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Case Study: Standard Bank Centralises Client Information
South Africa’s Standard Bank is expanding its international franchise, and in order to support its international efforts, the bank has reengineered its reference data operations. A key project undertaken over the past year has been to put together a global Client Information File (CIF) in order to provide a single, global view of its clients…
Benchmarking Reference Data Highlighted at Azdex Event
Azdex has risen to prominence in the past year or so, given its activities in the hot space of business entity data. The vendor is in the process of securing financial backing from the Deutsche Borse, and recently held a well-attended event in London focused on ‘benchmarking business entity reference data quality’. The event featured…
Canadian Depository Offers Direct Access to Reference Data
The Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS) – the world’s oldest securities depository – is gearing up to begin distribution of information services beyond its membership base. The depository is introducing direct availability of its corporate actions and other relevant data it collects to non-members. CDS handles all Canadian debt and equity markets, including private issues,…
Gillott Departs from CSFB for Goldman Sachs
Mike Gillott has left his reference data management role at Credit Suisse First Boston. At CSFB, he was delivery manager in the product pricing and reference data department in London. He will be joining Goldman Sachs in August, though not in a reference data role.
Changes at Cicada; Schachne, Bhimani Leaves; Redfern, Stacey Transfer to CPL
There have been changes at Cicada as Bruce Schachne has left his role as vice president of global sales to join Standard & Poor’s as vice president of marketing in the global market development division of its ratings group. Hubert Holmes will now resume the global sales management role in addition to his business development…
Levy Replaces Birch at UBS; Birch Moves to Schroders
Stuart Levy has become head of UK data management at UBS based in London. He replaces Steven Birch who has moved to become head of data management at Schroder Global Asset Management, also in London.
IBM Loses Glasser from Data Management Team
In a surprise departure, Dessa Glasser has left her role as director within IBM’s Global Services division, where she was a key player in its reference data strategy. It is not clear where she has moved to or who will replace her.
Pecs Cytron Leaves DST International
Pamela Pecs Cytron has left her role as executive vice president at DST International, a role she joined just last year. Prior to DST International, Pecs Cytron was at SunGard’s Front Capital Systems as managing director of the Americas, and senior vice president, sales and general manager, North America for Netik.
Lind Leaves Industry Analyst Role for Vendor Side
Tim Lind has left The TowerGroup to join enterprise data management company GoldenSource. In his new role, Lind is senior vice president for product strategy, responsible for strategic planning, market research, competitive intelligence and product positioning. He will report to executive vice president Mark Zill, and will operate from both New York and Boston. Lind…
Xcitek Hires Sheppard as COO
Xcitek has appointed Neil Sheppard as chief operating officer with responsibility for managing the company’s corporate actions software XSP in Europe, in support of the European growth strategy. Prior to joining Xcitek, Sheppard has held a variety of project management, product and business development roles in corporate actions at Magenta One, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Dresdner…