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ValueLink to Offer EuroMTS Delayed Price Data
ValueLink Information Services is to offer delayed price information from the EuroMTS trading platform for European benchmark government bonds. The company has become the first to secure a delayed data license for from EuroMTS.
NFS Unveils Data Interface for Pricing Services
Nordic Financial Systems (NFS), a provider of technical and business integration services to the treasury industry, has launched Market Information Interface, which allows users of its Finance KIT to receive end-of-day pricing data from vendors including Reuters and Bloomberg for portfolio valuation and risk measurement purposes. According to NFS, MII – developed in conjunction with…
Pool-Side Reading for Reference Data Ravers
Your publisher and editor are honoured this issue to be carrying contributions from two of the leading lights of the reference data community. In what will become a regular feature, Tony Kirby, founder of the Reference Data User Group (RDUG) brings us completely up to date with the workings of the various standards working groups….
U.K. Asset Manager Insight Set to Go Live with Citadel’s Data Management Platform
U.K. asset management firm Insight Investment is about to go live with a reference data management infrastructure from Citadel Associates. The implementation will make Citadel’s Cadis the data management infrastructure underpinning Insight’s growing derivatives operations. Insight – formed through a merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland, and the subsequent acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management…
DSTi Names Stallard Marketing Chief
DST International has appointed Paul Stallard as global marketing director. He was previously sales and marketing director at Fyshe Group. Stallard, whose appointment follows that of Ian Hunt, DSTi’s new head of global product strategy, will be responsible for global branding, product positioning and for managing DSTi’s global marketing. Meanwhile, DST International has made six…
Principia Partners Hires Rand to Lead Sales
Harvey Rand has joined New Jersey-based Principia Partners as executive vice president of sales and customer relationship management. A veteran of Summit Systems, Fusion Systems and Sybase, Rand was previously at learning software provider Zoologic. Principia provides front-to-back-office systems for capital markets.
IDS Employs 2 More Senior Staff
Don Totter, CEO of Integrated Decision Systems, continues his hiring spree with the appointment of Ron LoVetri as chief marketing officer, responsible for directing all IDS marketing activities. LoVetri was previously vice president at Charles Schwab and spent time at Autodesk. IDS also named Randy Peerson vice president of software development. He joins IDS from…
SmartStream Names Eichen Head of U.S. Solution Services
Richard Eichen has joined SmartStream as general manager of U.S. solution services. Eichen, based in New York, will report to Lou Longhi, U.S. managing director, and will have responsibility for rolling out SmartStream’s STP Control Architecture (STPCA), aimed at transforming SmartStream from an application provider to a strategic partner. Eichen was previously managing director –…
Lammersdorf Steps Down as Deutsche Borse Head of Information Services
Christoph Lammersdorf is stepping down this month as managing director information services at Deutsche Borse. He will be succeed by Holger Wohlenberg, one of four new managing directors appointed by the German exchange in a management reshuffle. Wohlenberg joins from Deutsche Bank, where he was managing director in the global corporate finance division. Lammersdorf will…
Telekurs (U.K.)’s Fox Quits to Join FT Interactive Data
Tim Fox is leaving Telekurs Financial after 11 years working in its U.K. operation. He is leaving to join FT Interactive Data in October as the new product marketing manager for FTS, the company’s portfolio administration tool providing access to global securities data to European clients. It is not clear whom he will report to…