The News Review:
- AIRCOM and ZTE Complete Network Management Interoperability Tests
- Instinet Strengthens Asia-Pacific Business with New Management …
- DSM to divest DSM Deretil in management buy-out
- Gentiva Health Services Confirms Management Succession
- NewMarket Technology, Inc. Management to Participate in 26th …
- STREET MOVES: Evercore Launches Wealth-Management Unit
- TIGroup Announces Senior Management Appointments
AIRCOM and ZTE Complete Network Management Interoperability Tests
MarketWatch
18, 2008
LEATHERHEAD, Englad & MACAU, Nov 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
AIRCOM International, the leading independent network planning and
optimisation consultancy, today announced that is has successfully
completed the integration of ZTE’s Netnumen M31 network management tool
and AIRCOM’s OPTIMA, the industry’s leading network performance and
service management tool. The interoperability will enable ZTE to rapidly
monitor its multi-operator networks across more than 135 countries. Compatibility between the two network management tools will enable some
500 operators within ZTE’s commercial partnerships to monitor network
performance from a single management platform. As well as delivering
significant process efficiencies, the solution will also ensure networks
are monitored by a consistent set of KPI’s, automatically highlighting
network issues in near real-time. “ZTE has established an excellent working relationship with AIRCOM and
it gives me great pleasure to announce that our tools have been
successfully integrated to work together,” said XU HAO, wireless OMC
Director, ZTE. “We will continue to share technical expertise and
provide ongoing support across Asia and the rest of the world to deliver
exciting, new, value added services to our customers. ”
OPTIMA is part of AIRCOM’s ENTERPRISE suite of products and features a
multi-user environment that will allow ZTE to monitor networks from
multiple offices, departments and geographies.
Instinet Strengthens Asia-Pacific Business with New Management …
MarketWatch
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Mark Brady has joined Instinet’s Asian DMA sales team, based in Hong
Kong. Brady, who previously spent five years as a senior dealer
with JP Morgan Asset Management in Tokyo, will focus in particular on
sales of Instinet INSIGHT(TM), the Firm’s global TCA
(Transaction Cost Analysis) tool, which was recently introduced in
Asia. –
Anthony Bowyer has joined Instinet’s Singapore-based sales group,
where he will be responsible for supporting the Firm’s growing client
base in Singapore and throughout the Southeast Asian region. Bowyer joins with extensive sales experience with both FIMAT and
Thomson Reuters in Asia and Europe. “We see Asia-Pacific as a key market for our Instinet’s growth given the
region’s increasing focus on advanced trading technologies and the
unbundling of research from execution — two trends that play very well
into our agency-only model.
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DSM to divest DSM Deretil in management buy-out
MarketWatch
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Deretil will completely focus on its core business: the marketing,
sales and manufacturing of side-chains for the production of Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API’s). Lluis Franquesa, president of
Deretil: “We are proud that DSM has put the trust in us to take over
full responsibility and ownership of Deretil. We as management team
of Deretil are fully aware of our responsibilities towards, our
people, our customers and the society in which we operate, and are
fully prepared to take this responsibility. We will continue as
planned the previously announced restructuring of the manufacturing
base, involving the closure of one of the plants on the Villaricos
site in Spain and moving the production from that plant to China. ”
There is no significant impact on the employees of Deretil expected
as direct consequence of this management buy-out. The effect of the
sale of DSM Deretil on DSM’s total net sales will be approximately
EUR 35 million. The book result of the transaction is, on balance,
not expected to be material.
Gentiva Health Services Confirms Management Succession
MarketWatch
Effective January 1, 2009, Tony Strange will become the Company’s Chief Executive Officer in addition to his current role as President, and will also join the Board of Directors at that time. The Company’s current Chief Executive Officer, Ron Malone, will continue to be employed as Chairman of the Company.
NewMarket Technology, Inc. Management to Participate in 26th …
MarketWatch
Verges and CFO Philip J. Rauch will be
participating in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 26th
Annual Conference focused on small business capital formation. The
conference will be held from 9 a. EST, Thursday,
November 20 at SEC headquarters in Washington, D.
STREET MOVES: Evercore Launches Wealth-Management Unit
CNNMoney.com
The M&A business, which includes restructuring, accounted for roughly 98% ofEvercore’s net revenue in the third quarter. With a declining deal-makingenvironment, however, the business was down 23% year-over-year. The firm, which will be known as Evercore Wealth Management, will focus onserving clients with more than $5 million in investable assets and will bejointly owned by both Evercore and the firm’s founding partners. “Wealth management is still an important discipline for affluent individualsand they need help more than ever in this challenging environment,” Maurer saidin an interview with Dow Jones Newswires. “As a result of pressure in many organizations, the level of personal servicehas diminished and many have pressure to sell products through their channels,”he said, adding that Evercore has an opportunity to attract clients given the “transparency” of a smaller firm. Maurer worked at U.
TIGroup Announces Senior Management Appointments
MarketWatch
Parkerson, an experienced financial executive in the
healthcare industry, was named chief financial officer of the company’s
Oklahoma-based subsidiary, Rural Hospital Acquisition (RHA), which will
be renamed to Southern Plains Medical Group LLC. Elizabeth Winterhalter, an entrepreneurial sales and marketing
executive with 25 years of business development and management
experience, was named TIGroup’s senior marketing consultant. Parkerson has served in financial leadership positions with companies in
healthcare businesses during his more than 30-year career. Parkerson
specializes in implementing strategic organizational initiatives,
partnerships and restatements and in providing organizational
leadership. He previously served as senior vice president of accounting
and corporate controller for Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC. Earlier, Parkerson served as vice president and surgery division
controller of HealthSouth Corp.