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Euroclear and Broadridge Plan to Jointly Offer End to End Shareholder Voting
Broadridge Financial Solutions and Euroclear have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) whereby both firms are looking into forming an alliance to jointly strengthen shareholders’ governance rights by making it easier for investors to vote electronically at company general meetings. Under the EU Shareholders’ Rights Directive, currently being transposed into Member State law, investors must…
Société Générale Securities Services Mandated by the Paris branch of Credit Suisse Securities Europe to Provide Independent Pricing Services
Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) has been mandated by the Paris branch of Credit Suisse Securities Europe Limited to provide completely independent secondary pricing of structured products to a number of its institutional clients. This secondary pricing will thus enable them to meet increasingly rigorous regulatory requirements. SGSS has over five years experience in the…
Broadridge Announces Shareholder Forum in Canada
Broadridge Financial Solutions today announced the Canadian rollout of Shareholder Forum, a hosted online venue where validated shareholders can submit questions, vote their shares, respond to surveys and interact directly with their corporate issuers year-round. Corporate shareholders are increasingly relying on online tools to obtain information, voice their opinions, communicate and vote. The Broadridge Shareholder…
Information Mosaic Expands US Operations to Support Growth
Information Mosaic, the global provider of post-trade automation solutions, has announced the significant expansion of its US operations to support existing market demand for the automation of post-trade operations. As part of the expansion, the company has made two senior hires in the New York office. The addition of Douglas Jeffrey as president, Americas and…
Four Weeks and Counting…
Four weeks and counting until the juggernaut that is Sibos rolls into Amsterdam and already I’m struggling to fit all the meetings into the week and make sure I can attend the sessions relevant to my particular data focused corner of the market. As I noted back in May when the conference programme was first…
PaceMetrics Boosts Product Management Team with Appointment of Principal Consultant
PaceMetrics, a global provider of process-driven enterprise data management and process monitoring solutions, today announced that Patrick James “PJ” O’Kane has been appointed as principal consultant. With a strong background in pricing and risk management in banking, O’Kane will be responsible for expanding the PaceMetrics product suite. As part of this he will focus on…
Algorithmics Advocates Active Management of Counterparty Credit Risk with CVA in New White Paper
In its latest white paper on counterparty credit risk, Algorithmics outlines several recommendations and milestones for any institution interested in actively managing its counterparty credit risk (CCR) using credit valuation adjustment (CVA) to price the counterparty risk. Since the crisis, there has been a shift from passive to active management of counterparty credit risk that…
SGSS’s De Nexon Highlights Challenge of Moving to the ISO 20022 Messaging Format
The decision to move to the ISO 20022 message format is not being taken lightly by the majority of the financial institutions in the market; Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) for one is currently weighing up the ability of its clients and counterparties to support the standard and the migration costs involved. Eric De Nexon,…
Euroclear Management Reshuffle Continues, May is Next Out of the Door
International central securities depository (ICSD) Euroclear has certainly had its fair share of people moves this year, with the departure of a number of its Xtrakter subsidiary execs earlier this year and the upcoming addition of ex-BNP Paribas Fortis exec Lieve Mostrey as chief technology and services officer at the start of next month. Following a…
Ex-Reuters Head Bannocks Joins Nomura International as MD in Charge of Ref Data Programmes
After six years at Thomson Reuters, most recently as head of post trade services, Christopher Bannocks has left the vendor to join Japanese firm Nomura’s UK-based Nomura International team as managing director in charge of reference data programmes. Prior to his exit, Bannocks moved from the Enterprise division to the front office focused Sales and…