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Calastone Opens Zurich Office, Appoints Swiss Sales Director
Vittorio Pujatti has been appointed director of Swiss sales and business development at Calastone and will be responsible for building on the 10 clients the fund transaction network provider already has in the country
Cumberbatch Leaves Interactive Data After 15 Years
Bob Cumberbatch left the data vendor at the end of February and is planning to work either independently or as part of a consultancy to help firms manage regulatory and compliance projects
Swift Opens Kuala Lumpur Office
Financial messaging provider Swift has opened a new office in Kuala Lumpur.
Drumm Role Heralds Broadridge's APAC Expansion
Lake Success, NY-based Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed James Drumm senior director, strategic account sales for Asia-Pacific. Drumm will be responsible for generating new business sales for a range of Broadridge solutions in the Asia-Pacific…
Fitch Makes Acquari Head of Sales
Fitch Solutions has appointed Julian Acquari its global head of sales.
Bennett to Expand Western Business at Cleartrade Exchange
Cleartrade Exchange, the Singaporean futures exchange, has appointed Chris Bennett as its new head of business development for EMEA and North America.
Primatics Appoints Former OpenLink Chief Hesselbirg as CEO
Kevin Hesselbirg will immediately head up McLean, Va.-based Primatics, which provides loan accounting and valuation software for portfolio managers.
Reval Hires Keeton for APAC SaaS
Reval, a New-York headquartered provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS), has appointed John Keeton as vice president of professional services in the Asia-Pacific region.
IMS HedgeOp Opens Hong Kong Office
IMS Group and HedgeOp Compliance, the buy-side consultancies which merged last year, have opened a Hong Kong office under the name, IMS HedgeOp.
MarketAxess Completes Xtrakter Acquisition, Appoints Urtheil
MarketAxess has completed its acquisition of Xtrakter, the former subsidiary of Euroclear, which provides regulatory transaction reporting.
eClerx Names Alan Paris as Principal
Outsourcing provider eClerx has named Alan Paris as principal in the company's New York office.
Multiple SaaS Options; Need for a Single Sign-On
One of the risks of the proliferation of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions is the need for multiple sign-ons. This was a sentiment expressed by Michael Radziemski, the chief information officer of Lord Abbett & Co.
ISE Taps Cornish for CTO
Rob Cornish has been named the new chief technology officer of the International Securities Exchange (ISE).
Lord's Tech as Savior: Michael Radziemski's Tech Vision Helps Lord Abbett Weather Hurricane Sandy
Michael Radziemski has spent the last decade helping to make Lord Abbett & Co.’s IT more mobile and scalable in order to drive the asset manager’s aggressive growth strategy. That strategy proved particularly valuable after Hurricane Sandy battered the…