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Interactive Data’s Stephan Wolf is Named as CEO of the Global LEI Foundation
Stephan Wolf, chief technology officer and member of the executive board at Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG has been named as the CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) that was established in June 2014 and will oversee the development and operation of the Central Operating Unit of the Global LEI System. The...
Numerix Teams With CameronTec on OTC Structured Products Pricing
Numerix has teamed up with CameronTec to deliver OTC structured products pricing including real-time response to quote requests. The solution was developed to meet the needs of a bank in Singapore, but is expected to gain traction further afield as banks trade increasingly sophisticated derivatives products. The Singapore bank wanted to scale its structured products...
BMO Global Asset Management Benefits from SimCorp IBOR
BMO Global Asset Management is making better investment decisions on behalf of its clients following the implementation of SimCorp Dimension as an investment book of record (IBOR). The asset manager says the IBOR supports consistent data in downstream applications and provides better information, faster. It has also allowed the asset manager to introduce new products...
Chair of LEI Foundation Details Final Push to Complete Global LEI System
The formation of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) and the first meeting of its board of directors late last month signal a final push towards completion of the Global LEI System (GLEIS). A CEO for the foundation is expected to be appointed in October and will manage the Central Operating Unit (COU) of...
NovaSparks Partners Thesys to Deliver FPGA Based Market Data Service
NovaSparks has set up a partnership with Thesys Technologies to provide a low-latency market data service to Thesys customers. The service is based on NovaSpark’s field programmable gate array (FPGA) hardware architecture, including a feed handler that allows efficient and cost effective access to market data with minimal impact on the resiliency and latency of...
Six Bidders Shortlisted to Build the US Consolidated Audit Trail
The Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) first proposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) back in 2010 has come a step closer to reality with the selection of six bids from a list of 10 RFP responses that were submitted to build and maintain the audit trail. The six bids still in the running...
BlueBay Asset Management Selects Confluence Hosted Services for Regulatory Reporting
BlueBay Asset Management has selected Confluence to support its automated regulatory reporting following a competitive selection process and on the basis of the company’s ability to meet both immediate and future regulatory reporting requirements. BlueBay, a manager of fixed income and alternative investment products, will initially use Confluence’s Unity NXT hosted services for AIFMD, Form...
GoldenSource Packages EDM Components to Deliver Centralised Entity Master
GoldenSource has pulled together components of its enterprise data management (EDM) product set to deliver a single, centralised entity master. The entity data solution is part of GoldenSource EDM Version 8.5 and combines technologies already on the EDM platform with a new presentation layer, additional feed handlers and rules and workflows for entity data management....
A-Team Group Webinar Offers Insight into Improving Data Contributions
Data contributions to financial benchmarks have been a cause for concern since the Libor scandal emerged in 2012, yet despite heavy fines imposed on banks that manipulated the rate, only now are efforts to improve the situation being made in earnest. Addressing the issues of data contributions to the market, an A-Team Group webinar entitled...
Fidessa Develops FIX-Based Affirmation Service for the Buy Side
Fidessa is pushing further into the post-trade space with the addition of an affirmation management service (AMS) for the buy side. The service is due to be available in the fourth quarter of 2014 and follows the introduction of Fidessa’s FIX-based Post-trade Hub for the confirmation of trades between buy-side and sell-side firms in August...