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DST Global Solutions Appoints Head of Investment Accounting Solutions for North America
DST Global Solutions, a provider of business solutions and services to the global investment management industry, has today announced the appointment of Michael Lauritzen as investment accounting solution manager for North America. Lauritzen previously served as head of DST Global Solutions’ consultancy services in North America. Prior to joining DST Global Solutions Lauritzen was director…
EDM Council Publishes Revised Schedule for Subject Matter Expert Reviews
As noted last month by Reference Data Review, the EDM Council is continuing to tweak its semantic repository to better reflect the market’s data semantics. To this end, over the course of September and October, the EDM Council’s subject matter expert (SME) review team has been working through terms that vary over time for the…
DTCC Faces European-based Threat to Trade Repository Plans from BME
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has been pitching its Trade Information Warehouse as a repository for OTC derivatives trade data for some time, but it seems the vendor will soon be facing some competition from Spanish stock exchange operator Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME). The regulatory community is keen to get deeper into…
Pricing Partners Adds Ex-JPMorgan Trader Agarwal as Client Consultant
Following the announcement last week that it will be working with Fitch Solutions to improve the vendor’s credit default swap (CDS) data distribution, Pricing Partners has added another member to its London-based client support team. The valuations solution vendor has hired ex-JPMorgan trader Yash Agarwal as a client consultant. At JPMorgan, Agareal worked on the…
Aim Software Opens Yet Another European Regional Office, This Time in France
Reference data management solution vendor has added yet another European country to its list of offices with the opening of a new subsidiary in France. The new office will be headed by Vincent Goubert, who will cover the areas of sales, account management and project management, but customer support and implementation services will be handled…
Bloomberg Adds Ex-Tullett Prebon CEO Danese as New Global Head of Data Solutions
As well as drawing a line in the sand with regards to instrument data codes, data vendor Bloomberg has also added a new team member to globally head its data solutions business. Andrea Danese joins from consultancy firm Fusion Advisory Partners, where he was co-founder and managing director for just over a year. Danese will…
Acadian Asset Management Goes Live on DST Global Solutions’ HiNet Portfolio Accounting Solution
DST Global Solutions, a provider of business solutions and services to the global investment management industry, today announced that Acadian Asset Management has successfully implemented the HiNet Portfolio Accounting solution. Acadian is a Boston-based investment management firm that specialises in active global and international equity strategies that employ sophisticated analytical models. DST Global Solutions’ HiNet…
Fitch Solutions and vwd Group Extend Their Cooperation to Cover CDS Pricing Data
Fitch Solutions, a division of the Fitch Group, is pleased to announce it now provides credit default swaps (CDS) pricing data to the vwd group, a leading European provider of innovative, custom tailored information, communication and technology solutions to the securities industry. The CDS pricing data will give vwd clients enhanced transparency into the global…
Interactive Data Expands Integrated Derivatives Portal Solution for Bank Sarasin
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that its Managed Solutions business has expanded the derivatives portal of Bank Sarasin & Cie, a Swiss private bank, to provide an integrated solution for the management and distribution of structured products. The portal, at www.saraderivate.ch, is designed to provide…
RDR Poll This Month: How Has the Recession Impacted your Headcounts?
It is no secret that times are tough for most in the financial services community: budgets have been slashed and there have been many casualties of cost cutting exercises. But how has this impacted your data management teams and how does this compare to other firms out there? Much has been made of the importance…