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Cleartrade Exchange Helps Clients Meet Dodd Frank Regulations with Trade Repository
Cleartrade Exchange, the global electronic marketplace for freight and commodity derivatives, announced today that its Trade Repository, an integral part of its trading platform, has now been released to clients. Unlike most “old tech” solutions which are intra-day at best, the Cleartrade real-time Trade Repository automates the production of trade confirmations, in the form of…
Carne Adds New Director to Cayman Islands Team
Carne Global Financial Services is pleased to announce the appointment of John Ackerley as a Director with its Cayman Islands team. John joins seasoned fund directors Peter Heaps and Roisin Cater in providing governance services to Cayman domiciled funds. John has over 18 years of experience in the financial services industry, and has worked on…
Antonio Viana-Baptista Joins Credit Suisse as CEO of Iberia
Credit Suisse today announced the appointment of Antonio Viana-Baptista as Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse in Iberia. He will be based in Madrid and report to Fawzi Kyriakos-Saad, Chief Executive Officer of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. As CEO of Credit Suisse in Iberia, Mr Viana-Baptista will execute our integrated banking…
AlixPartners Appoint Rob Hornby as Managing Director
AlixPartners, the global business advisory firm, has appointed Rob Hornby as Managing Director. Hornby was formerly CIO of Old Mutual Wealth Management Group. Stefano Aversa, co-President and head of AlixPartners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said, “Companies who are undergoing major, fast-paced changes look at ways technology can help solving their business problems,…
Carne Director Appointed to Board of Oddo Alternative Investment Fund
John Donohoe, CEO of Carne Financial Services Group, has been named as an independent director to the board of the brand new Oddo Asset Management fund, called Orsay Merger Arbitrage. The fund will follow an M&A arbitrage strategy, and will be managed by fund manager Christian Fleury, who headed the merger arbitrage team at Banque…
Citi Whitepaper Outlines the Top Five Issues OTC Derivative Investors Must Plan for in the Wake of Dodd-Frank Reforms
Citi announced today that it has released a new whitepaper that outlines the top five issues that OTC Derivative investors must plan for in the wake of Dodd-Frank reforms. “Ready or Not? Here It Comes: OTC Derivatives in the Post-Dodd-Frank Landscape – Implications for Investment Managers,” describes the challenges facing investment managers across operations and…
DTCC Names Adam Wysota Chief Technology Officer
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that Adam Wysota, an information technology veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the field, joined the organization on July 5 as managing director and chief technology officer. In this position, Wysota will be responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of DTCC’s critical…
Thomson Reuters Survey Highlights Top Four Areas of Bank Concern for OTC Derivatives Regulation
The uncertainty surrounding upcoming over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives regulation is prompting concern amongst banks in four key areas, according to a recent survey by Thomson Reuters. The implications of the regulations on capital requirements, workflow, the cost to trade and liquidity for single-bank platforms were highlighted by banks as unknown outcomes of most concern resulting from…
One Client Has Moved from 24% to 100% Data Quality Compliance via Omgeo’s SI Compliance Scan, Says Meenaghan
Omgeo has this month launched new functionality for its settlement and account instruction (SSI) database that Bill Meenaghan, global product manager for the vendor’s Alert platform, claims has allowed one client to move from 24% to 100% data quality compliance within a matter of weeks. The SI Compliance Scan functionality is therefore aimed at helping…
Allan Boardman, of London, Appointed Director of ISACA
Allan Boardman, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CA (SA), CISSP, information risk manager at JP Morgan (UK), was appointed director of ISACA—a global association serving 95,000 IT governance, assurance and security professionals in 160 countries—at its World Congress: INSIGHTS 2011 conference in Washington DC, USA, today. Founded in 1969, ISACA develops international standards for information systems…