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Broadridge Appoints Veteran Carey to Head Securities Processing Business
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Tom Carey as president of its international securities processing solutions business. He will report directly to John Hogan, president and chief operating officer of Broadridge Financial Solutions. In his new role, Carey will be responsible for all aspects of Broadridge’s international securities processing business, which includes the international securities processing…
CGS and FOW Tradedata Launch Cusip Service for US Equity Options
Two months after the formal announcement of its partnership with UK-based futures and options specialist FOW Tradedata, Standard & Poor’s Cusip Global Services (CGS) business has launched its new Cusip Options Service for US listed equity options. The vendor began this year demonstrating an aggressive stance towards extending its reach into other areas of the…
DerivActiv Completes SAS 70 Type II Certification for Valuations
DerivActiv, a provider of independent valuations for fixed income, currency and equity derivatives, has completed a Statement of Auditing Standard No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II certification. “This certification is a more rigorous audit of the SAS 70 processes that we put in place in 2008,” says John Trefethen, chief financial officer of DerivActiv. “DerivActiv…
Fascet Partners with Hosting Vendor Rackspace to Support SaaS Offering
US-based enterprise data management (EDM) solution vendor Fascet has signed a partnership agreement with hosting specialist Rackspace to support its new software as a solution (SaaS) offering. Accordingly, the vendor has been enabled to offer its Fascet Trade Communicator, a post-trade notification solution that processes any asset type including complex OTC derivatives, in a SaaS…
Goebel Joins Fiserv as New CIO
Maryann Goebel has joined Fiserv as executive vice president and chief information officer, reporting to the CEO. “Maryann’s proven success leading a variety of complex technology environments is a great addition to the aggregate strength of the Fiserv management team,” says Jeffery Yabuki, president and CEO of Fiserv. “Her vast experience as the technology architect…
Westpac’s Putnam Joins QuIC to Head Biz Dev and Support in Asia
QuIC Financial Technologies, a global solutions provider of risk management, pricing and financial analytics, has appointed Mark Putnam to manage business development and support in the Asia Pacific region. Based in Sydney, Australia and reporting to the sales director North America and Asia, Putnam will focus on driving sales and forging strategic business relationships for…
This Year’s Sifma One of the Best
I realise that might be a contrarian view. Speaking to many at last week’s show – The Sifma Technology Management conference & Exhibit is its full name – the main topic of conversation was how small it was, how empty it was. One veteran reckoned it reminded him of when it was hosted at the…
Broadridge Financial Solutions Steps up to the Plate for Reference Data
It has undoubtedly been a busy start to the year for Broadridge Financial Solutions, with the signing of a number of partnership agreements in March and the launch of whole host of new solutions over recent months. One such endeavour is its venture into the corporate actions space, in concert with its wider push into…
CFTC and SEC Divvy up Derivatives Pie, CME’s Donohue Expresses Concern About Illiquid Derivatives
Following a brief hiatus, the turf war is back on between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Just how the two regulators will divide up the oversight of the derivatives market is currently being debated across the industry and could have wide ramifications for those involved in the…
South Africa’s Prescient Selects Eagle Investment Systems’ Access ASP
Eagle Investment Systems, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon, has been selected by Prescient to deliver its integrated investment management suite via its application service provider (ASP), Eagle Access. Prescient, with R60 billion under management in South Africa, selected the Eagle suite to streamline its growing local and global operations. Eagle will…