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Soliton for Sale in Early Sign Of Consolidation Of the Reference Data Management Industry
Reference and time-series data management provider Soliton is looking for investment from a strategic partner, or a potential outright sale of the company. Early signals, at the time of Reference Data Review’s press time, suggest the vendor has appointed an investment banker – Kirchner & Co. – to proactively contact potential suitors. The Canadian-based company…
Xenomorph Targets U.S. With New Subsidiary, Office
Derivatives data management specialist Xenomorph is establishing itself in the U.S. with a new subsidiary Xenomorph Software, and a new New York-based office. Greg Johnson, sales and marketing director of Xenomorph says, “We already have a number of investment banking clients in the U.S. as a result of contracts with their European offices, as well…
McLean Joins Reuters Enterprise Information from S&P
Miranda McLean has joined Reuters Enterprise Information division to head marketing efforts within Europe. McLean will continue to be based in London and will report to Kelly Lavelle, global head of marketing for division. She joins from Standard & Poor’s where she spent two years as director of business development and marketing. Prior to that,…
Outsourcing: The Time is Now?
Is outsourcing for reference data management an idea whose time is coming? This is a question we were keen to ask our faithful Reference Data Review readers when we set out in April to do another one of our surveys. We measured the views of sell-side, buy-side and custodian firms in the U.K., Mainland Europe…
Paris Moves On From Deutsche Bank
David Paris has left Deutsche Bank where he was global head of information management services within the bank’s global technology and operations group, based in London. In this role he had worked on the data management initiatives focused on meeting regulatory requirements of KYC and Anti-Money Laundering. No word yet on where he plans to…
Esler Leaves Bear Stearns
Peter Esler is no longer with Bear Stearns where he held the position of managing director, global head of market data services. Here he had been involved in a reference data management services evaluation. His next move has not yet been decided.
Perry Re-Emerges Royal Bank of Scotland
Derek Perry has re-emerged at Royal Bank of Scotland as manager, operations change management. This follows a brief stint at BearingPoint, prior to which he was at Capco where he worked on reference data services.
Hirschfeld Leaves Citadel for Asset Control
David Hirschfeld has joined Asset Control as senior vice president of operations, a vendor that his previous firm Chicago-based Citadel Investment Group selected for data management services (Reference Data Review, December 2004). In his new role, Hirschfeld will be involved in initiatives including the turnkey solutions program, Asset Control Solutions Center for product demonstrations and…
Cicada Continues Sales Team Expansion in Europe, U.S.
Cicada is continuing to expand its sales team, hiring Steve Rosenburg as director, America sales, Eija Hietavuo as European sales director, and Bruce Hawkins as business consultant, managing pre- and post-sales support efforts. Rosenburg was previously with Reuters’ Enterprise Information Products Solutions group, and held senior sales roles at Bridge. At Cicada, he will report…
Standard & Poor’s Bolsters European Securities Evaluations Team
Standard & Poor’s has bolstered its European Securities Evaluations group with the addition of two senior managers to the team. Annabel Saunders is named associate director, and Ciro Incarico is named director of fixed income evaluations sales in the group. Saunders has previously worked at Reuters and FT Interactive Data, where she had been responsible…