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HyperFeed restructures senior management

Fresh from its recent refinancing, US market data company HyperFeed Technologies has appointed Paul Pluschkell as president and chief operating officer and named new heads of technology, finance and sales, in a major restructuring.

13 September 2002

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Zurich to close UK online bank

Zurich Financial Services has confirmed plans to close its UK online banking operation, under a major restructuring programme which will entail the loss of 4500 jobs worldwide.

06 September 2002

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Huniker-Ebneter quits SWX

Antoinette Huniker-Ebneter is to relinquish her roles as head of SWX Swiss Exchange and CEO of screen-based stock market operator virt-X at the end of the month.

06 September 2002

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FXall recruits from Atriax for new sales positions

Online foreign exchange portal FXall has recruited Michelle Bachmann Love and Keith Hill from defunct rival Atriax to head up sales operations in North America and Europe.

02 September 2002

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Gains International appoints Philip Lines as group CEO

Gains International, a provider of front office voice and data solutions to financial institutions, has appointed Phillip Lines as group CEO and Tom Daunt as general manager of its Australia and New Zealand team.

02 September 2002

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STB appointees to strengthen international compliance sales

UK based regulatory and compliance software provider STB Systems has appointed Alan Railton as general manager of its Asia Pacific office and Larry Ostrow as VP of business development at its US subsidiary company.

28 August 2002

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One thousand jobs to go as Commonwealth Bank re-invests in front line

Commonwealth bank of Australia is to halt its branch closure programme and spend A$120 million in improving front line customer service under a sweeping programme that will yield a total of 1000 job cuts.

22 August 2002

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Barclays finds new role for B2B executive Hutchinson

Barclays Bank has found a new role for Alison Hutchinson, the chief executive of its failed e-procurment operation BarclaysB2B, as marketing director for Barclaycard. She takes over from Paul Parmenter, who has been promoted to the new role of chief operating officer, group marketing.

22 August 2002

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Access Data consultants graduate from Macgregor University

In a move designed to augment its on-site implementation team, trade order management systems vendor Macgregor has signed an alliance agreement with financial services consultancy and systems integration house Access Data Corp.

21 August 2002

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SunGard names Cristóbal Conde as CEO

Cristóbal Conde is to take over from James Mann as chief executive officer of SunGard, completing a succession plan that began in 1998 when Conde was appointed executive vice president of the diverse financial IT group.

19 August 2002

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Insurance tech exec Ashby to take over patsystems helm

Patsystems, a UK-based supplier of software for trading on electronic derivatives exchanges, has appointed insurance industry technology executive Kevin Ashby as its new chief executive officer, taking over from interim CEO David Jones.

15 August 2002

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Misys recruits KPMG's Bevan to drive product strategy

Misys Securities Trading Systems (Misys) has appointmented Gareth Bevan as director of strategy.

15 August 2002

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