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Moody’s Investors Service Appoints Kimball Interim Structured Finance Head
Moody’s Investors Service has announced the appointment of Andrew Kimball as the acting head of its global Structured Finance business, following the departure of Noel Kirnon at the end of this month. According to Moody’s, a search for a permanent head of the division is underway. In the interim period, Richard Cantor will assume acting…
Fitch Solutions Launches Risk and Performance Platform
Fitch Solutions has launched Fitch Risk and Performance Platform, a new platform providing market-based credit risk analytics, credit default swap (CDS) pricing and fundamental ratings content. It is an extension of Fitch’s market implied ratings platform and incorporates new tools for quickly reviewing credit entity performance within a user’s portfolio. According to the vendor, which…
Coexis Doubles Workforce and Serisys Opens Two More Offices
London and New York-based Coexis has doubled its workforce over the last year to 100 employees and its Asian partner Serisys has opened two more offices in the APAC region as part of its plans to increase global coverage. According to the vendor the increase in staffing is a result of demand for its Syn~…
SmartStream names Mason UK Director and Moves Cummings to APAC
SmartStream Technologies has appointed John Mason as UK regional director to replace Richard Cummings as he moves to head the firm’s Asia Pacific operations. Prior to joining SmartStream, Mason was managing director, EMEA for Capco Reference Data Service, which was bought by Netik earlier this year, and has held management positions with BCS, Aleri and…
Netik Launches New Managed Service for Reference and Market Data
Following its purchase of Capco Reference Data Services (CRDS) and restructure earlier this year, Netik has launched a new solution for the management of the end-to-end lifecycle of reference and market data and stepped into the outsourced service provider arena. Dubbed Netik Global Securities Master (Netik GSM), the new offering is based on a combination…
SimCorp Adds Complex Instruments Module to Dimension
Asset management system supplier SimCorp has incorporated a new module, XpressInstruments, which focuses on the processing of structured products and exotic instruments, into its investment management system, SimCorp Dimension. According to the vendor, this new addition allows these complex instruments to be valued using multiple market tested pricing and valuation models already contained within SimCorp…
XSP and City Networks Partner for Corporate Actions and Reconciliations Solution
City Networks has signed a partnership agreement with XSP to offer an integrated corporate actions, reconciliation and exception management solution. Under the new agreement, both City Networks and XSP will provide an integrated corporate actions and reconciliation solution to the financial market. The offering combines City Networks’ Proactive range of exception management, business process management…
Cross-channel Information Sharing is Key Differentiator for MDM Platforms, Finds Aberdeen Study
Cross-channel information sharing is a key differentiator between master data management platforms (MDM), according to a study conducted by research firm Aberdeen Group. The study directly compares the responses of users of both Siperian and IBM MDM solutions and indicates that the former outperforms the latter with regards to certain key performance indicators (KPIs). Aberdeen…
Interactive Data to Acquire Italian Reference Data Provider for €19m
Interactive Data Corporation has agreed to acquire Italian reference data provider Kler’s Financial Data Service for a purchase price of €19.0 million (approximately US$29.5 million) in cash, as part of its plans to increase its presence in continental Europe. The transaction is expected to be completed early in the third quarter of 2008, contingent upon…
US Fed and SEC to Draw up Agreement on Data Sharing
The US Federal Reserve and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) are discussing an agreement to revamp the regulation of the US financial markets, which could include drawing up data sharing agreements between the two bodies. The agreement, which is rumoured to be announced this week, is intended to fill gaps in regulatory oversight and increase cooperation…