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StatPro North America Expands Sales Leadership Team
StatPro, a global provider of portfolio analysis and asset valuation software for investment professionals, today announced the expansion of its North American sales team with the addition of Holli McCaffery and David Meister. Both McCaffery and Meister bring years of finance and technology experience to StatPro from leading companies such as Morningstar, Thomson Reuters and…
Euroclear Welcomes Ben Rais to its Single Platform Management Team
Euroclear announces today that Karim Ben Rais will join Euroclear as managing director and head of Euroclear’s Single Platform Modules division, one of four IT Project Delivery divisions within the Euroclear group. Effective 5 May, he will also become a member of the Euroclear Group management team. Prior to joining Euroclear, Ben Rais worked internationally…
Asset Control Launches AC Connect to Reduce the Cost and Operational Risk of Data Integration
Asset Control, the world-wide leader in financial data management solutions, has released AC Connect, a single integration platform that helps firms achieve faster time to market and return on investment on their data management and business application projects. As a new module of Asset Control’s AC Plus data management software solution, AC Connect simplifies integration…
Thomson Reuters Experiences 3% Increase in Revenue for Enterprise Division in First Quarter 2010
Following a fairly positive end to last year, Thomson Reuters’ Enterprise division has once again proved to be a bright spot for the vendor’s Markets division for the first quarter of 2010 with a 3% increase in revenue on the same period last year. This increase is set against a decline in the overall revenues…
IOSCO Confirms Hedge Funds Will Need to Provide Regulators with 11 New Data Sets in September
Following the publication of the new agreed template for the global collection of hedge fund data by the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) Technical Committee in February, the regulator has confirmed that these funds will have to start providing this data to national regulators at the end of September. Aimed at better monitoring risk…
Use of Third Party Providers by Buy Side is on the Increase, Says BNY Mellon Research
As proved by the plans revealed this week by IOSCO, the regulatory community is cracking down on the hedge fund sector and one of the side effects of these increased transparency requirements is that hedge funds are turning to third party providers to help them tackle the new data challenges. Recent research by custodian Bank…
Validata to Offer Test Factory Services for Banking Customers to Hexaware
Hexaware Technologies, a global provider of IT, BPO and consulting services, today announced a partnership with the Validata Group, an application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions vendor for the banking and finance sector. Hexaware’s Quality Assurance and Testing Services (QATS) division will work with Validata Group to deliver Validata SAS Test Factory – a unique quality…
ICAP Expands Global Enterprise Data Distribution via Thomson Reuters to Include Key Japanese Benchmark Data from TOTAN-ICAP
ICAP, interdealer broker today announced the expansion of ICAP’s global enterprise data distribution via Thomson Reuters to include key Japanese benchmark data from TOTAN-ICAP in Japan. This strategic market data initiative will enable Thomson Reuters customers to contract for additional enterprise application usage and internal distribution of TOTAN-ICAP Japan-based data sets including; FX, money market,…
European Commission’s Reding Indicates Data Protection Update is Required, Systems Changes on their Way
The European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding is dead set on updating the European Union’s 15 year old Data Protection Directive in order to ensure that it is “stronger and more consistent” across the region. However, the regulation is likely to have a significant impact on data managers and the vendor…
Thomson Reuters Strengthens Leadership of its Enterprise Business with Key Executive Appointments
Thomson Reuters today announced the appointments of industry executives David Kelly, Roseann Palmieri and Tanya Ezekiel to the leadership team of the Enterprise business. These strategic appointments demonstrate the investment Thomson Reuters is making to accelerate the existing growth of the Enterprise business and the delivery of its next generation solutions. Thomson Reuters is transforming…