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Convexity Adopts Asset Control’s AC Plus as Starter Pack
Newly launched hedge fund Convexity Capital Management’s selection of Asset Control’s AC Plus platform is aimed at setting in place a reference data infrastructure that to underpin the fund’s expansion into new areas of business. Convexity implemented AC Plus in under two days, and is using the system as its central repository in support of…
State Street, SSISearch to Offer Standard Access to SSI Data
State Street Corp.’s State Street Global Markets trading arm has teamed up with SSISearch to offer a so-called open industry standard for standard settlement instructions and other settlement information. The move brings State Street and SSISearch into the currently underserved area of standard settlement instructions, which has seen several industry initiatives take flight, but none…
Baer, Winterflood Pick ValueLink For Price Data Management
Julius Baer Investment Ltd. (JBIL), an investment management arm of the Swiss bank specializing in fixed-income securities, has selected ValueLink Information Services to provide daily pricing collection for its closing portfolio valuations. Meanwhile, Winterflood Securities has said it will use ValueLink’s Shares in Issue service, which provides data validation of third-party feeds. At JBIL, ValueLink…
Xcitek Installs Piraino as SVP Sales Operations
Frank Piraino has joined Xcitek as senior vice president with responsibility for managing client relationships and sales operations for the company’s flagship corporate actions software solution in New York. He was previously vice president of global sales operations and marketing for GoldenSource Corp.
FISD Names TAP Solutions’ Alvarez to Board
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software and Information Industry Association has named Marc Alvarez, EVP products and marketing at TAP Solutions, to its board as chairman of its Securities Model Working Group.
HyperFeed Technologies Announces New Office in London
HyperFeed Technologies has announced the opening of a new European sales office in London, and named Heetesh “H” Rawal as managing director, sales, Europe. The move will enable development of HMDP and OCC (TRS and Active8 licensed products from Telerate, now a part of Reuters), which complements HyperFeed’s HTPX ticker-plant offering in the European market….
Decentralized Data May Cost Firms $600 Million Annually
Decentralized reference data operations and the effects of faulty data on operational risk and capital requirements could be costing financial services institutions an astonishing $600 million each annually, according to the findings of a recent research paper. The paper – titled Operational Risk and Reference Data: Exploring Costs, Capital Requirements and Risk Mitigation – claims…
FactSet Opts for Telekurs VDF To Support Securities Master File
As it continues to expand its own information services offerings, Norwalk, Conn.-based FactSet Research Systems Inc. has opted to use Telekurs Financial’s Valordata Feed to augment the securities master file it uses to underpin management of the numerous internal and external data sources it uses. As well as augmenting its security master file, FactSet will…
DSTi Adds to U.K., French teams
Buy side solutions firm DST International (DSTi) has added two people to its sales teams. Vincent Stefanovic joins DSTi in Paris as business development manager for France, focusing on expanding DSTi’s presence in France and French-speaking markets. Alan Williamson, meanwhile, joins as sales executive, where he will focus on DSTi’s risk performance solutions in the…
Ex-Reuters Senior Exec Ken Byrne Joins Calypso
Ken Byrne has been appointed executive vice president of worldwide field operations for Calypso Technology, a provider of front-to-back-office trading solutions. Based in New York, Byrne will be responsible for global sales and professional services worldwide. His experience includes running his own consulting practice in addition to holding senior roles at Reuters during 13 years…