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SunGard Upgrades Data Management Software
SunGard Data Management Solutions last month upgraded its data management software related to the distribution platform and data analysis toolkit. SunGard’s Web Services distribution platform accessPoint 1.5, which provides enterprise access to Fame and other relational data within referencePoint, has been enhanced to allow customers to output data to an extended set of formats. These…
To Centralize or Not to Centralize
It’s always better to end with a bang than a whimper. So we were happy this month’s FIMA event in London gave the reference data community real pause for thought. Many industry events don’t deliver; this one did. Central to the three days of industry debate was the subject of, erm, centralization. In other words,…
Standard & Poor’s Streamlines Sales, Data As Part of New Reference Data Strategy
Standard & Poor’s European group is streamlining its sales organization for reference and securities pricing services in a bid to provide clients with a single point of contact for many of its products. It is also working to integrate its data sets with the ultimate long-term aim of providing modular options on a common platform….
Peter Harris Joins A-Team’s Advisory Board
A-Team is pleased to announce that Peter Harris has joined our Advisory Board. “Peter brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in the financial IT markets and publishing business. As a member of our advisory board, he will provide valuable insight and guidance to A-Team as we continue to grow,” says A-Team’s managing…
FISD Ousts Atkin, Installs Nasdaq’s Davin
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has named Tom Davin, formerly of Nasdaq, as acting head, following the dismissal of long-time director Mike Atkin, who left last month after a bust-up with SIIA chief Ken Wasch. Davin left Nasdaq after his role was taken by an incoming…
Coexis Promotes Shah to CEO Reorganizes Board
Coexis has promoted Sunil Shah from chief operating officer to chief executive officer, taking the place of Terry Williams. Williams has become chairman as the company aims to establish a presence in the U.S. and expand into the Far East. The former chairman Barty Smith has stepped down to become a non-executive director. Congratulations to…
XcitekSolutionsPlus Adds Corporate Actions Manager Gray to Client Services Team
XcitekSolutionsPlus has added Adrian Gray as senior client administrator to the client services team in the London office. Gray joins from SmartStream Technologies, where he was senior business consultant for corporate actions, responsible for conducting business cases, building GAP analysis and managing client and data vendor relationships. Prior to this, he was global head of…
Valuelink Expands New Business Team with Fairbrother Hire
ClValuelink Information Services has expanded its new business team, hiring Karen Fairbrother as business development manager. Fairbrother will report to chief executive Stephen Choate and will work alongside Christina Horton, with particular responsibility for partnering and extending the company’s presence in continental Europe. Karen was previously in international sales roles at financial media companies including…
Clark, Rawal, Brett, Hoffman Join Telekurs Financial’s U.K. Team
Following some recent departures, Telekurs Financial has bolstered its U.K. team with a few hires. Sheena Clark is filling the gap left by Tim Fox in the data acquisition role reporting to Jon Wheeler. Clark has 15 years experience in the market data industry, including more recent roles at Mighter Gissing and PR Newswire. Long…
Selling in the ‘new normal’ By Bob Etherington. Managing Director, SpokenWord Ltd
Whenever you talk to those who sell products and services in the financial sector, the current strategy can often be summed up as ‘waiting for the good times to come back…one day’. The golden days of booming markets, global expansion and Greenspan’s famous ‘irrational exuberance’. All the things that were going to go on forever…