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SunGard Hires Aloni to Head Data Management Technology
SunGard Data Management Solutions has named Ariel Aloni to lead design and direction of its technology strategy. Aloni was previously chief architect at Electronic Broking Services (EBS), an electronic interdealer broker in the foreign exchange marketplace. Before joining EBS, Aloni was director of data messaging at Merrill Lynch.
Rivero Departs from London Stock Exchange
Roberto Rivero has left the London Stock Exchange where he was responsible for new initiatives, most noteworthy of which was the exchange’s acquisition of Proquote, the exchange’s stockbrokerage information systems unit. Rivero was previously at Royalblue and before that Primark.
Reuters Taps Bradshaw to Lead Integrated Enterprise Data
Kevin Bradshaw, head of enterprise data at Reuters, is expanding his responsibilities to include real-time data. The move is designed to leverage Reuters’ strong position in front-office data, as the market moves toward an ‘on-demand’ environment, with reference data consumers taking information when they need it rather than waiting for a fixed update time. A…
Update: FTI & Integra’s GoldenSource Dashboard
Six months on from entering their collaborative deal Financial Technologies Inc. (FTI) and Integra SP are closing deals with two large customers for the GoldenSource Dashboard, and are reporting traction among mainly Tier 1 firms and some mid-tier firms. Meanwhile, FTI is considering rebranding the company to GoldenSource, following its rebranding x months ago of…
WM Datenservice Introduces Feed Access to Reference Data
German data agency WM Datenservice has over the last quarter introduced a data feed service to offer clients a greater degree of flexibility in accessing WM’s reference data and improved timeliness to near-real-time data delivery. The new Financial Object Feed (FOF) is in part a response to the growing trend within the German market of…
FT Interactive Redesigns FTS; Considers New Content for 2005
FT Interactive Data has redesigned its core European product FTS to provide easier and faster access to its data and is aiming to move clients to the ‘new look’ version by the end of Q1 2005. The redesign of the online portfolio administration tool offers faster data access by reducing the number of requests for…
Sydbank Buys SmartStream Corporate Actions Software
Denmark’s fourth largest bank Sydbank has licensed SmartStream Technologies corporate actions processing software TLMR to automate its corporate actions processing. The solution will be implemented by Sydbank’s outsourced IT services provider Bankdata by mid-2005. TLMR automates front-to-back processing of mandatory and voluntary events, providing data capture from multiple sources, cleansing, processing and accounting services. Egon…
…As Industry Protagonists Debate Issues
Industry participants last month debated issues surrounding standardization of corporate actions data at an STP event in London. The debate focused on how to get issuers to adopt the ISO 15022 standard format for corporate actions messages. Among the participants were representatives of Swift, the London Stock Exchange and RDUG.
RDUG Plans Corporate Actions Standards…
The corporate actions working group of the Reference Data User Group (RDUG) is planning to outline a set of standards for issuers of corporate actions events. The group is planning a year-end release of a white paper focusing on interpretation risk, where parties are forced to interpret the details of an event for processing, and…
Xcitek Introduces Cost Basis Calculator for Institutions’ Clients
Xcitek has introduced a new Xcitek Client Cost Basis product to ease the process of clients finding out cost basis information. The client requests for this information from their brokers and advisors can be a heavy burden, particularly during the tax season, according to Xcitek. In an effort to ease this burden, the vendor has…