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Solera Repurposes TAPMaster To Handle Loan Collateral Data
San Diego-based Solera Group has selected TAPMaster, the enterprise data management platform from TAP Solutions, to support the analytic and risk management demands of its mortgage loan production and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) advisory services business. Solera’s CEO Chris Wiley says the repurposing and extension of TAPMaster to enable it to cope with “the next level…
O’Connor Takes on Data Administration Role at AllianceBernstein
Donna R. O’Connor is now vice president, data administration at AllianceBernstein, where she has responsibility for consolidating the investment management firm’s global equities reference data, as part of its initiative to centralize research, trade support, execution, accounting and reporting systems. At June 30, AllianceBernstein had $625 billion in assets under management. O’Connor has previously held…
Avox Hires Australia-based Regional Manager to Oversee Asian Expansion
Deutsche Boerse owned Avox will open an Australia office on January 2. An as yet unnamed new regional manager will oversee Avox’s expansion in Australia, Asia and the Middle East. The counterparty data service provider says prospective business in the region is already developing.
DSTi Makes a Raft of New Appointments
Investment data solutions provider DST International (DSTi) has made several new appointments. Nash Subedar has been appointed sales manager for all solutions in the Middle East territory. His is an internal appointment. DSTi’s Global Business Development Group has been re-organised and expanded. Phil Hannay will take up the role of product manager for the derivatives…
A-Team Analysis: The Devil’s in the Detail for Derivatives Data
The obsession of the industry at large with over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, in particular credit default swaps (CDSs) but also interest rate swaps and increasingly equity derivatives, is having an ever greater impact on the world of reference data. The providers of data management systems report a growing demand from among their prospects and clients to…
Reuters Offers Bear Stearns CDS Prices Alongside Composite
Reuters has teamed with Bear Stearns Pricing Direct (PricingDirect) to provide its customers with credit default swaps and interest rate swaps prices from PricingDirect, alongside its own composite. For Bear Stearns Pricing Direct, this is an opportunity to tap into a significant distribution network, especially outside the US. According to Bob Rose, senior managing director,…
ABN Amro Takes On Nick Skinner, Ex of GoldenSource…
ABN Amro has recruited Nick Skinner – formerly of GoldenSource and ADP Wilco – as head of market data, global reference data management, operations shared services.
Soliton’s Nazir Noormohamed Takes Role at Acquirer SunGard
Contrary to early reports, Nazir Noormohamed, formerly CEO of the Soliton TimeSquare business recently acquired by SunGard, is staying at the company as managing director, SunGard TimeSquare and Managed Services.
… While GoldenSource Names Peter Leichsenring Head of Central and Southern European Sales
Enterprise Data Management solutions provider GoldenSource Corporation has named Peter Leichsenring head of sales for Central and Southern Europe, focusing on Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. Initially recruited to the company in December 2004 to build a channel sales programme, Leichsenring previously ran channel and alliance programmes at Tibco Software.
Peter O’Keefe to Execute Swift’s Securities Reference Data Strategy
Peter O’Keefe, formerly of Nomura, has been appointed manager of Swift’s Security Reference Data Group, with a brief to execute on the co-operative’s strategy for securities reference data.