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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…
XSP CTO Retzer Will Present as Workshop Keynote Speaker at the SDPS Conference for On Integration: Software as a Product of Transdiscipline
XSP has announced that Dan Retzer, the company’s managing director and chief technology officer, will present as workshop keynote speaker at the Society of Design and Process Sciences (SDPS) 2009 Conference on Wednesday, 4 November 2009 at Auburn University at Montgomery in Alabama. Retzer will be speaking on the integrated approach to software build, test…
Factbook Opens London Office
Factbook, a specialist provider of fund reporting, marketing and data management solutions to the investment community today announces the opening of their London office. The office was opened to facilitate closer links to current and potential clients of Factbook. Commenting on the opening, Derick O’Brien, director of business development, said: “As Factbook continue to win…
Bloomberg Decides to Provide its Codes for Free: Regulators 1, Data Vendors 0?
Given the regulatory investigations into data rivals Thomson Reuters and Standard & Poor’s owned Cusip Service Bureau, it is no wonder that Bloomberg has felt compelled to offer its proprietary codes to the market for free. The data vendor has indicated that it will be providing its own proprietary financial instrument codes to the market…