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Information Mosaic Poaches TCS’ Singh to Spearhead New Indian Operations
In another instance of what seems to be a recent spate of corporate actions vendor musical chairs, Information Mosaic has poached Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) Manmohan Singh to help it establish a new office in India. Singh brings with him his management team in order to establish a new development facility for the vendor in…
QuIC Financial Technologies to Host Series of Credit Valuation Adjustment Seminars in Asia Pacific
QuIC Financial Technologies, a global solutions provider of risk management, pricing and financial analytics, today announced that following the overwhelming success and interest in the company’s CVA Solution in Europe and North America, QuIC aims to build on its global CVA leadership with a series of CVA seminars in the Asia Pacific region. Responding to…
Barr Jumps Ship from Thomson Reuters and Lands at Investment Company Bridgewater Associates
Almost a year after he changed roles at Thomson Reuters and moved to Switzerland, Gary Barr has left the vendor and joined investment company Bridgewater Associates in a research data role. During most of his time at Thomson Reuters Barr was heavily involved in the data management space in the Enterprise division but at the…
SmartStream Extends Asia Pacific Ambitions with New Tokyo Office, Ex-Reuters Matsumoto to Head
Back office solution vendor SmartStream Technologies has expanded its Asia Pacific operations, which are headquartered in Singapore, to include on the ground presence in Japan via the opening of a new office in Tokyo. The vendor has hired ex-Reuters executive Eiichi Matsumoto to head the office as its country manager for Japan. Christian Schiebl, executive…
Pricing Partners Introduces Hagan Adjuster in the Interest Rates Module
Pricing Partners announced today that it has introduced Hagan Adjuster, a new class of models, for its interest rates module to enhance its valuation capacity. The Hagan Adjuster model thoroughly combines the versatility of dynamic models (Libor Market Model, short rate model like Hull White or Gaussian Quadratic models) and the accuracy of static models…
Ex-Fidelity ActionsXchange Exec Madigan Resurfaces at XSP
Following his departure from corporate actions cleansing vendor Fidelity ActionsXchange earlier this year, Chris Madigan has finally resurfaced at indirect (for now anyway) competitor XSP as the solution vendor’s new senior sales executive and account relationship manager. In his new role, Madigan is based out of New York and has responsibility for developing new business…
Thomson Reuters’ Licensing of RIC Codes Under Scrutiny by European Commission
According to the word on the reference data street, the European Commission is in the process of investigating Thomson Reuters’ licensing policy for its Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs). The regulator last month sent out a questionnaire to continental European banks in order to garner more information about licensing fees and usage of these financial instrument…
EuroCCP Launches Clearing and Settlement for Depositary Receipts
European Central Counterparty Limited (EuroCCP) today announced that on 16 October it will begin clearing and settling 120 of the most heavily traded listed depositary receipts. With its new central counterparty service offering, EuroCCP extends to depositary receipts transactions the efficiency, cost saving and counterparty risk protection benefits it already provides to clients’ equities transactions….
Aim Software Adds Subsidiary in Switzerland, Broder to Head
Following the opening of its Luxembourg office last month, reference data solution vendor Aim Software has added another European location to its geographic footprint: Switzerland. The vendor has experienced some success within the Swiss market already this year with the rollout of its Gain data management solution at Switzerland-based private bank Banca Euromobilare (Suisse) in…
SIX Telekurs Adds Another Office to the North American Network in Toronto
As part of its push in the North American market and following the opening of a new office in San Francisco earlier this year, SIX Telekurs has added a Canadian office to its geographic footprint. The data vendor indicates that the office will be based in Toronto and will service its current customer base in…