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ULTUMUS HIRES ETF PRODUCT SPECIALIST TO JOIN ETF TEAM

Alison Holmes has joined full-time as an ETF Product Specialist at ULTUMUS the global data management and distribution service for ETF and Index data

Holmes (pictured) joins ULTUMUS full time having previously worked at Blackrock , DWS and BMO in senior business analyst roles within their ETF business divisions responsible for fund change , operational oversight, analysis and process management for PCF production.

At ULTUMUS,  Holmes  will be responsible for developing and expanding the PCF calculation and ETF data service with additional subject matter expertise on fund accounting and process management.

ULTUMUS has offices in London, Singapore and San Francisco serving a  wide variety of banks, authorized participants, issuers, investor services and asset managers with a managed data service for ETF and Index data built on the latest web deployed technologies.

Bernie Thurston, CEO and founder of ULTUMUS, commented: “We are delighted Alison has has joined the team fulltime and underscores our desire to get the best talent to support our fast growing ETF and Index data business.  Alison  is a key hire for the business and will enable the company to pursue our growth strategy and support our global client base.”

Alison Holmes commented: “When I was looking for my next challenge, it was important that I joined a firm that had a vision and strategy, developing new technologies and driving change in the ETF industry.  ULTUMUS provides the opportunity to work on the best and most modern data architecture, free from the legacy dependencies of the other providers in the sector which allows us to reliably deliver the solutions clients demand.”

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For more information please contact:

Giles Sarton, Head of Business Development, ULTUMUS

+44 (0) 203 998 2507  / giles.sarton@ultumus.com

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Bernie Thurston

Bernie Thurston is the founder and CEO of Ultumus, a leading provider of ETF and index data, calculation, and workflow solutions. With over 20 years of experience in financial technology, Bernie has been at the forefront of index and ETF innovation since 2003.

His finance career began at Markit, where as Managing Director for Equities he designed and developed products for index and ETF composition and dividend forecasting from 2003 to 2011. He then founded and led DeltaOne Solutions as Managing Director, building it into a global provider of index and ETF trading data and technology services. The company managed over 100,000 multi-asset class products before being acquired by Markit in 2015.

Following the acquisition, while working for an ETF issuer, Bernie identified fundamental issues in how index and ETF data was represented across the industry. This led him to found Ultumus in 2016, building solutions for ETF primary market operations. Under his leadership, Ultumus has grown into a market leader serving major financial institutions globally, with its ETF Order Management System (OMS) supporting create and redeem workflows worldwide and its PCF platform calculating and distributing portfolio composition files for ETF issuers across every major market.

Bernie sold Ultumus to SIX Group in 2021, where it continues to expand across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. Known for building lasting teams and leveraging cutting-edge technology, Bernie is focused on establishing Ultumus as the backbone of the global index and ETF industry through standardisation and automation.

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