Emerging Technologies
Kotch's Confidence: CTO Mary Kotch Balances Family with AIG's Rebuild
AIG CTO Mary Kotch sits down with Anthony Malakian to discuss her ascent up the technology ladder to her current position, and how she manages to find a work–life balance while helping the insurance giant to restore its brand post-2008. Photos by Amy…
Anthony Malakian: Learning Lessons
Anthony’s dad taught him a lesson from his own career: Sometimes great ideas come from unexpected places. It’s good, therefore, to always listen and be open to new ideas.
Silicon Valley's Stinging—Why Banks' CTOs Should Take Notice
News out of Silicon Valley took a decidedly rocky turn in the past week, with two pioneers of disruptive technology getting arrested and shunned, respectively. Soul searching has ensued. There are practical and personnel reasons why this will—and won't…
Morningstar UK Integrates Alliance News
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar's UK subsidiary has begun distributing streaming equities news from UK-based newswire startup Alliance News via two of its investment research platforms, to enable users to view real-time…
Data Demand Drives Second Nasdaq India Office
Nasdaq OMX has opened a new development office in Bangalore, with the goal of boosting its global technology offerings and to meet growing demand in India for data products, exchange solutions and new listing opportunities.
WSNS Adds Another IXnet Vet, Brad Lutz
Wall Street Network Solutions has named Bradford Lutz chief administrative officer, to support the company's next phase of growth and global expansion, officials say.
IXcellerate Taps Cladingbowl as Tech Adviser
Russian datacenter provider IXcellerate has appointed Peter Cladingbowl senior technology adviser, responsible for assisting the company's operations team in developing its Moscow One datacenter campus and in the selection process for the Moscow Two…
RapidMiner ‘Mines' Menzies' Experience to Grow Sales, Partners
Cambridge, Mass.-based predictive analytics provider RapidMiner has hired financial technology sales veteran Andy Menzies as chief revenue officer, responsible for the vendor's sales, business development and customer support functions.
Eley Pivots to GoldenSource
John Eley, former chief executive of energy and commodities instant messaging, trading and liquidity aggregation software Pivot Inc., which was acquired by CME Group in July 2012 (IMD, July 31, 2012; Aug. 5, 2012), has joined enterprise data management…
Fannie Mae Catches Khatri
Market data industry veteran Arun Khatri has joined mortgage underwriter Fannie Mae in Herndon, VA as technology sourcing specialist, managing data services required by the agency's trading floor and to support its mortgage origination activities.
Markit Taps Conigliaro for Trading Services
Tom Conigliaro has joined Markit as managing director based in New York responsible for leading the vendor's trading services business, including its new Trader Dashboard, which integrates data and analytics to provide investment decision support for the…
Morningstar Puts CMBS Ratings on Bloomberg Terminals
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar's credit ratings arm has begun providing commercial mortgage-backed securities ratings via Bloomberg's Professional terminal, to meet growing investor demand for broader distribution of its…
Eley Appointed GoldenSource CEO, Meriton to Focus on Utilities
After 12 years as CEO, Mike Meriton will now serve the company as vice chairman, driving its strategic activities in relation to the creation of utilities. Former Pivot CEO John Eley has been chosen to succeed him
Savvis to Maintain Financial Focus, Post-Name Change
Officials at network and hosting provider Savvis say the vendor remains committed to its capital markets cloud and co-location customers, after retiring the Savvis brand and changing its name to CenturyLink Technology Solutions (CTS) in a bid to…
CEO Fenwick Departs Dow Jones
News Corporation yesterday announced the departure of Dow Jones chief executive Lex Fenwick after less than two years in the role, saying that the vendor would review the institutional strategy that Fenwick implemented, including the DJX news and data…
Marianne Brown Lands at SunGard as COO
Software giant SunGard has named Marianne Brown as chief operating officer of its financial systems business, effective February 24, 2014.
Numerix Pricing, Risk Tools Now Available in Matlab
Derivatives pricing and risk analysis software vendor Numerix has integrated its CrossAsset Integration Layer with MathWorks' Matlab technical modeling and calculation platform, enabling Matlab clients to price any derivative within the platform, using…
BBH Names McGovern CIO
American private bank Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), with $4 trillion under custody and administration, has named Michael McGovern as a managing director, chief information officer (CIO), and head of systems.
OneMarketData Adds Wall Street Horizon Calendar to Historical Repository
Tick database and complex event processing system provider OneMarketData has added Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon’s single-stock events calendar data to its OneQuantData repository of historical…
BofA's Bessant Embraces BYOD, Eyes Big Data's Interest vs. Impact
At a time when few institutions can countenance a wholesale technology reform program, Bank of America is storming ahead on the mobile front, in addition to undertaking a total infrastructural transformation and the goal of developing single platforms…
EU OKs MiFID 2; ESMA Wades into Details
After more than three years of negotiations, the European Union last week struck a long-awaited agreement on its review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive that mandates trading venues to make pre- and post- trade data available on a …
Markit Eyes Front-Office Push with thinkFolio Acquisition
Markit has acquired London-based portfolio management system (PMS) provider thinkFolio, in a deal that will see the buy-side stalwart join Markit’s enterprise software division.