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CANDEAL DATA & ANALYTICS (DNA)

CanDeal introduced the Data & Analytics business in 2020. Our DNA services provide advanced OTC data pooling, a Data-as-a-Service platform for banks, bond pricing and modelling for Canadian fixed income securities for global participants and a growing array of analytics.

ABOUT CANDEAL

For two decades, CanDeal has been pioneering the development of electronic fixed income marketplaces in Canada across Rates, Money Markets, Corporate Bonds and OTC Derivatives. From the development of request-for-quote (“RFQ”) trading for government bonds back in 2001 to the launch of CAD IRS, our proven technology has been the foundation on which we’ve introduced commingled money market screens and many other innovative capabilities. These advances have been made with the support of our global community of buy side participants and the leading Canadian dealers. The CanDeal Group is owned equally by a group of leading Canadian dealers and the TMX Group.

As markets evolve, CanDeal continues to partner with market participants to deliver ‘must-have’, fully interoperable products and solutions that drive higher-performing client and partner workflows, while complying with operating and regulatory mandates.

CANDEAL DNA LEADERSHIP TEAM

André Craig
President, CanDeal Data & Analytics

Jayson R. Horner
Co-Founder, President & CEO, CanDeal

Robin Hanlon
Director, Product Marketing & Sales

Christian Bergeron
Director, Valuations & Pricing

Andre Langevin
Head of Quantitative Analytics

Marc Odho
Head of Data Management & Governance

Kuldar Lindvere
Director & Head of Product Management

OUR PARTNERS

CanDeal DNA pricing is also available via our partners’ solutions. Click to request more information.

André Craig | President, CanDeal Data & Analytics

André is a seasoned financial services executive with global experience in strategy development, product innovation, building capital markets trading and data technology solutions, developing global strategic partner commercial relationships, and extensive expertise in FinTech M&A. André currently heads up the CanDeal Data & Analytics (DNA) business, which includes a data-as-a-service platform to pool Canadian dealers’ over the counter content. While formally establishing Dealer data IP rights, the goal is to facilitate an innovative ecosystem where data fuels risk systems, pricing models, enhances compliance capabilities and provides a highly secure and interoperable platform. Canada is now seen as a leader in this area, which is helping to enhance the strength and resiliency of Canadian capital markets offerings on the global stage. André holds an MBA from Schulich School of Business, a Bachelors Degree in Administrative and Commercial Studies from UWO, and Information Technology from Ryerson.

Jayson R. Horner | Co-Founder, President & CEO, CanDeal

Jayson Horner became the first President and Chief Executive Officer of CanDeal in 2002. Prior to CanDeal, he was a Managing Director at TD Securities, having joined TD following its acquisition of Canada Trust Financial Services – while at TD, he co-founded CanDeal. In 1993, Jayson joined Richardson Greenshields of Canada, where he was a Vice President and Managing Director, Capital Markets, and four years later he was appointed Senior Vice President and Managing Director, CT Securities, a subsidiary of CT Financial. Jayson entered the business in 1978, when he joined Merrill Lynch Canada, where he held senior positions until he joined Richardson Greenshields. Jayson has served on boards in the financial services industry. Currently, he serves on the CanDeal board and on the board of The Ronald McDonald House – Toronto.

Robin Hanlon | Director, Product Marketing & Sales

Robin Hanlon is Director of Product Marketing and Sales at CanDeal DNA. She is responsible for working with channel partners and clients to build awareness of DNA (Data & Analytics) products and further the dialogue with industry participants to create new data and analytics solutions. Robin is a client-focused product and business development specialist with an extensive background defining and building multi-sourced aggregate data solutions for OTC and exchange-traded data, including the regulatory-designated Information Processors for both debt and exchange traded securities in Canada. Prior to joining CanDeal DNA, Robin was Product Marketing Director at MoneyLine Telerate, a co-founder of Gmarkets Inc., and was most recently a part of the DataLinx team at TMX Group.

Holly Anderson | Managing Director, Data Operations

Holly Anderson joined CanDeal DNA in 2019 as Managing Director Data Operations and is responsible for data management and governance. Prior to CanDeal, Holly was responsible for defining data management practices within CIBC Risk Management (BCBS 239), followed by implementing enterprise data quality and reference data management within the Chief Data Office of CIBC. Holly has spent most of her career in capital markets including RBC Fixed Income and Currencies, TD WebBroker and TMX CDS.

Andre Langevin | Head of Quantitative Analytics

Andre brings twenty-five years’ experience providing technology solutions to financial firms, including banks, asset managers and stock exchanges. An “expert’s expert” on risk systems, Andre has led teams developing innovative real-time risk solutions for the fixed income and derivatives trading desks at several banks. He led the delivery of the quantitative solutions used in CPPIB’s innovative Total Portfolio Approach to portfolio management, drove the adoption of big data technology at three Canadian banks and was the founder of Scotiabank’s Hadoop Centre of Excellence. Working with CIBC’s Chief Data Officer, Andre established the CIBC Data Studio at Communitech and formed CIBC’s machine learning practice. Andre founded the data science program at a major Canadian industrial firm and established an academic partnership for the firm with the Université de Montréal. Reflecting his life-long interest in large scale computational problems, Andre plans to one day write a book entitled, “The History of Risk Systems.”

Marc Odho | Head of Data Management & Governance

Marc Odho is responsible for sourcing and operationalizing OTC fixed income and derivatives trades, quotes and reference data to support CanDeal DNA (Data & Analytics) products, including Data Pooling, DataVault Portal FRTB Solutions and Pricing Services. Marc has been with DNA since start-up in 2017 as a key member of the team that successfully developed and delivered the proof-of-concept that led to the release of the data-as-a-service platform DataVault in Jan 2020.
Marc has 25+ years’ experience in market and reference data management to support the investment data lifecycle, from sourcing through business consumption (research, trading, risk management) supported with governance, and data quality stewardship to meet the needs of business. Experience includes senior management and consulting roles with CPPIB, First Derivatives, LakeFrontData, SunGard, CIBC World Markets, Thomson Reuters and engagements with Algorithmics, AIG, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Bridgewater, Millennium, Scotiabank, TSX and others. Marc was a founding member of the EDM Council (2006), speaks at data management conferences, and has authored whitepapers and articles

Kuldar Lindvere | Director & Head of Product Management

Kuldar Lindvere is Product Manager for CanDeal DNA (Data & Analytics), responsible for communicating, collaborating and building consensus across dealers, clients and technology partners. Deeply committed to high standards of quality and service, Kuldar’s knowledge and experience enable him to translate client and market requirements and prioritize for a fast-paced agile environment. Kuldar developed his acumen working as a management consultant and subject matter advisor for investment banking, wealth management and financial technology clients in Toronto, New York, and London. Immediately prior to joining CanDeal, Kuldar worked with RBC Capital Markets in Rates Technology, developing and enhancing rates and rates derivatives pricing, risk and eTrading technologies. Kuldar holds a Honors BA in Economics from the University of Waterloo, an MBA in Investment Management from Concordia University, and was designated a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in 2015.

Christian Bergeron | CFA – Director, Valuations & Pricing

Christian joined CanDeal’s Data & Analytics team in February 2021 after spending over four years as the Head of Evaluated Pricing at Exchange Data International, where he oversaw all aspects of its Canadian fixed income pricing & analytics business. Christian is also the founder of Evaluated Data International, which specializes in developing innovative software applications that deliver independent pricing and analytics for Canadian fixed income markets. He has over 20 years of institutional pricing, trading and analytics experience in Canadian derivatives and fixed income markets and is fluent in English and French. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration & Management from Université Laval, a Master of Science in Finance from Université de Sherbrooke and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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