The clock is ticking away for the Market Abuse Regulation’s (MAR) July 3 start date but there is still uncertainty about the final edict. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has only just released its Q&A guidance and is expected to publish a final report by early Q3 2016, which is cutting it close…. Read More >>
Calstrs Tweaks Mainframe Usage & Saves $600K
The California State Teacher’s Retirement System (Calstrs) pension fund has adjusted the way its Calstrs START database system utilizes mainframe hardware and over eight months saved more than $600,000 in batch and online processing costs. START, which is based on Software AG’s Adabas-Natural database system, is using Software AG’s zIIP Enabler for Natural to utilize… Read More >>
Calstrs to Uproot Pension Administration System
The California State Teacher’s Retirement System (Calstrs) pension fund will overhaul a legacy IT infrastructure for pension administration and will replace it with a system to streamline workflows for Calstrs employees and to give members greater options for managing their retirement funds. The switch by one of the largest pension funds in the U.S. will… Read More >>
Q&A: John Bates’ New Role at Software AG
Over the summer, Dr. John Bates took on the position of chief technology officer (CTO) for the Intelligent Business Operations and Big Data division of Software AG, which acquired the complex event processing (CEP) Apama division of Progress Software in June. Previously, Bates was executive vice president and corporate CTO for Apama, where he was… Read More >>
John Bates Takes on Big Data for Software AG as Liquid Holdings Grows Sales Team
John Bates Takes on CTO Post for Big Data at Software AG Software AG has appointed Dr. John Bates to the position of chief technology officer (CTO) for the Intelligent Business Operations and Big Data division, officials confirm. Bates who assumed his new post in July will also serve as a member of the group… Read More >>
Omgeo Adds LEI Support as Smarsh, Nasdaq and Protegent Advance Social Media Surveillance
Omgeo Adds LEI Support to Alerts Via Avox Post-trade services provider Omgeo now has support for the global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) initiative via additional entity- and fund-level fields and data as part of its Alerts web-based global database for account and standing settlement instructions (SSI), officials say.The new LEI support comes via Omgeo’s partnership… Read More >>
