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Paris Moves On From Deutsche Bank
David Paris has left Deutsche Bank where he was global head of information management services within the bank’s global technology and operations group, based in London. In this role he had worked on the data management initiatives focused on meeting regulatory requirements of KYC and Anti-Money Laundering. No word yet on where he plans to…
SIIA/FISD to Findac: This industry ain’t big enough for the both of us.
Despite much fanfare, the idea of another industry association focused on market and reference data in the form of Findac has petered out before it even started. After testing the waters for a couple of months, Mike Atkin’s Financial Data Coalition (RDR, February 2005) concluded that it would not be able achieve critical mass, and…
Esler Leaves Bear Stearns
Peter Esler is no longer with Bear Stearns where he held the position of managing director, global head of market data services. Here he had been involved in a reference data management services evaluation. His next move has not yet been decided.
Perry Re-Emerges Royal Bank of Scotland
Derek Perry has re-emerged at Royal Bank of Scotland as manager, operations change management. This follows a brief stint at BearingPoint, prior to which he was at Capco where he worked on reference data services.
Hirschfeld Leaves Citadel for Asset Control
David Hirschfeld has joined Asset Control as senior vice president of operations, a vendor that his previous firm Chicago-based Citadel Investment Group selected for data management services (Reference Data Review, December 2004). In his new role, Hirschfeld will be involved in initiatives including the turnkey solutions program, Asset Control Solutions Center for product demonstrations and…
Cicada Continues Sales Team Expansion in Europe, U.S.
Cicada is continuing to expand its sales team, hiring Steve Rosenburg as director, America sales, Eija Hietavuo as European sales director, and Bruce Hawkins as business consultant, managing pre- and post-sales support efforts. Rosenburg was previously with Reuters’ Enterprise Information Products Solutions group, and held senior sales roles at Bridge. At Cicada, he will report…
Standard & Poor’s Bolsters European Securities Evaluations Team
Standard & Poor’s has bolstered its European Securities Evaluations group with the addition of two senior managers to the team. Annabel Saunders is named associate director, and Ciro Incarico is named director of fixed income evaluations sales in the group. Saunders has previously worked at Reuters and FT Interactive Data, where she had been responsible…
Capco Names Parthasarathy as Country Manager, India
Capco has named Padma Parthasarathy as country manager in India, based in Bangalore, and reporting to partner and executive vice president, business process outsourcing and sourcing development Gopi Chelliah who joined a few months ago (Reference Data Review, March 2005). Parthasarathy will be responsible for developing Capco’s relationships with India’s banking sector as well as…
Xcitek Hires Jones for Product Management Group; Gyngell in Europe
Larry W. Jones has joined corporate actions firm Xcitek as senior vice president of its product management group, responsible for managing the product roadmap. Although not from a corporate actions background, Jones spent 18 years at HP/Compaq Computer Corp. within its global services division, as well as Integrated Medical Systems International and Adea Solutions. He…
Should the Registrars Become a Data Vendor? By Gary Wright MSI, CityCompass Research
The problem with data in the securities industry today is there is too much of it coming from too many different sources and in too many different forms. The cost therefore of gaining the data you want and need, has never been greater and this is in the 21st Century with the world of the…