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Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Doing the DMS Rounds
Such was the success of our Data Management Summit last month that I have had my arm severely twisted and – under duress – have agreed to host another event in the autumn. We’ll be holding DMS – same time, same place – on October 3, so if you missed us last time around you’ll...
Otkritie Teams with SunGard to Deliver DMA Service Including Algo Trading
Russian institutional broker Otkritie Capital is working with SunGard to deliver a direct market access (DMA) service that supports automatic real-time currency conversion from the Russian Ruble to the US Dollar, as well as client access to Russian trading venues using Otkritie’s suite of algorithmic trading strategies. The companies completed work on the service in...
Continuum Analytics Provides Python Insight into Thomson Reuters Databases
Continuum Analytics is providing access to Thomson Reuters’ QADirect data offering via Wakari, its browser-based Python data analytics platform. Python is an open source computer language that was first released in 1991, and which has grown in popularity in part because of its emphasis on code readability and compactness. A number of financial markets participants...
XSP Unveils Solution for DTCC’s ISO 20022 Based Corporate Actions Messages
XSP, the corporate actions processing specialist acquired by SunGard earlier this year, has detailed the utility it is building to support users of corporate actions messages from DTCC as the latter migrates from a proprietary file system to the ISO 20022 messaging standard. Development of the utility started last year when a DTCC participant that...
Aktia Retail Bank Selects SunGard Ambit Solution for Capital Management
Finnish retail bank Aktia is extending its use of SunGard’s Ambit risk and performance management solutions with the addition of Ambit Capital Management. The capital management application will replace a legacy vendor system, automate previously manual processes and deliver greater transparency and visibility of capital across the bank’s predominantly retail lending business. Aktia already uses...
WM Datenservice Leads Effort in Europe to Issue pre-LEI Entity Identifiers
WM Datenservice, acting as a pre-Local Operating Unit (LOU) in the global legal entity identifier (LEI) system, has registered 10 German companies with pre-LEI codes called German Entity Identifiers (GEIs) since it started issuing codes early this month. WM suggests it could issue GEIs to companies outside Germany if more pre-LOUs are not up and...
Corvil Collaborates with Cisco; TS-Associates Upgrades Correlix, Outlines Strategy
The two leading latency management specialists – Corvil and TS-Associates – released news this week of collaborations, upgrades and strategy. Corvil announced a collaboration with Cisco Systems (which is also an investor in Corvil), to integrate its CorvilNet latency monitoring technology with Cisco’s Nexus 3548 switch, so that the latter can provide time stamping functionality...
A-Team Webinar Details the Need for Independent and Transparent Security Valuations
Independent and transparent security valuations have become essential to financial institutions that must meet growing regulatory requirements with a focus on valuations and liquidity. Panel members joining this week’s A-Team Group webinar, Managing Valuations Data for Optimal Risk Management, agreed that independence and transparency are key to valuations, and highlighted growing market understanding and interest...
Victory Snaps Up Sailfish; Expands to New Geographies, Asset Classes
Chicago-based Victory Networks, which provides co-location and technology services to boutique trading firms, has acquired New York City’s SailFish Systems in order to expand its services into new geographies and asset classes. Driving the combination are the technology needs of a growing number of startups being created by algorithmic traders leaving major players. These new...
Q&A: GigaSpaces’ Adi Paz on In-Memory Performance and Big Data
The In-Memory term is increasingly in use, and in the context of big data. We asked Adi Paz, vice president of marketing and business development at GigaSpaces Technologies, to explain the integration of in-memory and big data technologies, and what benefits can be expected. Q: Let’s begin with some GigaSpaces and XAP basics. Can you...