City Networks, provider of software and services to the treasury, securities and derivatives markets, has announced the appointment of Janet Yagle as Director of the New York office, responsible for North American operations. Marcus Dutton, former Managing Director in this
Thomson Financial says it is investing heavily to improve Datastream, its historical financial numerical database. The company says it has installed an IBM Z990 mainframe to host the data, improving capacity by 35%, and accelerating query response times. "We are
Banks only account for 24% of the ultra high net worth market, compared to over 60% in the early 1990s. Or so claim consultants Celent in a new report entitled "Bank Affiliated Brokerage Divisions. In the report, Celent reviews what
Jeff Mehlman has joined Foliage Software Systems as Industry Practice Director, Financial Services. Mehlman has 20 years of consulting experience involving strategy, operations, information technology, and organizational change. During Mehlman's career in large scale financial industry information systems development and
Mutual Fund Technologies (MFT), the global transfer agency system provider, has announced that Schroders' Luxembourg has signed a new systems contract that extends Schroders' use of MFT's GFAS transfer agency platform. The new deal confirms GFAS as one of Europe's
State Street Corporation has announced the appointment of Simone Vroegop to its Netherlands sales team. Vroegop will report to Rod Ringrow, senior vice president and managing director of State Street's investor services business in the Netherlands. Prior to joining State
Telekurs Financial and CSK Software have developed a solution to enable banks, fund managers and broker dealers to integrate the Valordata Feed (VDF) reference data feed into their internal processing machinery. VDF is one of the most popular sources of
Investors in Mexico now will be able to buy or sell a mutual fund linked to the performance of the Dow Jones STOXX 50 Index, after STOXX Ltd. issued its first license in Mexico to Santander Serfin, Mexico's third largest
As new Anti Money Laundering legislation comes into force in the UK, a survey of regulatory literacy among City of London practitioners has found a shocking level of ignorance about the risks of wrongdoing. 11 per cent of respondents were
Treasury systems vendor Trema has acquired the assets, including all copyrights and intellectual property, of Alterna Technologies Group. Alterna's liquidity management platform will be integrated into Trema's treasury, risk, cash and asset management product suite. "A resourceful corporate treasury has