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The recent restructuring of Standard & Poor’s Fixed Income Risk Management Services (FIRMS) division to combine its securities evaluations, valuations services and market research teams into one group is all part of the vendor’s strategy to provide a more joined up approach to the market, explains Lou Eccleston, FIRMS’ executive managing director, to A-Team Insight. The launch of the new Valuation & Risk Strategies group is a precursor to the introduction of the first in a line of cross market solutions in the second quarter of this year.

















Last week we broke the news that Interactive Data Corporation is contemplating the “strategic alternatives” for its future, including a potential merger or acquisition by a suitable marriage partner or investors (see
Fixed income products and services vendor Fitch Solutions has added a new member to its management team in a bid to boost its standing in the US markets in the form of ex-Credit Market Analysis (CMA) global head of sales Peter Vitale. Vitale joins as Fitch Solutions’ new head of third party distribution and partnerships for the Americas.
Following the relaunch of its Global Securities Master (GSM) solution in September (see our coverage



