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XSP Appoints Barth as Sales Exec for North America
XSP has appointed John Barth as senior sales executive responsible for managing accounts in North America for the XSP Corporate Actions software product. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Barth reports to John Kehoe, director of sales for the region. Brendan Farrell, CEO at XSP, says: “His depth of experience in technology sales will be crucial as…
Stokes Leaves XSP to Join 3i Infotech as Sales Manager in Europe
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Gary Stokes, ex-European sales director of corporate actions software vendor XSP, has joined 3i Infotech, a global provider of IT solutions and owner of Rhyme Systems, as sales manager for its European Asset Management and Capital Markets Division. At 3i Infotech he will be responsible for selling two of the…
Interactive Data Completes €19 million Purchase of Italian Reference Data Supplier Kler’s
Interactive Data Corp. has completed the acquisition of Italian reference data provider Kler’s Financial Data Service Srl. for €19 million in cash. The move is part of Interactive Data’s plan to boost its presence in the European marketplace. Rome-based Kler’s provides corporate actions and taxation information, coverage of Italian and international securities including equities, listed…
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Buys Compliance Online
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has purchased Compliance Online, an online compliance information provider focused on regulatory information, analysis, news and value-added commentary for the UK’s financial services market. Compliance Online provides UK customers with explanatory regulatory information to help the customers understand how to conduct business under the Financial Services…
BCC di Roma Picks SunGard’s Reech FastVal for OTC Derivatives Valuations
Italian bank La Banca di Credito Cooperativo (BCC) di Roma has selected SunGard’s OTC derivatives valuation service, Reech FastVal, for the valuation of its structured products. According to SunGard, the bank has chosen to use the service on an application service provider (ASP) basis to keep costs down and speed up implementation. The vendor says…
Interactive Data Connects to GGY’s Axis for Fixed Income Analytics
Interactive Data Corporation has added an interface to the BondEdge structured finance cash flow engine and library through GGY’s Axis system. The Axis system’s pricing, valuation and modelling tools can now be used for the complex fixed income securities modelled by Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics. According to the vendor, the fully integrated offering is…
SimCorp Integrates Fincad Derivatives Analytics into Dimension
Fincad and SimCorp have entered into an agreement to integrate Fincad’s derivatives pricing software into SimCorp’s investment management enterprise solution, SimCorp Dimension. The global agreement extends SimCorp Dimension’s integrated pricing mechanism to encompass a wider range of derivatives than previously available, including credit derivatives and instruments implemented within the system’s new XpressInstruments framework. Søren Pedersen,…
Markit Appoints Ex-Morgan Stanley MD Rusis as Fixed Income Head
Data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing vendor Markit has appointed ex-Morgan Stanley managing director Armins Rusis as executive vice president and global co-head of fixed income. Rusis will join Markit’s New York office and share responsibility for the firm’s data and analytics products with Kevin Gould, executive vice president and a founder of…
Data Management Still Not on C-Level Radar, Says EDM Council
Although data’s importance to a business is understood at an abstract level, it is not on the strategic radar of the executive management of most firms, according to a recent report by the EDM Council. The report, Finger on the Pulse of Enterprise Data Management, is based on direct qualitative interviews with the heads of…
Interactive Data Names Wolf CTO and Dirks Managed Solutions Head
Interactive Data Corporation has appointed Stephan Wolf, formerly chairman of the executive board of Interactive Data Managed Solutions, as its first company chief technology officer. Carsten Dirks, formerly chief sales officer at its market data division, will succeed Wolf in leading the Interactive Data Managed Solutions business as managing director and chairman of the executive…