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Stanley Young Departs Bloomberg
Stanley Young has left Bloomberg, where he was CEO of the company’s Enterprise Products and Solutions division. He was with Bloomberg almost a year, having joined in June 2012. A Bloomberg spokesperson offered this statement: “Stanley Young joined Bloomberg to help broaden our enterprise offerings and strategy. As part of that initiative, he helped us…
Stop Press: Palmieri Parts Company with Bloomberg
Roseann Palmieri, poached two years ago from Thomson Reuters to launch Bloomberg’s enterprise data management business and a prime-mover in the latter’s acquisition of PolarLake, has left the firm. In a statement, Bloomberg confirmed her departure, saying “Roseann Palmieri has left Bloomberg. She joined the company to build the EDM business, and she accomplished that…
A-Team Video with Eccleston on S&P Capital IQ’s Vision for R2, QuantHouse and CMA in 2013 – and Beyond
Lou Eccleston, President of S&P Capital IQ, talks to A-Team’s Andrew Delaney about the company’s recent spate of corporate acquisitions, which saw the addition of risk specialist R2, ultra low-latency data provider QuantHouse and OTC derivatives valuations provider CMA. Eccleston explains the rationale behind each of the transactions, and presents his vision for combining the three…
Former Avox Chief Price Returns to Data Management Coalface at Strevus
Ken Price, the co-founder and CEO of Avox, who left the company late last year, has surfaced as vice president of sales at Strevus, a Silicon Valley start-up aimed at driving down the cost and improving the quality of managing digital assets in the finance sector. At Strevus, Price joins founders Ken Hoang, CEO of…
SEC Names RiskMetrics Co-Founder Gregg Berman as Head of Office of Analytics and Research
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has named risk expert Gregg Berman as head of the Office of Analytics and Research in its Division of Trading and Markets. The office was set up last year to conduct research and analysis that will help inform the Commission’s policies on markets and market structure. Its focus…
SunGard Confirms Departure of Marketing Chief Paul Wilson
It has emerged that Paul Wilson has left the role of chief marketing officer (CMO) at SunGard Financial Systems after working at the company for a total of nearly 14 years. Wilson joined SunGard in 1999, initially leading the marketing of two international business segments before being promoted to lead corporate marketing in EMEA and…
US Senate Names Former Morgan Stanley Economist Berner as OFR Director
The US Senate has named former Morgan Stanley executive Richard Berner as the first director of the Office of Financial Research (OFR). The OFR was set up under the Dodd-Frank legislation within the US Treasury Department and charged with tasks such as the development of a global legal entity identifier (LEI) system that will improve…
Mark Davies Takes Role of CEO at Avox as Ken Price Steps Down
Ken Price has left his role as CEO of Avox, making way for DTCC business development head Mark Davies to take the CEO’s role at the reference data company. UK-based Avox was co-founded by Price and acquired by DTCC in July 2010, at which time Price said he would leave the company once it had…
Carney to Continue as Chair of Financial Stability Board
Mark Carney will continue his role as chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) when he steps down as governor of the Bank of Canada on June 1, 2013, and fills the same role at the Bank of England just a month later following the retirement of governor Mervyn King. Carney was appointed as chair…
Chris Bannocks Joins Barclays to Head Up Global Reference Data
Chris Bannocks has moved on from the role of managing director, global head of enterprise data management at Nomura International to head up reference data at Barclays. Bannocks joined Barclays in London this week and takes the title managing director, global head of reference data. His responsibility is reference data on a global basis across…