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Lehner Named President and CEO of Eagle Investment Systems
Eagle Investment Systems, a provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, today announced that John Lehner, the firm’s president, will be expanding his responsibilities to assume the additional role of CEO effective January 1, 2010. Lehner will continue to report to Lou Maiuri, chairman of Eagle Investment Systems and global head…
Principia Supports Standardisation of Bond Issuance Data for Structured Finance
Principia Partners, a solution provider for the management and administration of structured finance portfolios, has enhanced its platform to help investors standardise the ongoing integration of structured finance bond trustee data. As a result, investment managers can better define, analyse and report on bond level information for RMBS and other structured credit asset classes, supporting…
CEBS Outputs Another CP, This Time on Risk Stress Testing Best Practices
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has added another document to the industry’s Christmas reading list with the publication of its revised guidelines on stress testing, otherwise known as CP32. The new guidelines, on which the industry has until 31 March to comment, include details of the scale of the data management challenge posed…
Morningstar to Acquire Chicago-based Logical Information Machines
Morningstar, a provider of independent investment research, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Logical Information Machines, (LIM), a provider of data and analytics for the energy, financial, and agriculture sectors, for US$51.5 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. LIM had revenue of approximately US$20 million for the last 12 months. The…
DST Global Solutions ups Ante in China with New Biz Dev Team, Yu to Head
In line with its global expansion plans and a spate of recent new hires, investment management solution provider DST Global Solutions has added a new business development team to its on the ground presence in China. The team will be headed by Nancy Yu, who was previously head of sales for DST Global Solutions’ China…
RDR Poll This Month: Are Chief Data Officers the Norm?
Reference data issues may be rising up the industry agenda as a result of risk management and regulatory considerations, but how much of a priority does your firm place on the data function. There has previously been a lot of talk about the increase in the number of chief data officers (CDOs) in the market,…
Video: Standardisation Panel & Debate at FIMA 2009
A panel discussion titled “The Drive to Standardisation” with a lively discussion among Mike Atkin, Managing Director of EDM Council, Francis Gross, Head of the External Statistics Division of the European Central Bank, and PJ Di Giammarino, CEO, JWG-IT. Video of 7797099
France’s Banque Accord Opts for Joint Informatica and Teradata Offering
French bank Banque Accord has rolled out a joint solution from data integration software vendor Informatica Corporation and data warehousing vendor Teradata. The bank, which is a subsidiary of the Auchan Group, decided to implement the joint solution to replace its fragmented data management systems architecture and therefore increase its efficiency and expedite its decision…
Experian and S&P’s FIRMS Partner for Securitised Loan Market
In yet another addition to its portfolio this month, Standard & Poor’s Fixed Income Risk Management Services (FIRMS) business has partnered with credit data and analytics solution provider Experian Capital Markets to provide investors with more data on the individual loans backing US mortgage backed securities (MBS). The two vendors have established a strategic alliance…
Video: Data Quality & Risk Management Panel at FIMA 2009
A-Team Group CEO Angela Wilbraham leads a panel discussion at FIMA 2009 titled, “Leveraging Data Quality to Build an Effective Risk Management Strategy”. Panelists include: Matthew Cox, Head of Securities Data Management, BNY Mellon, and Guy Leroux, Operational Risk Manager, Global Banking & Markets, RBS. Video of 7688823