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GoldenSource’s McCormick Follows Lind to Omgeo
Omgeo, the Thomson Financial/DTCC-owned provider of post-trade, pre-settlement services including Alert for standing settlement instructions (SSIs), has hired Fritz McCormick as data business director. McCormick comes from GoldenSource, where he was vice president of business development and alliances. Prior to that he worked at analyst Celent. McCormick is responsible for the evolution of Omgeo’s data…
Tony Kirby Trades in Accenture for Ernst & Young
Tony Kirby has left Accenture – which he joined to work in its data management and managed reference data services business, but where he ultimately spearheaded much of the consultancy’s MiFID work – to join Ernst & Young as head of regulation and compliance.
Laura Martinez of XSP Elected Vendor Co-Chair of ISITC Corporate Actions Working Group
XSP’s Laura Martinez, principal product manager, has been elected as vendor co-chair of the ISITC Corporate Actions Working Group. In this position, Martinez will collaborate with the group’s co-chairs and members to review ISO 15022 standards and direct enhancements to message content that promote STP for corporate actions. Martinez has been an active participant of…
Catherine Downhill Joins Fitch Ratings’ Global Business Development Team
Fitch Ratings has appointed Catherine Downhill as commercial director for Fitch’s Valuspread and Market Implied Ratings services. She joined Fitch on Monday December 10 and reports to Thomas Aubrey, managing director in Fitch’s Global Business Development team, London. Prior to joining Fitch, Downhill was most recently business manager for equity and fixed income evaluated pricing…
Omgeo Hires Matthew Nelson, Fritz McCormick to Research New Areas of Growth
Omgeo, the Thomson Financial/DTCC-owned provider of post-trade, pre-settlement services, has hired Fritz McCormick as data business director and Matthew Nelson as director, market intelligence. McCormick comes from GoldenSource where he was vice president of business development and alliances, and prior to that he worked at analyst Celent. Nelson comes from analyst TowerGroup, and counts a…
EDM Council Board of Directors Elect Citi’s Bottega Chairman
Fifteen global financial services institutions have elected to join the EDM Council’s board of directors. As part of the expansion, the new board has elected John Bottega, chief data officer, Citi Markets & Banking, as its chairman. Bottega succeeds Mike Meriton, CEO, GoldenSource, and founding member of the EDM Council in the role of chairman….
CMA Names Paul Vickery Director, Support, Client Services
CMA, provider of credit information, has appointed Paul Vickery as director of support and client services, with a brief to enhance the service CMA provides to its global client base. Vickery joins CMA from GFI, where he was global support and professional services manager.
Swift Shifts Reference Data Strategy Personnel
Swift has made some changes to the personnel handling its reference data strategy. The co-operative has appointed Paolo Bernini head of information products of which reference data is an important component, it says. Peter O’Keefe meanwhile has moved from product management to markets, with responsibility for defining Swift’s reference data strategy – with a particular…
Former Citadel Execs Jean Williams, Rick Enfield Join Asset Control in London, New York
As exclusively reported by Reference Data Review @ FIMA earlier this month, data management solutions provider Asset Control has hired two former executives of buy side data management systems specialist Citadel Associates. Rick Enfield and Jean Williams have joined Asset Control as product business owners of Asset Control’s AC Plus and TAPMaster solutions respectively. Enfield…
Markit Names Sally Clarke Global Head of Marketing
Markit, provider of independent data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing, has appointed Sally Clarke as global head of marketing. Prior to joining Markit, Clarke worked at SunGard for seven years in various marketing roles.