Emerging Technologies
Former SunGard Exec Pedder Joins Wolters Kluwer
Clive Pedder has joined Wolters Kluwer Financial Services as managing director of the company's finance, risk and compliance business for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, after working as a senior executive at SunGard for the past four years
Ruvo Quits Muni Data Vendor DPC
Roseland, NJ-based municipal bond data and disclosures provider DPC Data announced Wednesday, Nov 13 that Michael Ruvo has resigned his position as president, to take on an undisclosed "leadership opportunity with another company."
SuperDerivatives Taps JP Morgan Oil Exec
Derivatives pricing, data and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives has hired David Taban to head the firm's commodities and energy division.
Algomi Names Murray Head of European Sales
London-based fixed income technology provider Algomi has appointed Neil Murray head of European sales tasked with helping the vendor extend its client base.
ETRE Taps SunGard to Power REIT Data-Trading Platform
Startup real estate investment trust trading platform provider ETRE Financial is using a suite of data and tools from financial IT giant SunGard to power its data and trading services, including SunGard's MarketMap datafeed, the SunGard Global Network…
Kheradpir Bolts Barclays for Juniper; Barclays CCO Sants Steps Down
Shaygan Kheradpir is leaving Barclays, where he served as the bank's chief operations officer and chief technology officer, to take over as the CEO of Juniper Networks.
Obama Chooses Massad for CFTC Chairmanship
The president today will nominate assistant treasury secretary Timothy Massad for the role soon to be vacated by incumbent Gary Gensler.
OneChicago Names Barazi to Parse CFTC, SEC Rules
Last week, all-electronic security futures exchange OneChicago introduced Waseem Barazi as its chief regulatory officer. Barazi spoke with Sell-Side Technology about the appointment.
Opening Cross: When You Look East, Look Up and Look Out
Regulation dominated the agenda at last week's Asia-Pacific Financial Information Conference. But is the region ready for the data management implications of new global and regional requirements?
OneMarketData Survey: Growing Interest for Data Services in the Cloud
There is growing interest across the financial industry in leveraging cloud computing technology for data-intensive processes such as back-testing, quantitative research and transaction cost analysis, though adoption of cloud technology to support…
S&P Cap IQ Expands ‘Regional Leaders' for Asia Focus
S&P Capital IQ has created three new positions across the Asia-Pacific region and appointed "regional market leaders" to serve as senior representatives for the vendor and its entire product line while providing local market expertise in specific…
APFIC Panelists: Big Data Presents Big Challenges in Asia
Big Data remains a big challenge for financial firms to derive value from around the world, but may prove an even bigger challenge in Asia-Pacific as a result of local idiosyncrasies that could make it harder to take advantage of Big Data analysis,…
APFIC Panel: In Buy-vs-Build Debate, Vendor Value is Key
Data sourcing professionals at financial firms want to see vendors focus less on entrenching themselves via long-term deals to retain business and more on winning and earning business through innovation and competitive pricing─though vendors say they…
Panel: Grasp Opportunities of Regulatory Complexities
The raft of current and upcoming regulations is creating opportunities as well as challenges for trading and investment firms in the Asia-Pacific region, though many outside of the largest firms are still not prepared for the data complexities and…
Banks, Providers Failing to Innovate on Data, Says APFIC End-User Panel
Neither end-user firms nor vendors are doing enough to innovate their way out of budgetary woes towards growth, with internal cultures contributing to stagnation by not fostering creative ideas, said a panel of consumer firms at the Asia Pacific…
APFIC Keynote: Regulations Require Standards Collaboration
The financial industry must collaborate on standards and standardized processes if it is to successfully manage the challenges and costs of compliance with the data aspects of the current flood of new regulations─and get ahead of future rules─said Nick…
Kim Hammonds Replaces Anthony McCarthy as Deutsche Bank's CIO
Deutsche Bank has named Kim Hammonds as its chief information officer and global co-head of group technology & operations (GTO).
First Call, CCBN Founder Parker Named EidoSearch Chairman
Jeff Parker, founder of First Call and CCBN StreetEvents, and a former chairman and chief executive of Thomson Financial, has joined Toronto-based pattern recognition and analytics provider EidoSearch as chairman of its board, to help guide the vendor to…
Alpha Omega Makes Global Launch of Post-Trade Solution
Alpha Omega Financial Systems, a post-trade technology provider based in San Francisco, has globally launched FIXAffirm, a post-trade solution based on the industry standard FIX protocol.
Citi to Mix Retail and Institutional Flow in Mexico
With its new Mexican order facilitation platform, Retail Price Improvement, Citi will provide full penny price improvement to retail investors, and ultimately institutional investors, on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV).
Chilton Announces Surprise Departure from CFTC
Bart Chilton, one of the most senior figures in the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has announced that he will leave the regulator at the end of his term as commissioner.
Newedge UK to Partner with GMEX MTF
French broker Newedge has joined forces with Global Markets Exchange Group International (GMEX Group), a market operator, consultancy, and technology provider.
DataContent's Harris Talks China at WFIC Part 2
Following a panel discussion on business inside China at the World Financial Information Conference in Lisbon, Keiren Harris, Hong Kong-based director of market data consultancy DataContent speaks to IMD about the types of data in demand in China, and…
Markit Taps former UBS CIO Trogni for Solutions
Michele Trogni, former group chief information officer at UBS, has joined data provider Markit in New York as managing director and global head of the vendor's solutions business (which is co-headed by Daniel Simpson, who joined Markit as a result of its…