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Reuters Taps Barnes for Enterprise Information Marketing Role
Reuters has named Ken Barnes marketing director, Americas, for enterprise information products. Based in New York, Barnes will manage campaigns for the DataScope and real-time data feed products. Barnes previously led research and development initiatives with Reuters’ Innovation Program, and managed the Reuters strategic technology alliances. Before that, he managed data feed marketing for Bridge…
MiFID: Will Firms be Ready by April 30, 2007? By Dr. Anthony W. Kirby, Founder, RDUG
The European Union’s pending MiFID initiative, or the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, replaces the Investment Services Directive (ISD), which was originally adopted in 1993. The ISD defined “home” and “host” state regulators, establishing the conditions under which authorized investment firms and banks could provide specified services in other EU member states on the basis…
FT Interactive Data Adds Younge in Business Development for Ireland
FT Interactive Data has appointed Sandra Younge as business development manager for Ireland, based in Dublin. She was previously international business manager at MoneyMate, an Irish investment and fund data provider. FT Interactive maintains more than 100 staff in its Dublin office.
Thomson Financial Names Rowlands CEO
Thomson Financial has selected COO Sharon Rowlands to succeed Dave Shaffer as chief executive. Rowlands, who joined Thomson Financial from FT Information – now FT Interactive Data – retains the role of president. Shaffer, who has been CEO since 2002, moves back to Thomson corporate, continuing to report to Richard J. Harrington, president and chief…
Standard & Poor’s Offers Cusip Compromise; Users Welcome Move, But Still Want More
Bending to customer pressure, Standard & Poor’s has taken steps to address concerns over its pricing policies for Cusip instrument identifiers by restructuring its pricing and providing some level of transparency. The new pricing policy provides increased flexibility for European clients, some of whom have raised objections to the charges for identifiers relating to U.S.-centric…
Sophis Enters Data Management With Data for Risque and Value
Sophis is entering the data management arena with Data Service, a new module to support its existing Risque and Value portfolio and risk management products. The new combined solution is set to go live with a large hedge fund client in London, and Sophis has also signed up clients in New York and Germany. Sophis…
Standards: Are They Worth the Effort?
Much of the industry talk about reference data focuses on standards, and much work has been done to develop and propagate them. But is this work worth the effort? If the industry does not adopt the standards, they are, obviously, of no use. ISO 15022 for corporate actions is a current example of a standard…
FISD Seeks Feedback for MDDL with New Working Group
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) is seeking feedback on the data model behind the Market Data Definition Language (MDDL) as it is “moving into implementations by many of our members,” says the FISD. It has set up a Securities Model Working Group under its Securities Processing Automation efforts to address MDDL and related data…
Telekurs’ Pricing Deal with Exchange Systems Technology
Telekurs (U.K.) is making its delayed prices on equities, bonds and deriva-tives available via Exchange Systems Technology, an IT service provider for clearing and settlement operations. The deal will provide EST’s clients with intra-day valuations in their back office environment, including for valuing collateral holdings for risk management. The data will be made available to…
IDC’s Revenues Grow, Supported by New Evaluated, Descriptive Services
Interactive Data Corp. (IDC) saw annual revenues grow 9.5% to $484.6 million for 2004, with net income rising 11.2% to $80.3 million. For the fourth quarter, revenue grew 4% to $125.2 million, while net income grew 15.7% to $21.1 million. Growth was attributed in part to “continued strength … in FT Interactive Data’s North American…