Boston - based financial services firm State Street is looking to bolster its data arm , Global Exchange , having appointed Richard Irons to lead its regional sales team for the company . Irons was formerly European sales director for the technology arm of the New York Stock Exchange . Irons was most recently at Fenergo, a software provider to private banks. ... In 2016 , State Street CEO John Hooley said selling Global Exchange 's data aggregation tool DataGX - a rival to Google 's successful Aladdin system - to investors and fund managers would bring " some revenue uplift , but importantly , protect the core business " .
Boston - based financial services firm State Street is looking to bolster its data arm , Global Exchange , having appointed Richard Irons to lead its regional sales team for the company . Irons was formerly European sales director for the technology arm of the New York Stock Exchange . In 2016 , State Street CEO John Hooley said selling Global Exchange 's data aggregation tool DataGX - a rival to Google 's successful Aladdin system - to investors and fund managers would bring " some revenue uplift , but importantly , protect the core business " .