lammersdorf will…
ADP Brokerage Services Teams with Xcitek for Corporate Actions
ADP’s Brokerage Services Group (BSG) has launched an automated corporate actions processing system based on XcitekSolutionsPlus’s XSP platform. The new system is part of BPS’s back-office processing offering, and features a data-scrubbing engine for exception-handling. The engine compares announcement data from multiple sources and identifies exceptions, publishing them to BPS and offering managers an overall…
Telekurs (U.K.)’s Fox Quits to Join FT Interactive Data
Tim Fox is leaving Telekurs Financial after 11 years working in its U.K. operation. He is leaving to join FT Interactive Data in October as the new product marketing manager for FTS, the company’s portfolio administration tool providing access to global securities data to European clients. It is not clear whom he will report to…