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Asset Control Adds Risk Data Management Component to AC Plus Platform

Asset Control has added a risk data management component designed to help risk managers improve risk data governance to its AC Plus data management platform. Called AC Risk Data Manager, the component uses the underlying data management platform to integrate risk data from across an organisation and allows risk managers to view and manage risk...

SIX Financial Information Adds AIFMD Data Service to Regulatory Solutions

SIX Financial Information has added a data service that supports compliance with the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD) to its regulatory solutions and is preparing further services for forthcoming regulations. The company’s AIFMD service includes the data needed by alternative investment fund managers to register themselves and their managed funds as required by the...

A-Team Webinar Discusses Adoption of the Utility Model for Reference Data Management

The concept of a utility model for reference data management is beginning to turn into a reality, but views diverge on exactly how a utility should be built and the business benefits it can deliver. A recent A-Team Group webinar discussed adoption of the utility model, considering not only early solutions in the market, but...

Kx Systems Seals OEM Deal with CoreOne Technologies

By Zoe Schiff First Derivatives’ Kx Systems has forged an OEM licensing agreement with CoreOne Technologies, a data management platform. Under the arrangement, CoreOne will deploy Kx System’s kdb+ tick and time-series database to help clients process growing data volumes and perform intricate analytics. Kx Systems’ existing clients include Goldman Sachs, Fidelity Investments, Morgan Stanley,...

NeoXam Moves into EDM Market with Acquisition of SmartCo

NeoXam is moving into the enterprise data management market dominated by the likes of Markit, Asset Control and AIM Software following its acquisition of SmartCo and its flagship products DataHub, a reference data management platform, and IBOR, an investment book of records providing a single source of up-to-date positions. NeoXam plans to use the SmartCo...

Markit Plans to Build Corporate Actions Capability On Back of Information Mosaic Acquisition

Markit is back on the acquisition trail with this week’s announcement that it has agreed to acquire Information Mosaic, a provider of corporate actions and post-trade securities processing software – but Information Mosaic may not be Markit’s only acquisition interest as we have heard it is considering buying another well known data management company. Financial...

EDM Council Releases First Standard FIBO Component

The Enterprise Data Management Council (EDM Council) has released its first standard financial industry ontology, FIBO Foundations, having received approval for the ontology from standards awarding body the Object Management Group (OMG). The council plans to release a further six ontologies that adhere to the Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) open standard on a quarterly...

MetaMako Launches MetaApp Latency-Reduction Device

By Zoe Schiff Low latency trading specialist Metamako has launched MetaApp, a latency-reduction device aimed at the trading and exchange communities and the telcos that provide them with connectivity. MetaApp seeks to address firms’ growing requirement for flexibility and determinism in their efforts to establish and support low-latency infrastructures in support of fast market access....

Thomson Reuters Adds Sentiment Data on Companies to its MarketPsych Indices

Thomson Reuters has added indices covering over 7,500 global companies to its MarketPsych indices, giving investors greater insight into how emotions and perceptions move financial markets, and helping them to define more effective trading strategies. The company indices add to MarketPsych indices that have been developed by Thomson Reuters in conjunction with MarketPsych, a consultancy...

A-Team Webinar Debates the Data Management Challenges of Solvency II

The January 2016 deadline for Solvency II compliance is fast approaching, leaving many insurance firms, asset managers and third-party administrators with much to do as they tackle data management issues that are raised by the regulation and include huge data volumes, multiple data sources, new data types and complex data aggregation.  The data management challenges...