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Capgemini Appoints Ezzat as CEO of its Financial Services Global Business Unit
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Capgemini has appointed the current chief operating officer of its Financial Services Global Business Unit, Aiman Ezzat, as CEO of the unit. Current CEO Raymond Spencer will assume the role of non-executive chairman of the business unit. Ezzat joined Gemini Consulting, Capgemini’s consulting arm, in 1991 where he was responsible…
GBST Completes Acquisition of Coexis, Williams and Shah Join Exec Team
Following the announcement of its intention to buy Coexis at the start of November, GBST, an Australian provider of securities transaction and fund administration software, has finally completed the acquisition. The vendor indicates that it has satisfied all the regulatory and legal requirements of the deal and will have a combined workforce of around 350….
GlobeOp Names Glickman Global Head of Risk Services
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor GlobeOp Financial Services has appointed risk management veteran Tony Glickman as global head of risk services and member of its operating committee. He will report to Vernon Barback, GlobeOp president and chief operating officer, and will be based in the company’s New York City office. According to Barback, Glickman was…
Interactive Data to Acquire Majority of NTT Data Financial for US$20.2m
Interactive Data Corporation has announced its intention to acquire the majority, at 64%, of NTT Data Financial Corporation (NDF) from NTT Data Corporation for 1.9 billion yen, or approximately US$20.2 million, in cash. The two firms have been redistribution partners for more than 14 years but Interactive Data made the decision to have a direct…
Markit Appoints Naro EVP and Global Co-Head of Equities, Commodities and Risk Management
Markit has added Sal Naro to its New York office and appointed him to the position of executive vice president and global co-head of equities, commodities and risk management. He will work in partnership with London-based executive vice president Niall Cameron. Naro joins Markit from fixed income hedge fund Sailfish Capital Partners where he was…
Moody’s Investors Service Appoints Kimball Head of Structured Finance, Cantor as Chief Credit Officer
Moody’s Investors Service has named Andrew Kimball executive vice president and head of its global structured finance business. He has been acting head of the business since July of this year. Richard Cantor has assumed Kimball’s previous role as chief credit officer of Moody’s Investors Service and chairman of its credit policy committee. Michel Madelain,…
Alvarez Moves from Asset Control to Interactive Data Reference Data Role
Interactive Data has brought on board Marc Alvarez to oversee reference data infrastructure for its Pricing and Reference Data business. Alvarez joins after a stint at Asset Control, which he joined when that company bought Tap Solutions in April 2007. In his new role as senior director Alvarez will be responsible for the utilization and…
LakefrontData Creates Data Management Industry Jobs Website
Against a backdrop of widespread redundancies and an increasingly competitive employment market, LakefrontData has launched a website specifically targeted at advertising jobs for the data management industry. According to the vendor, which was created from the merger of LakeFront Data Ventures (LDV) and data integration vendor ReferenceDataFactory (RDF) earlier this year, data management professionals can…
OTC Val Appoints Ex-Hedge Fund Quant Bergbusch as CTO
OTC Valuations (OTC Val) has appointed Paul Bergbusch as chief technology officer to lead the vendor’s efforts to introduce its next generation of solutions. He will be engaged in further expanding the coverage for structured products and exotic derivatives under the OTC Val portfolio and will be based in Vancouver. According to the vendor, Bergbusch…
ICE on the Hunt for Credit Derivatives Clearing Counterparty Head
Following the announcement of its intention to buy Clearing Corporation last week, IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has indicated that it is currently searching for a suitable candidate to head its credit derivatives clearing counterparty venture. The exchange operator is planning to launch its global clearing platform for credit default swaps (CDSs) later this month. It is likely…