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KKR's Colorful Personality: CIO Ed Brandman
Ed Brandman’s friendly quirks don’t conjure the conventional image of an IT chief, especially at KKR, one of the more white-shoe firms in a space famous for them. But don’t let the CIO’s charms fool you. He effectively redefined enterprise-grade…
Gemini Plumps for SunGard’s Hedge360 Platform
Gemini Hedge Fund Services, the Hauppauge, New York-based hedge fund administrator, has selected SunGard’s Hedge360 application suite as its platform of choice. Hedge360 will enable Gemini Hedge to increase is operational efficiency and by so doing…
Collateral Optimization Still Not Widespread, But Growing
A survey by InteDelta and SunGard conducted last summer revealed a dismally low adoption rate of collateral-optimization systems. Only three percent of respondents called their optimization processes advanced or fully automated.
New European Reporting Regs Overwhelm DTCC Data Repository
A tidal wave of interest rate trade data overwhelmed the trade reporting service run by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) after new European reporting rules came into effect on Wednesday, Feb. 12, leaving users unable to check…
Shuaa Capital Goes Live with SunGard’s Front Arena
Dubai-based investment firm Shuaa Capital went live with SunGard’s Front Arena product to enhance operational efficiency and client service.
SunGard Extends Asset Arena with Data Connect
The new cloud-based solution will provide enhanced order processing and control for hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and fund administrators.
Broadridge IM Business Boosts Ref Data Expertise with SmartStream, Paladyne Hires
Former SmartStream exec Lou Longhi and former Paladyne MD Jonathan Cross have joined Broadridge's recently created Investment Management business, where they report to its president, Bennett Egeth
Metropol Partners Signs SunGard Ambit for CIM
SunGard has announced that Zurich-based Metropol Partners has deployed its Ambit Client Information Management (CIM) software.
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.
UBS Partners SunGard, HazelTree on New Frontier Platform
UBS's Frontier platform will bring together SunGard's Hedge360 and HazelTree's treasury, cash management, and collateral management tools in a new front-to-back hosted solution for the Swiss bank's hedge fund clients.
Conde joins Calastone Board
Calastone, the global funds transaction network, has appointed former SunGard chief executive, Cristóbal Conde, as non-executive director. Conde will take a seat on the Calastone board and has also purchased a minority stake in the privately held…
GPs Pursuing Data-Driven Business Intelligence, Study Finds
A recent study of private equity general partners (GPs) uncovered consistently greater expectations around data management in the space. But progress in meeting those expectations appears to be more uneven.
Rutschmann Named Infront COO
Norwegian data vendor Infront has appointed Urs Rutschmann as chief operating officer, responsible for managing all the vendor's operational activities, including strategy, sales, marketing, product development and client services.
Michael Shashoua: The Way of the World
With respect to the spread of US and Euro-centric data management systems, as well as regulation to other regions, Michael points out that the difficulties in translating new standards and laws could highlight cultural differences that service providers…
Increasingly Multi-Asset, City Financial Taps SunGard for Risk
The London-based investment manager, which distributes 14 different funds and is eyeing further acquisitions, has installed SunGard's APT solution for risk analysis and reporting, covering position- and portfolio-level information across its multiple…
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
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…
Maxim Implements SunGard Amid Growing Broker Trend
Maxim Group, an 11-year-old specialist brokerage, has added to its arsenal of SunGard products by implementing the provider's VPM portfolio accounting solution. The move is a result of of heightened transparency demands, but also a sign of Maxim filling…
Brazil's CGD Securities Taps Valdi for Market Access
CGD Securities, a Brazilian division of Portugese bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos, has selected SunGard’s hosted Valdi solution for access to the BM&FBovespa financial markets.
Constrained by Capital Requirements, Wealth Management IT Struggles to Comply
Wealth managers and private banks, the heirs of aging technologies and manual processes, need to change. Prodded by regulators to deploy more efficient and flexible operating infrastructures, most of them have been left with big gaps to fill and…
First Metro Securities Connects to SunGard Global Network
First Metro Securities Brokerage, part of the Metrobank Group, has connected to the SunGard Global Network (SGN), linking to more than 2,500 buy-side and sell-side firms and about 150 trading venues around the world.
Asset Control Names Petti New CEO
Data management platform vendor Asset Control has appointed Richard Petti as London-based chief executive, replacing board member and executive chairman Dean Goodermote, who held the position on an interim basis since former CEO Phil Lynch moved to…
DelphX Delves into Credit Trading via SunGard Connectivity
Calling the SunGard Global Network (SGN) "the gorilla of equity order routing," bond trading venue operator DelphX announced that it will utilize SGN's FIX connectivity as the plumbing for its new CentralX alternative trading system (ATS).