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 >>
FASB Names its Next Chairman as Collaborative Consulting Recruits from eBusinessware
Russell Golden to be Next FASB Chairman Russell G. Golden will be promoted to the post of chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), effective July 1, 2013, officials say. Golden will succeed Leslie F. Seidman, whose term as FASB chairman ends on June 30. The board of trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation… Read More >>
Sabby Management Retains SS&C as Mizuho Units Tap Wolters Kluwer for Basel III Support
Sabby Management Sticks With SS&C GlobeOp About two years ago, Sabby Management found itself in a tight spot. The hedge fund had a month to find a fund administrator for two new funds, says Robert Grundstein, chief operating officer and general counsel for the firm. Sabby was launching two healthcare sector fund complexes for September… Read More >>
Sibos Osaka Update
In an attempt to bring more automation to post trade operations, global financial messaging provider SWIFT has tapped reconciliation solutions vendor SmartStream Technologies to develop a cloud-based version of the SWIFT confirmation matching platform, dubbed Accord, say officials at the Sibos 2012 conference underway in Osaka, Japan. The SWIFT event is at the INTEX center… Read More >>
The SIFMA News Wrap
The running theme for key vendors participating in last week’s SIFMA Tech Leaders Forum and Expo in New York was operational efficiency for middle- and back-office functions. Providers such as Goldensource, SimCorp, SmartStream and Empaxis are targeting firms that need to keep up with regulators, new data management demands, over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives reforms, and the… Read More >>
