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Thomson Reuters Extends Pricing and Reference Data to Thai Market via WMSL Alliance
Thomson Reuters has made its international pricing and reference data services available to the Thai market via its partnership with Wealth Management System Limited (WMSL). Alfred Lee, business head of South East Asia at Thomson Reuters, explains that the alliance with WMSL is aimed at increasing the vendor’s footprint in Southeast Asia. “Our alliance with…
Deutsche Börse Launches New Data Service for Upcoming Corporate Actions
Deutsche Börse has launched a new service aimed at providing bundled data about upcoming corporate actions and their impact on the exchange operator’s own indices. Dubbed Index Corporate Action Forecast, the service aims to offer customers information on upcoming corporate actions such as dividend payments, stock splits and spin-offs, including currency information, which may impact…
US Markets on Course for Sweeping Changes to OTC Derivatives Regulation
The US government has this week released a set of proposals to reform the regulatory regime governing the OTC derivatives markets. The proposals, which were tabled by Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner, would mandate that all derivatives deemed to be “standardised” are cleared via designated clearing houses and they are aimed at increasing transparency in these…
Datanomic Integrates dn:Director with Oracle’s Siebel CRM Solution
Following the release of a new version of its flagship solution, dn:Director, in February, Datanomic has added yet another arrow to its quiver via the integration of its solution with Oracle’s Siebel Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution. The move is part of the Oracle Integration Initiative and is aimed at allowing Oracle Siebel customers to…
QuIC Financial Technologies Hires Ex-SunGard Hollands as Sales Director for EMEA
Risk management, pricing and financial analytics solutions provider QuIC Financial Technologies has appointed ex-SunGard director James Hollands as its new sales director for the EMEA region. At SunGard, he was also a sales director for SunGard Adaptiv, part of its Capital Markets and Investment Banking division. In his new role, Hollands will reporting to Justin…
Corporate Actions Joint Working Group Publishes Standards for Categorisation
The Corporate Actions Joint Working Group has finally released the results of its standardisation initiative, which is aimed at defining each category of corporate action in the market in order to allow for the harmonisation of processing rules. The proposals have now been drawn up and they have been sent out to the various national…
DSTi Appoints EMC’s Fleck as New Relationship Manager for North America
Following the appointment of Walt Laliberte as managing director for North America in February, financial technology vendor DST International (DSTi) has appointed another new recruit to the US team: Edward Fleck. Fleck, who has previously worked with Laliberte, joins as head of relationship management activities for the vendor’s North American clients. Prior to his appointment,…
ESSF’s Frey Provides Lowdown on Individual Corporate Actions Joint Working Group Results
The Corporate Actions Joint Working Group has done its best to find “the best future market practices irrespective of the current models being used in the market today”, said Werner Frey, chairman of the European Securities Services Forum (ESSF), to delegates to last month’s Sifma Clearing and Settlement Conference in London. Frey and some of…
UK Government Proposes Insolvency Rule Changes Including More Counterparty Data
The UK government has proposed changes to insolvency rules to give greater protection to investors and markets in the event of the failure of an investment bank. The rule changes are aimed at rectifying issues that have been identified since the collapse of financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers last year. The focus is on…
Omgeo Adds Hogan to Exec Team as Human Resources MD
Following last month’s slew of data management related appointments, post-trade specialist Omgeo has appointed yet another executive to its management team. Given its focus on recruitment at the moment, it seems fitting that the new appointment will be in charge of its human resources strategy and practices. Joanne Hogan will therefore be responsible for ensuring…