Trema has hired Aislinn McKibbin as Global Sales Director, Banking. McKibbin spent nine years at mpct Solutions Aleri in various senior sales and account management roles, specializing in the Benelux market and on CLS sales. McKibbin also spent time at
SunGard Investment Management Systems says it has formed a partnership with J O Hambro Investment Management, a UK private client wealth manager, to adapt its APSYS III platform to the UK market. APSYS III is a multi currency private client
FirstGroup, a large UK bus and railway company, is setting up a single defined benefit pension scheme for employees. The new career average final salary scheme will have an initial active membership of 12,000 and a fund size of over
Pulse Trading, Inc., an electronic broker for institutional investors, announced today that it has hired a team of three traders to start a portfolio trading group. The new service, known as PulsePTG, represents a major expansion of Pulse's trading capabilities.
SmartStream Technologies has retained its SWIFTReady Gold accreditation for its SmartStream Reconciliations (SSR) and Corona products. Both Corona and SSR have been awarded the 2003 SWIFTReady Gold award for Securities and Cash Reconciliations. SmartStream Technologies' reconciliation products have been awarded
Financial Tradeware Plc, a provider of software for fund managers and IFAs, has joined APCIMS, the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers, in the UK. APCIMS is an association of over 250 firms that aims to ensure that
Asset Control says Socit Gnrale Corporate and Investment banking (SG CIB) has gone live with its AC Plus reference data solution. An enterprise wide project, known internally at the bank as the Galaxy project, is billed as the cornerstone for
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), the UK fund manager owned by Lloyds TSB Bank which outsourced its fund administration needs to State Street, has chosen a software application provided by State Street partners DST. DST International says SWIP has gone
SunGard Securities Processing has launched a web version version 9.0 of its InTrader portfolio management, clearance and settlement system. "The new Web based version of InTrader becomes available at a time when reducing cost and increasing efficiency are ever more
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is to upgrade its order execution system. The exchange has found its present capacity insufficient to handle the growing volume of large lot orders submitted electronically by both major broker dealers and day traders. The