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SmartStream Extends Asia Pacific Ambitions with New Tokyo Office, Ex-Reuters Matsumoto to Head
Back office solution vendor SmartStream Technologies has expanded its Asia Pacific operations, which are headquartered in Singapore, to include on the ground presence in Japan via the opening of a new office in Tokyo. The vendor has hired ex-Reuters executive Eiichi Matsumoto to head the office as its country manager for Japan. Christian Schiebl, executive…
Pricing Partners Introduces Hagan Adjuster in the Interest Rates Module
Pricing Partners announced today that it has introduced Hagan Adjuster, a new class of models, for its interest rates module to enhance its valuation capacity. The Hagan Adjuster model thoroughly combines the versatility of dynamic models (Libor Market Model, short rate model like Hull White or Gaussian Quadratic models) and the accuracy of static models…
Cadis Adds Local Language Capabilities to its EDM Solution
Sibos saw the opening of a new Asia Pacific office in Hong Kong for EDM vendor Cadis and it has now added more capabilities to service the users in this market via local language support for Chinese characters. The vendor hopes the new multilingual functionality will allow it to gain additional traction in markets that…
Ex-Fidelity ActionsXchange Exec Madigan Resurfaces at XSP
Following his departure from corporate actions cleansing vendor Fidelity ActionsXchange earlier this year, Chris Madigan has finally resurfaced at indirect (for now anyway) competitor XSP as the solution vendor’s new senior sales executive and account relationship manager. In his new role, Madigan is based out of New York and has responsibility for developing new business…
Thomson Reuters’ Licensing of RIC Codes Under Scrutiny by European Commission
According to the word on the reference data street, the European Commission is in the process of investigating Thomson Reuters’ licensing policy for its Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs). The regulator last month sent out a questionnaire to continental European banks in order to garner more information about licensing fees and usage of these financial instrument…
DTCC Names Radisch Managing Director of Legal
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that Lois Radisch has joined the DTCC’s Legal Department in New York as managing director, with primary responsibilities for activities involving the US regulated subsidiaries at DTCC. Radisch will report directly to Larry Thompson, DTCC’s managing director and general counsel. The three regulated subsidiaries are the…
SwapClear Passes US$1 Trillion in Overnight Index Swap Trades in 11 Weeks Since Launch
LCH.Clearnet Limited’s SwapClear service has surpassed the US$1 trillion market in cleared overnight index swap (OIS) trades in only 11 weeks since OIS clearing was launched. SwapClear is the leading global interest rate swap clearing service. Launched in 1999, it currently clears circa 64% of the global interbank interest rate swap market and, at 30…
SmartCo Adds Ex-SunGard Exec Knapp to Sales Team in North America
Following the launch of its North American subsidiary in December last year, data management solution vendor SmartCo has added a new hire to its team in the region in an attempt to gain more traction. Accordingly, the vendor has poached ex-SunGard sales and relationship management executive Brent Knapp to lead its sales efforts in the…
UK FSA Confirms Data Format of Reports for Derivatives on Regulated Markets
The deadlines may have slipped but the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has released more details surrounding the formats required for its new Alternative Instrument Identifier (AII) transaction reporting regime. The regulator last week released a new document aimed at confirming the way in which transactions in reportable securities derivatives admitted to trading on a…
DST Global Solutions Launches EDM and Analytics Offering for Public Pension Funds
Following a rebrand earlier this year and a spate of new hires, investment management solution vendor DST Global Solutions has added a new data management and analytics platform for public pension funds to its portfolio. Jamie Verrengia, performance solution manager for the North American region, explains that its enterprise data management (EDM) platform has been…