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Eccleston Departs S&P Capital IQ
Lou Eccleston, president of S&P Capital IQ and chairman of the board of S&P Dow Jones Indices, left the companies' parent group, McGraw-Hill Financial, on Monday, July 14.
Waters Rankings 2014 ─ All the Winners
At a luncheon held on July 16 at the Hudson Hotel, New York City, the winners of the 2014 Waters Rankings were revealed.
Black is the New Black for MSCI Canada
Index provider MSCI has hired Lindsay Black as vice president of its equity index business in Toronto, responsible for relationship management with local asset managers, broker-dealers and hedge funds.
Nomura AM Chooses NRI for Data Warehousing, Client Reporting, Back Office
Nomura Asset Management has decided to use Nomura Research Institute's technology to help manage Japanese investment advisory reporting requirements
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Dials Mobile Data App
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has launched a mobile application designed to provide investors with a selected and user-friendly view of trading data.
Asset Control Hires SunGard Exec to Manage New Asian Hub
Franck Peltier has been hired by Asset Control to head the "full-service hub" it is creating in Singapore to serve the APAC market
Cloud Computing Remains Tough Sell For Data, Study Finds
A survey of 21 firms conducted by Aite Group found that security and privacy concerns are barriers to more widespread adoption of cloud computing resources for data operations
Options Partners with Orchestrade for Cross-Asset Platform
Options has announced that vendor Orchestrade's risk management and operations platform has been integrated with its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering.
Raymond James Implements GBST for Middle-Office Processing
GBST has announced that the implementation of its Syn~ product at Raymond James Financial's Equity Capital Markets division has been completed, and that the broker is now live on the system.
Bloomberg-Rebranded UBS Indexes Continue Availability on Rimes BDS
Managed benchmark data services provider Rimes Technologies has added Bloomberg index data from Bloomberg to the range of data sources available via its Benchmark Data Service, which provides cloud-based data collection, validation, transformation,…
Boston Consulting Group Hires McGraw-Hill Exec Teschner
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has hired former McGraw-Hill strategy executive Charles Teschner as head of capital markets for North America, to lead the consultancy's team advising financial institutions in the region.
Tep Joins Element 22 As Partner
Methea Tep, most recently a managed services executive at SmartStream, joins the advisory company as a partner
Nomura Asset Management Selects NRI T-STAR for Back Office
Nomura Asset Management, Japan's largest asset management firm, has adopted Nomura Research Institute's (NRI) T-STAR back office suite, including the RX, GX and ReportAssist tools.
ITG Launches FX Trading Cost Index App
Broker and research provider ITG has released a tool that provides foreign exchange traders and portfolio managers with liquidity costs for 20 currency pairs.
OTAS Bows Real-Time TCA
London-based analytics provider OTAS Technologies has rolled out a new transaction cost analysis platform that provides traders at buy-side firms with real-time analytics on trade performance in changing market conditions.
GoldenSource Appoints Senior European Sales Manager
Eric Bassot has been given responsibility for sales in Italy, Spain and French-speaking countries
FX ECN Spotex Taps Solace for Data Messaging
Spotex, a foreign exchange trading ECN that launched in June, has confirmed it is using Ottawa-based hardware messaging appliance vendor Solace Systems' routing technologies to provide low-latency messaging for price and trade data between trading…
Traiana Extends Kill Switch Range to SDPs for CreditLink
Icap-owned specialist Traiana has announced the expansion of kill-switch functionality in its CreditLink offering, which now includes single dealer platforms (SDPs).
Squawker Adds Fidessa Support
High-touch block-trading venue Squawker has announced that it is now available through Fidessa Spotlight.
OTAS Launches Real-Time TCA
OTAS Technologies has announced the launch of OTAS InTrade, its real-time engine for transaction cost analysis (TCA) and performance analysis.
Broadridge Launches Web-Based Reporting Tool
Broadridge Financial Solutions has unveiled a new web- and mobile-based reporting solution, dubbed Report Manager, which will allow portfolio managers to access important information on their desktop, tablet or smartphone.
Linedata Integrates InvestSoft Fixed Income, Derivatives Analytics
Linedata has embedded InvestSoft's BondPro analytics library into its own analytics platform to improve its coverage of esoteric products
SunGard, Aite Study Highlights 'Firefighting' Versus Strategic Data Management Split
A new survey of 48 firms shows a marked split on the buy side between those with a long-term plan, and those without one.
Bats Chi-X Europe Bolsters Interoperable Clearing
Bats Chi-X Europe has announced that it will extend its interoperable clearing program to include exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded products (ETPs).