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Swift’s Early Adoption Programme Paves Way for Distribution of More Data Types Over Swiftnet
A year after Reference Data Review broke the news that Swift was to open up its network to third-party vendors corporate actions data, six vendors are now in early adopter status, with a number of others in discussions to make a commitment to the project. The initiative is now on track for additional data types…
Rogers Joins SmartStream in Middle Office and Trade Processing Solutions Role
Paul Rogers has joined SmartStream Technologies within its middle office and trade process management solutions business. Rogers, previously with Omgeo, Netik and Fidelity Brokerage Services, will be based in London and will report to UK principal consultant Lee Adams. His focus will be on SmartStream’s TLM PA (Transaction Lifecycle Management – Process Automation) product.
Information Mosaic Nab eVent Creators Fitzgerald, Baxter
Information Mosaic, the highest scorer in the CityCompass corporate actions benchmarking awards, has brought on board the creators of the eVent corporate actions solution Paul Fitzgerald and David Baxter to bolster its U.K. team. Fitzgerald and Baxter have been working with CheckFree, now owners of HelioGraph, which sells the eVent system they created in 2000….
O’Neill Joins XcitekConsultingServices in Recruitment Role
XcitekConsultingServices has hired Michael O’Neill as vice president, responsible for the recruitment and placement of securities operations professionals within financial institutions on a consulting basis. Prior to XCS O’Neill spent 15 years at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) where he was involved in areas such as settlement, income collection, underwriting, reorganization/redemption, reconciliation and…
Telekurs Financial Appoints New Ireland Sales Manager McManus
Meanwhile, Telekurs Financial has appointed a new sales manager for its Ireland branch. John McManus will be responsible for all new and existing clients in the Irish marketplace. He joins from Dublin-based Zarion where he was a business consultant focused on compliance and anti-money laundering solutions within the financial sector.
Butler Leaving Telekurs to Join Fox at FT Interactive Data
Louise Butler is leaving Telekurs Financial to join FT Interactive Data in October. In her new job, based in London, she will be senior marketing executive reporting to Anneliese Garvey.
Hodgson to Leave London Stock Exchange After 14 Years
After 14 years, Mike Hodgson will be leaving the London Stock Exchange in November. Hodgson has been involved in the Exchange’s market data and reference data product initiatives, most recently in product development for the Sedol project.
Focus on: Basel II and Data Management
Basel II and its requirements for measuring operational and credit risk is one of the key drivers behind the need to accurate and timely reference data. The following is an edited extract of an article written by Dr Urs Bischof, head of VDF engineering at Telekurs Financial and featured in Telekurs’ realtime customer magazine The…
SVC Contracts with Telekurs for International Pricing Data
Securities Valuation Corp. (SVC) has gone live with securities pricing information sourced from Telekurs (USA), which it will offer alongside its own pricing data to direct clients and to customers of parent Financial Models Corp. (FMC). The deal is a useful win for Telekurs (USA) and follows recent moves to gain better leverage from the…
Azimuth Financial’s Azdex Offers Counterparty Benchmarking Data
Azimuth Financial has lifted the lid on its Azimuth Data Exchange (Azdex) initiative to offer financial institutions analysis of the quality of their counterparty data, based on comparisons with that of their peers. Azdex recently signed up Dresdner Bank and Standard Bank of South Africa to participate in the benchmarking project. According to Ken Price,…