Horizon Software has named Philippe Thomas as a member of its advisory board. Thomas has previously held executive positions at Ullink and SunGard, and joins Horizon from his role as a consultant and investor at New World Wind, a provider of sustainable electrical services. The appointment is part of the company’s expansion strategy following an MBO in June 2018 and requires Thomas to provide coaching on business strategies that will support Horizon’s global growth.
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) went live over three months ago, requiring financial institutions to make significant changes to their data management processes. The webinar will discuss how these processes held up on the compliance deadline, January 3, 2018, identify which elements of data management need to be revisited, and consider the...
Royal Bank of Scotland has subscribed to Lombard Risk Systems’ ValuSpread Credit credit pricing verifications service. ValuSpread has been designed to monitor credit default swap prices for independent verification of traders’ closing prices. The service currently features data for 5,000 global credits, from 29 contributors.
Buy AND Build: The Future of Capital Markets Technology London examines the latest changes and innovations in trading technology and explores how technology is being deployed to create an edge in sell side and buy side capital markets financial institutions.
Data lineage has become a critical concern for data managers in capital markets as it is key to both regulatory compliance and business opportunity. The regulatory requirement for data lineage kicked in with BCBS 239 in 2016 and has since been extended to many other regulations that oblige firms to provide transparency and a data...