Eagle Investment Systems, a financial technologies service provider and subsidiary of BNY Mellon, has promoted two employees to regional head of sales positions, as part of a shake-up to expand Eagle’s global sales force to meet growing demand, according to a company statement. Greg Farrington is now head of sales for the Americas region, while… Read More >>
NAB Unit Deploys Eagle Performance
The asset servicing business of the National Australia Bank has deployed Eagle Performance module from Eagle Investment Systems to service the investment performance measurement requirements of more than 70 asset management clients, officials say. NAB is already a customer of the vendor Eagle for its data management technology, vendor officials say. Officials at NAB say… Read More >>
TowerGroup finds firms are a mix of contradictions as Electra and Eagle forge an alliance
TowerGroup: User Firms a Mix of Recs Contradictions Financial services firms are a mix of contradictions when it comes to reconciliation, according to a new survey conducted by CEB TowerGroup Research. Executives responding to the survey say they have hope that there could be enterprise-wide reconciliation and exception management solutions. But they also admit that… Read More >>
An Infosys Exec Moves to iGATE as DST Hires from Eagle
iGATE Taps Infosys Exec for President and CEO Consulting, technology and business process outsourcing vendor iGATE has appointed Ashok Vemuri to be its next president and CEO, replacing Gerhard Watzinger, who has been the interim president and CEO since May 2013. Watzinger will remain with iGATE in an advisory role temporarily to assist with Vemuri’s… Read More >>
FTF News Announces Winners of the 2013 Technology Innovation Awards
Topping the list of winners in this year’s FTF News Technology Innovation Awards are Tim Lind, global head of middle office and entity for Thomson Reuters, chosen as the FinTech Innovator of the Year, and Ludwig D’Angelo, executive director, J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services, named as the Ops Business Person of the Year. SmartStream Technologies… Read More >>
FTF News Prediction # 2: New EDM Projects Give Firms a Handle on Data
(Editor’s Note: This story is running in our first-ever FTF News Winter/Spring digital issue that features our top five predictions on industry trends that are likely to be the focus for many securities operations and technology professionals throughout 2013. We will be running our prediction stories from the digital issue throughout the Spring.The digital issue… Read More >>
Case Study: Pioneer Investments Lives Up to Its Name
Pioneer Investments lived up to its company name when it embarked upon a journey to a centralized, investment data warehouse and associated reporting, breaking new ground early on in the battle most firms are facing to get better control of their key data assets. Centralizing investment data became a necessity to improve oversight and decision… Read More >>
Paladyne Hires from a Rival as Calypso Names HR Head
Paladyne Hires from Eagle Investment Systems Investment management solutions provider Paladyne Systems has hired Paul Cucurullo from rival Eagle Investment Systems to be its senior director of sales, overseeing the vendor’s offering for long-only asset managers and investment advisors, officials say. In addition to working for Eagle, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, Cucurullo was a… Read More >>