Interactive Data Corporation has appointed Andrew McLean vice president of third party content. McLean, most recently global head, third party content at Reuters, will be responsible for developing and leading global data procurement and vendor and exchange relationships across Interactive Data.
Open source symbology initiatives that offer free access to unique identifiers designed to help financial institutions manage information from financial instruments to events and people are emerging in capital markets. Their aim is to overcome the complexity of managing multiple vendor and proprietary identifiers, and deliver a single open identifier set that can simplify data...
Xtrakter has launched a new mark to market valuation service, dubbed XM2M, which it says is the first in a series of new tailored information offerings from the firm. XM2M is aimed at providing interdealer brokers and market makers with fixed income market prices, both traded and quoted, to assist them in determining the market...
Now in its 10th year, the RegTech Summit in New York will bring together the RegTech ecosystem to explore how the North American capital markets financial industry can leverage technology to drive innovation, cut costs and support regulatory change.
Risk and regulatory imperatives are demanding access to the latest portfolio information, placing new pressures on the pricing and valuation function. And the front office increasingly wants up-to-date valuations of hard-to-price securities. These developments are driving a push toward on-demand evaluated pricing capabilities, with pricing teams seeking to provide access to valuations at higher frequency...
