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Mark Hepsworth Returns to London as President of Interactive Data EMEA
Interactive Data has confirmed that Mark Hepsworth has returned to London to lead the company’s EMEA business as president. His responsibilities include the company’ pricing and reference data, trading solutions, managed solutions and desktops businesses in the region. Hepsworth remains a member of the company’s global executive committee. Hepsworth moved to London early this year…
Interactive Data’s Stephan Wolf is Named as CEO of the Global LEI Foundation
Stephan Wolf, chief technology officer and member of the executive board at Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG has been named as the CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) that was established in June 2014 and will oversee the development and operation of the Central Operating Unit of the Global LEI System. The…
Opinion: Piecing Together the Data Scientist Puzzle
By Dev Bhudia, Vice President, Product Management, GoldenSource Depending on whom you speak to, the definition of a data scientist seems to mean different things to different people. Some see it as a glorified number crunching role, while others believe the position requires someone more inquisitive to spot and respond to key trends. The role…
Markit Integrates Datasets to Deliver Enhanced iNAV for ETPs
Markit has integrated its fixed income evaluated pricing and fair value data services with exchange traded fund data to deliver an enhanced intraday net asset value (iNAV) service for exchange traded products (ETPs). The service is available immediately and is designed to improve transparency around ETP pricing. The company has offered an iNAV service for…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: It’s All About the People
Social media is a wonderful thing. It’s how I know that an industry friend is gallivanting around Australia. Or making an intriguing connection with another industry friend. Or has got a new job. This week, LinkedIn yielded a couple of interesting snippets. As you’ll have seen, Kate Toumazi has moved to the new role of…
Kate Toumazi Switches Role to Become Head of Risk and Data Services at Thomson Reuters
Kate Toumazi has moved from the role of global head of front office in the Enterprise Content leadership team at Thomson Reuters to take up the new role of global head of risk and data services in the Pricing and Reference Services leadership team within the company’s risk division. The new role has been designed…
GoldenSource Names New CEO as it Moves into EDM as a Service
In a move to position itself for the next generation of enterprise data management (EDM) as a service, GoldenSource has named former Pivot chief John H Eley as CEO. Eley replaces Mike Meriton, who has led GoldenSource since January 2002 and remains at the firm as vice chairman with a remit to capitalise on growth…
Asset Control Names Richard Petti as CEO
Asset Control has named Richard Petti, a former SunGard Data Systems executive, as CEO, just two months after the company was acquired by Marlin Equity Partners. Petti replaces interim CEO Dean Goodermote, who took on the role after former CEO Phil Lynch left Asset Control in February 2013 to join SunGard as head of global…
Tim Fox Moves out of Interactive Data and into Avox
Avox, the DTCC subsidiary dedicated to maintaining business entity reference data, has hired Tim Fox to the new role of product manager. Fox joins Avox from Interactive Data, where he was product marketing manager with responsibility for all aspects of the company’s Solvency II sales. He also worked with business and line management to agree…
Change at the Top as Gross Exits SIX Group and Zeller is Elected Chairman
Thomas Gross, CEO of the Financial Information division at SIX Group, will leave the company tomorrow, Wednesday 5 June 2013, after four years in the role. Gross told a board meeting of his decision to leave the group last week. He will be replaced on an interim basis by Marcel Bättig, COO of the business….