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Fitch Appoints Ex-Fidelity MD Hale as Head of Asia Pacific in Hong Kong
Credit ratings specialist Fitch has appointed ex-Fidelity executive Evan Hale as its new head of Fitch Asia Pacific in Hong Kong. He replaces Andrea Mueller, who left the firm in May 2008, and will report to Bernard De Lattre, group managing director at Fitch Ratings, who is based in Paris. Prior to this appointment, Hale…
New York Federal Reserve Poaches Citi’s Bottega as Chief Data Officer for its Markets Division
John Bottega’s no show at last year’s FIMA London event was noted by many and there was much speculation at the event that he was soon to leave his post as chief data officer for Citi’s Institutional Client Group. Reference Data Review can now indeed confirm that Bottega has moved onto pastures new: he has…
D’Arcy Finally Takes Over from Clark at Helm of Interactive Data
Following the announcement of his selection as Stuart Clark’s successor in November, Raymond D’Arcy has finally stepped into the role of president and CEO of Interactive Data. After 13 years at the helm of the vendor, Clark is retiring but will stay on as advisor for the next few months to help D’Arcy adjust to…
Swift Appoints Ex-BNY Mellon Exec Curtin as Head of Securities Initiatives for the Americas
Following the appointment of ex-BT Radianz MD Chris Church as global head of Securities last year, Swift has beefed up his new team with the addition of ex-Bank of New York Mellon executive Patrick Curtin. Curtin joins as head of securities initiatives for the Americas and will report to Church in his capacity as chief…
DSTi Appoints Laliberte as Managing Director for North America
DST International (DSTi) has appointed strategic consultant Walt Laliberte as managing director for North America. Prior to his appointment, Laliberte ran his own consultancy, Laliberte Associates, which provides a strategic consultancy service to the consulting and software industries. Laliberte has also previously worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture. His new appointment will require him to focus…
Dealogic Selects CounterpartyLink to Provide Legal Entity Data for Next 3 Years
Workflow and analytics solution provider Dealogic has selected CounterpartyLink to provide it with legal entity data in order to ensure that the vendor and its clients have access to a single and unique view of each legal entity that is being processed between the parties. The vendor opted to sign the three year agreement with…
Fitch Taps Thomson Reuters’ Warner to Head Content Operations
Fitch Solutions has named Simone Warner senior director and head of its global content operations. Based in London, Warner will report to Thomas Aubrey, managing director, Fitch Solutions. In this new role, Warner will manage Fitch’s internal content teams and be responsible for the content requirements of Fitch Solutions and Fitch Ratings. As such, she…
Trillium Software Appoints Bailey as Director of Financial Services Strategy
Trillium Software has appointed Stephen Bailey as director of financial services strategies, as the vendor ramps up its data management offering in the sector. Bailey joins from Edgewater Technology’s financial services practice, where he was vice president of the firm’s consulting arm. The vendor hopes Bailey will provide thought leadership and direction for the lifecycle…
LakeFront Data Ventures Jobs Website Attracting Industry Support, Claims LDV’s Richards
Following its launch at the end of last year, LakeFrontDataJobs.com has garnered 150 registered users and 30 job postings, according to Dale Richards, CEO of LakeFront Data Ventures (LDV). The site was launched just over two months ago as a web-based job connection service for financial data management and information professionals. Richards claims the portal…
Merrill Corporation’s Schlanger Joins XBRL US Board of Directors
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Michael Schlanger, vice president of product management for XBRL at technology vendor Merrill Corporation, has been appointed to serve on the XBRL US board of directors. According to the vendor, Schlanger develops financial product strategies in response to client and regulatory needs and is on the leadership team guiding the…