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Evaluated Pricing Head Blance Leaves SIX
Ian Blance has left SIX Financial Information after almost four years as head of its evaluated pricing business, and has returned to independent consulting. Mirko Silvestri fills Blance's former role at SIX.
Entities and Data at Fatca's Crossroads
Heading into 2014, registration systems for compliance with the US foreign accounts tax law are ramping up, and the specifics of how Fatca will govern are starting to be filled in. Michael Shashoua surveys the remaining knowns and unknowns
Evaluation Stand-Outs
Regulatory demands push evaluated pricing providers to reveal more details of how they produce the data they have on offer. Max Bowie hears how end-users of data are collaborating closer with the providers as a result
SIX Launches Solvency II Service With Comprehensive CIC Coverage
The data vendor is supplying more than 120 data points to help asset managers and insurers comply with the European Union directives, including the new Complementary Identifier Code, which the company is providing at both the instrument and individual…
Fatca Fault Lines
The financial services industry is asking for more specificity from US Fatca foreign tax collection rules, even as some in the industry say they're not moving quickly enough to meet mandated deadlines
Less Reverence For 'Grandfathers' Possible From Fatca
The US foreign account tax rule, scheduled to take effect July 1, may mean changes to previously exempt securities are more likely to put them under the scope of the rule, according to a data services provider working on a means to monitor the effect of…
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?
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…
SIX Financial Information Adds APA Austrian News to iD Terminal
Swiss data vendor SIX Financial Information has added real-time news from Austrian news provider APA-Finance to its Telekurs iD desktop data, news and analysis terminal, as a free add-on for Austrian subscribers to its Wealth and Asset Management…
SIX Financial Information ‘Sharpens' US Sales with Brinker, Brodhead
SIX Financial Information, the data vendor business of Swiss exchange and clearing parent organization SIX Group, has reorganized its US sales function with the appointments of a new senior sales manager and a new head of solutions sales to replace…
SIX Welcomes New Senior US Sales Execs
Warren Brinker joins as senior sales manager and Keith Brodhead joins as head of solutions sales at SIX Financial Information
SIX's Raskin on Fatca, Solvency II at WFIC 2013
Barry Raskin, managing director at SIX Financial Information, discusses the challenges of monitoring which assets are in scope for reporting under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and offers advice on managing uncertainty surrounding Solvency II…
SIX on Financial Transaction Taxes' European Impact
SIX Financial Information's Darren Marsh explains how the rollout of financial transaction taxes in Europe is affecting data management
SIX FI's Kevil Goes West
SIX Financial Information has relocated sales executive Kimberly Kevil from the US East Coast to the San Francisco Bay Area to support large and important clients on the West Coast, and to lead sales in California and Mexico, and reporting to Barry…
Raising Fatca Stakes
Data operations necessary for compliance with the US foreign accounts tax law, even with a delayed deadline, still need a lot of work, Michael Shashoua reports. Firms are considering the structure of their data repositories and approach to client…
First Derivatives Picks Pruett for US Growth
Newry, Northern Ireland-based data management technology vendor First Derivatives has appointed former SIX Financial Information executive Jonathan Pruett head of strategic business development for the Americas, responsible for expanding the vendor's…
Regulation & Standards special report
September 2013 - sponsored by:Citihub, Genpact, GoldenSource, London Stock Exchange, SIX Financial Information
The Impact of FATCA on Data Operations -- webcast
Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on September 6, 2013 to discuss how firms are managing the data demands created by Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the initiatives being implemented to ensure compliance.
Burton-Taylor: Mixed EMEA Data Spend Growth as Bloomberg Closes Gap on Thomson Reuters
Total spend on market data in EMEA reached $9.84 billion (€7.48 billion) in 2012, approximately 38.6 percent of global spend, with the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Scandinavia accounting for two-thirds of demand, according to a new report on EMEA…
SIX Financial Info Taps Savvis for Chicago Datacenter
SIX Financial Information has added a datacenter in Chicago, within a facility operated by datacenter and hosting provider Savvis.
SIX, SwissQuant Collaborate on Risk Analytics for Swiss Regulations
ImpaQt will produce risk analysis on individual instruments and entire portfolios to help wealth managers comply with new regulatory requirements in Switzerland
Where the Data Buzz Is
Data management developments and discussions breathed life into last month's Sifma Tech Expo.
Six Partners with swissQuant for ImpaQt Launch
Data services provider Six Financial Information and swissQuant have launched ImpaQt, a portfolio risk-management system, to support the wealth-management industry in meeting regulatory requirements for client protection, pre-trade suitability and risk.
