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XSP Moves to the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street
XSP announced that the company has moved its New York office to the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street. The relocation is part of a 10 year lease and designed to accommodate XSP’s growing requirements. Brendan Farrell, CEO at XSP, said: “This is an exciting time for XSP as we head into 2011 – our…
Opinion: Closing the Control Loop
By David Sherriff, chief operating officer of Microgen Despite some dramatic events in 2010, the global banking system was able to hold steady. Since the economic crisis took hold, the majority of banks have invested heavily in back office systems in order to tighten their financial control, yet the spotlight remains firmly on the City….
Asset Control Links to Fidelity ActionsXchange to Enhance Corporate Actions Data Management
Asset Control has enhanced its corporate actions financial data coverage with integration between its AC Plus data management platform and Fidelity ActionsXchange, a Fidelity Investments company and provider of global corporate actions solutions. AC Plus’ integration with ActionsXchange’s ActionService platform provides customers with enriched corporate actions event information, which can be combined with other security…
What to Expect in 2011
What a year it has been for reference data management. Data quality has been such a high profile topic that it was discussed during one of the US House-Senate conference committees and, across the pond, was also championed by the European Central Bank’s (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet during a number of speeches over the course…
CESR Presents Examples of Formatting for UCITS Key Investor Information Documentation
Earlier this year, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) published a series of consultation papers providing guidelines for the selection and presentation of data for the new Key Investor Information (KII) documents and this week, the regulator has published more related data requirements for these new UCITS documents. The CESR guidelines on the selection and…
The Options Clearing Corporation Announces Two Officer Promotions
Mary Savoie to first vice president, Industry Services from vice president, Industry Services. She will continue as lead manager of the Options Industry Council, an industry cooperative programme of comprehensive options education for retail and institutional investors and financial advisors. Savoie will also manage OCC’s role in organising the Options Industry Conference and OCC’s Corporate…
Eagle’s Lehner Talks up SaaS, Integration, Global Expansion and Regulation for 2011
Following its decision to move Asian and EMEA managing director John Legrand from his London base out to Singapore earlier this year, Eagle Investment Systems has been actively bolstering its on the ground presence in the two regions and this hiring drive will continue into 2011, according to CEO and president John Lehner. The EDM…
Swift Contemplates Use of Online Platform for Collaborative Standards Development
Swift has spent a lot of this year focused on honing its standards development message for the market and, in this vein, lead standards analyst Tom Alaerts has suggested that the industry network operator could use social media and an online platform to improve the standards development process itself. By providing a forum for open…
A-Team Group Continues Expansion with New Hire
London, Dec. 15, 2010 — A-Team Group, specialists in news, research and events for financial IT executives, is pleased to announce that Filsan Ali has joined A-Team Group as Business Development Manager, responsible for Reference Data Review and Risk Technology sales activities, including the A-Team Insight online news service, A-Team’s new Valuations Benchmarking Survey and…
UK FSA Highlights Asset Managers’ Counterparty Risk Shortcomings and Valuations Independence
As a follow up to its 2009 Financial Risk Outlook (FRO), the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a review of the derivative risk management practices in place across the investment management industry, which highlights the buy side’s valuations and risk management practices and related shortcomings. The study, which is based on data from…