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Peter O’Keefe to Execute Swift’s Securities Reference Data Strategy
Peter O’Keefe, formerly of Nomura, has been appointed manager of Swift’s Security Reference Data Group, with a brief to execute on the co-operative’s strategy for securities reference data.
Rick Enfield Joins Citadel Associates from Charles River Development
Citadel Associates has hired Rick Enfield as head of North American operations, responsible for professional services, support, training and administration. Enfield comes from Charles River Development, where he was director of the product management group. Prior to that he was a vice president at State Street.
Xcitek Makes Three New Hires for its Sales Team
Xcitek has brought three newcomers into its sales force. Patricia Reilly, previously director of data services and a relationship manager at DTCC, has joined the company in the newly created role of sales executive. In another newly created position Lynne Wilson, formerly account director of financial services at CAPITA Advisory Services, joins the company as…
Bryan Makes Way for Brown at Helm of Omgeo
Omgeo, provider of the Alert SSI database and other post-trade, pre-settlement trade management services, will have a new president and CEO from November 1. Marianne Brown replaces Adam Bryan, Omgeo’s CEO for its first five years, in the role at the company jointly owned by Thomson Financial and DTCC. Brown has previously been CEO of…
Industry Veteran Peck’s Efforts at Quantifi Yield Results with First German Bank Win
An increased focus on the European markets is paying dividends for US based Quantifi, provider of modelling, pricing tools and risk analysis for credit derivatives, as it picks up its first German banking client. In June the company opened a new London office and hired John Peck – ex of FT Interactive Data, Telerate and…
Mellon’s Harkins Offers Guide To Successful Team Building
People – specifically, finding the right ones, training them appropriately and hanging onto them – were key themes at this month’s ‘Reference Data Management: Challenges and Solutions’ symposium hosted by Telekurs in New York. The symposium, also featuring Dun & Bradstreet’s Keith Webster, Telekurs’ Barry Raskin and Reference Data Review’s own Andrew Delaney, offered insight…
President Role Propels Ex-SunGard Man Richards to BPS
Dale Richards, the ex-SunGard executive vice-president who launched its enterprise data management strategy, has been named president of BPS (Business Propulsion Systems), provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance solutions. Since leaving SunGard, the former FAME CEO had been running LakeFront Data Ventures, a company seeking to build a network of small EDM providers. Richards’…
Holmes to Head Up New Cicada Subsidiary Focused on Compliance
Cicada has created a new subsidiary, Profiler Solutions, to focus on compliance. Headed by Cicada executive vice president Hubert Holmes, the new business unit will offer software solutions to help firms meet regulatory requirements around know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML), based on its Profiler solution. As reported in Reference Data Review last…
Ex-Interactive Data Man Smith Returns to Market Data Industry at Valuelink
Valuelink Information Services, UK provider of validated data solutions, has appointed Ashley Smith business development manager, reporting to CEO Stephen Choate. Smith spent 14 years at Interactive Data Corp, leaving in 2002.
ADP Strengthens its Commitment to Proxy Processing with Two New Hires
ADP Brokerage Services Group has appointed two new business development managers to focus specifically on its specialised proxy processing service. Ania Breuksch and Dogan Sevil become senior representatives for international business development and sales, reporting to Hakan Benito Sapmaz, director of international business development, ADP International Shareholder Communications.