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Regulators Focusing on Data Sharing Cross Border, Says FRSGlobal’s Blair-Ford

Not only is the regulatory community asking firms to get their data management systems in order, it is also seeking greater coordination between its own constituents, explains Selwyn Blair-Ford, head of global regulatory policy at solution vendor FRSGlobal. A lot of the recent work that has gone into structuring the new EU regulatory framework has…

Xtrakter’s Giussani Resurfaces at HSBC, Coughlan Joins Fitch Solutions

Following his departure from Trax platform operator Xtrakter earlier this year, ex-Trax product manager Chad Giussani has joined HSBC as its new global head of IT quality and regulatory reporting. Giussani’s former colleague and ex-Xtrakter marketing and communications manager Conor Coughlan has also resurfaced at Fitch Solutions as its new associate director of global product…

ECSDA Appoints First Secretary General and Opens an Office in Brussels

The European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) has appointed Soraya Belghazi as its first secretary general. As of 1 September 2010, she will head the office of the association, located right next to the European Commission at Schuman Square in Brussels. Joël Mérère, ECSDA’s chairman, said: “The appointment of Soraya Belghazi and the establishment of…

Agio Technology Names Nakashian as Head of Client Services

Agio Technology, a provider of managed IT services for premier hedge funds, today announced that it has appointed Nicole Nakashian, former executive director at UBS Investment Bank, as managing director, Client Services. “Nicole was our number one choice to lead Client Services since our inception,” says Bart McDonough, CEO of Agio Technology. “She is very…

UK FSA’s Living Wills Deadline Creeps Closer, Data Challenges Incoming

Six of the UK’s largest banks will be required to submit their preliminary draft recovery and resolution plans to the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) next month as part of the regulator’s living wills pilot programme. In order to be able to submit these drafts by the end of October, HSBC, Barclays, Royal Bank of…

B-Next Releases MACOC:DOC Application for Cost Effective Reporting for FSA Arrow Visits

B-next, specialists in software solutions to manage risk and meet regulatory compliance, announces today the release of MACOC:DOC, an application with the capability to demonstrate detailed reporting for FSA ARROW visits and complete management of all capital markets compliance processes. b-next has partnered with arvato systems Technologies (a Bertelsmann company), an international media and communication…

EDM Council Readies Industry Benchmarking Survey, Continues Semantics Repository Development

The EDM Council has been working in partnership with IT consultancy firm Headstrong to put together a global data management benchmarking survey, aimed at providing comparable metrics on the data management projects going on across the industry. The survey involved 65 firms and will be discussed at an upcoming launch event in New York in…

Netik Promotes Lott to Head of Product Management

Netik, a global provider of financial data management and reporting services and products, announced today the promotion of Brian Lott to the role of head of product management. He will sit on Netik’s executive management team reporting directly to Rob Flatley, CEO and president of Netik. Lott will assume responsibility for all strategic product direction…

Two Implementation Phases Down, Four More to go at ABN Amro, Says PaceMetrics’ Giblin

After six months of implementation time, EDM vendor PaceMetrics has completed the first two phases of ABN Amro’s data management project, which it began as a follow up to the acquisition of a portion of its business by a consortium last year. According to Gerry Giblin, CEO of PaceMetrics, the firms started talking back in…

Goldman Sachs Selects Lucsan Capital to Assist with Data Migration Projects

Lucsan Capital, an innovative technology, consulting services and advisory group specialising in system implementation and data migration for the financial services sector, is pleased to announce that they have been selected by Goldman Sachs & Partners Australia Pty Ltd (Goldman Sachs) to assist with two major data migration projects. Lucsan Capital will provide a range…