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Blackstone Closes Deal to Take 55% Stake in Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk Business
Nearly nine months after Thomson Reuters signed a definitive agreement with Blackstone that would give the private equity firm a 55% stake and Thomson Reuters a 45% stake in the company’s financial and risk business, the deal is closed and the business rebranded as Refinitiv. With backing from Blackstone, Refinitiv plans to invest in a…
Thomson Reuters Delivers Compelling Keynote on Cloud at A-Team Group’s New York Data Management Summit
Brennan Carley, global head of enterprise at Thomson Reuters, presented a compelling keynote on the attractions of cloud computing at A-Team Group’s recent Data Management Summit in New York City. He discussed the evolution of cloud technology, the stringent security measures put in place by cloud providers to ensure data safety, and the many opportunities…
Thomson Reuters’ Brennan Carley Presents the Case for Cloud Adoption
Cloud technology has attracted champions and cynics for many years, but times are changing as financial firms realise the benefits of both public and private cloud environments in terms of cost savings, operational gains and business agility. Brennan Carley, global head of enterprise at Thomson Reuters, presented a compelling keynote on why trusted data belongs in the…
Moody’s Names Former Oppenheimer Funds IT Lead Mona Breed as CIO
Moody’s has named industry veteran Mona Breed as chief information officer (CIO) with effect from October 15, 2018. Breed succeeds Tony Stoupas, who has led Moody’s IT organisation as CIO since 2010 and will remain with the company until the end of 2018. As CIO, Breed will lead Moody’s global technology infrastructure and programmes, and…
Data Management Summit Discusses Digitalisation, Technology, Diversity and More!
A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit hit an all-time high in New York City last week with a packed auditorium, buzzing exhibition hall, great line-up of speakers, market leading sponsors and interactive discussion throughout the day on how to deliver the next level of data management and business success. Keynote presentations Suvrat Bansal, head of innovation,…
FactSet Sets Out Development Plans for Data Exploration Platform
FactSet plans to roll out additional elements of its cloud-based FactSet Data Exploration platform that will deliver a fully hosted application production environment over the next six months. The company introduced the platform on Microsoft Azure this summer offering content from the Open:FactSet Marketplace as well as programming tools including Microsoft SQL, RStudio and Python….
Bloomberg Eases Data Access and Reduces Costs with Enterprise Access Point
Bloomberg has responded to customer calls for easier access to data with Enterprise Access Point, an online platform that provides normalised reference, pricing, regulatory and historical datasets to Bloomberg data license holders. Following the launch of the platform last week, we caught up with Gerard Francis, global head of enterprise data at Bloomberg, to find…
Sovereign Capital Partners Takes Ownership of Asset Control from Marlin Equity Partners
Nearly a year after Marlin Equity Partners put Asset Control up for sale with a price tag of £100 million – an astonishing eight times EBITDA – in November 2017, it has found a buyer in Sovereign Capital Partners, a UK-based private equity firm with a track record of acquiring high quality businesses and supporting…
Asset Control Adds ACX Cloud-Based Data Exploration and Distribution Platform
Asset Control has released ACX, a cloud-deployed delivery, storage and analytics platform designed to manage increasing data volumes, reduce infrastructure costs and provide business and technical users with easy access to data exploration. The platform is an additional module in the company’s AC Plus product family and includes open source technologies, although it is not…
AIM Software, West Highland Partner to Target Front-, Middle-Office EDM
EDM platform provider AIM Software has partnered with New York-based West Highland Support Services to forge a combined offering aimed at addressing the data management challenges faced by front- and middle-office operations managers. The move expands AIM’s activities in the US, home to its financial backers Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and where most recently…