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People Moves: Symphony, Finos, Neptune Networks, REGIS-TR
A look at some of the key "people moves" from the past week.
TNS Hires Fintech, Data Sales Exec Burke for BizDev
Burke has also worked at CJC, FIS and Activ Financial, covering sales, service, and account management.
To Know or Not to Know: The Battle for Data Privacy
In light of new and proposed rules in the US and Europe, firms are having to rethink their privacy guidelines.
West Highland Taps Data Vet Esler as COO
In a career spanning more than 20 years, Esler has served in senior market data management roles at some of the biggest banks on Wall Street.
IEX Group Hires Chief People and Marketing Officers
Kate Gunning and Andrea Ledford will be based in New York.
FactSet's Gossieaux Gets Global Gig
Gossieaux has spent a total of 24 years at FactSet and its 2004 acquisition JCF.
Brown Brothers Harriman Experiments with Machine Learning
The firm is developing machine learning models internally to optimize the reconciliation process and detect price anomalies.
Bank, Fintech Exec Gonzalez Joins Pico to Lead Americas Sales
Gonzalez has 20 years of experience in technology management and sales at financial firms and technology providers.
West Highland Nabs TR Vet Milner for Sales
MIlner spent more than 20 years at Thomson Reuters, responsible for sales of products and services across its data business.
Greenwich Analytica Taps Ex-Bank IT Exec Cohee to Lead Finance Practice
Cohee highlights cloud, big data and machine learning as disruptive changes forcing innovation at financial firms.
Citi Invests in ChartIQ's Finsemble
Citi is the first Series B strategic investor for ChartIQ's desktop integration platform.
OpenFin Raises $17 Million in Series C Funding
It seeks to solve desktop interoperability issues and expand cloud services with this latest investment.
USAM ‘Slices’ Alt Dataset of Sales Pipeline Benchmarks
The suite of data and tools will allow sales organizations and investors to forecast sales activity, and hence company income.
Former SEC Commissioner Joins IEX Board of Directors
Kara Stein joins from the SEC, where she served since 2013.
Nasdaq Names Dillard Head Of Global Information Services
Lauren Dillard was previously at Carlyle Group.
Bond.One Aims to Bring Blockchain to Bond Trading
Bond.One is aiming to introduce distributed-ledger tech to solve issues associated with fragmented fixed-income markets.
Baker Signs On as CTO at MarketAxess
Cloud computing expert Michael Baker will lead the way for MarketAxess' innovation strategies.
Credit Benchmark Taps Ex-Goldman Sachs CRO to Lead Advisory Board
The Goldman Sachs risk veteran will assemble an advisory board of experts who understand risk and data to guide the vendor's strategy.
Swift Names Pérez-Tasso CEO
Pérez-Tasso will take over from current CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt, who will step down in June.
Collibra Cages Lyons for Data Security
Lyons will oversee Collibra's efforts to establish greater information security practices around firms' data governance processes.
News ‘Flash’: MT Newswires, ICE Give Clients Early Look at Stories
By distributing stories prior to performing its full editing process, MT Newswires can give ICE clients several crucial minutes of exclusive advantage, compared to mechanical latency improvements that might deliver mere fractions of a second.
Digital Asset Opens Smart Contract Language to Other Blockchains
VMware blockchain and Hyperledger Sawtooth begin support of DAML on their platforms.
TRG Screen Splits Technology, Product Roles, Names New CTO
Splitting out the vendor's development and product functions will help the company scale as it accelerates its growth, officials say.