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LakeFront Data’s Richards Joins First Derivatives as President of its US Operations
Earlier this year, First Derivatives bought Reference Data Factory (RDF) for around US$10 million and Dale Richards, CEO of LakeFront Data Ventures and board member of RDF, joined the advisory board of the market data and risk management focused solution provider. Richards, who has since taken a back seat at his own start-up LakeFront Data…
QuIC Appoints Calvert as Chief Technology Officer
QuIC Financial Technologies, a risk management, pricing and analytic solutions provider, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Simon Calvert to the position of chief technology officer. In this position, Calvert will play a leading role in driving QuIC’s technology vision and reinforcing its reputation as an innovator in the industry during the next phase…
SuperDerivatives Appoints Matzliah as Asia Pacific Head to Lead its Aggressive Expansion Across the Region
SuperDerivatives (SD) said today that it has appointed Jacob Matzliah as vice President for Asia Pacific. “Asia Pacific is a tremendous growth area for SuperDerivatives since there is very high usage of sophisticated derivatives and strong need for cost effective front office systems that can enhance capabilities to participate in these markets, both as a…
A New Mandate for Pricing Partners with HSBC
Pricing Partners announced today that HSBC chose Pricing Partners’ independent valuation platform Price-it Online, to provide independent revaluation for structured products. Eric Benhamou, CEO of Pricing Partners comments: “HSBC is one of our leading references and a strong sign of the credibility of our derivatives valuation system. With this reference, we are taking an important…
ReformIS Graduates First from Cadis Centre for Excellence
Global EDM specialist Cadis has certified the first graduates of its Centre of Excellence. ReformIS, an information systems consultancy and Cadis official partner, has cemented its expertise and successfully put its key consultants through the five-day certification course. 50 further candidates from multiple institutions are also already signed up for future courses. “Across our asset…
Oracle Capital Selects Quantifi for Valuation and Risk Management of New Structured Credit Fund
Quantifi, a provider of analytics, trading and risk management solutions for the global capital markets, today announced that Oracle Capital, a hedge fund start-up founded by two former Lehman Brothers traders, has selected Quantifi XL for the pricing and analysis of their structured credit portfolio. Founded in 2009, Oracle Capital is based in Hong Kong…
The Clifton Group Selects F3 SDK
Fincad, a global provider of financial analytics, and The Clifton Group, a SEC registered investment advisory firm, announced today that Clifton has selected the F3 SDK analytics platform to expand their existing enterprise-wide derivatives pricing and valuation system. “Staying competitive in the investment advisory business means being able to react to valuation and pricing needs…
SunGard Boosts Data Management Offering By Combining MarketMap and Fame Under SaaS Banner
In line with the current trend in the vendor community towards launching software as a service (SaaS) versions of data management solutions, SunGard has decided to combine its Fame and MarketMap offerings under the banner of a new SaaS environment. The vendor has just integrated Exchange Data International’s (EDI) corporate actions data feed into MarketMap and…
Six Further Jurisdictions to Join IOSCO’s Fight Against Cross Border Securities Market Misconduct
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has today announced that six further securities regulatory authorities have been invited to become full signatories of the IOSCO Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding concerning Consultation, Cooperation and the Exchange of Information (MMoU). This follows the acceptance of the current IOSCO members from South Korea and Uruguay as full…
Ex-S&P MD Biltoo Joins Global Carbon Ratings and Analytics Outfit IDEAcarbon
After more than six years at the helm of Standard & Poor’s Fixed Income Solutions business, Krishna Biltoo has headed off to pastures new, and particularly green pastures at that. Biltoo is now joint CEO at carbon finance ratings, research and analytical solution provider, IDEAcarbon. The start-up was founded back in 2007 and is aiming…