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Asset Control Adds DTCC Corporate Actions Data to AC Plus Platform
Asset Control has extended data provision for risk management with the integration of direct access to DTCC Solutions’ Global Corporate Actions Validation Service (GCA VS) in its AC Plus data management platform. The service went live late in 2011, adding to other corporate actions data options available on the AC Plus platform, but offering a...
Interactive Data Expands Relationship With FactSet Research Systems
Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of independent pricing and evaluation services, today announced the expansion of its relationship with FactSet Research Systems, a leading provider of integrated global financial information and analytical applications for the investment community. Interactive Data now provides daily independent evaluations for international bonds within the FactSet workstation, in addition to...
Industry White Paper Urges Firms to Outsource Corporate Actions Validation Function
Financial institutions that require accurate, timely and cost-effective corporate actions information could derive significant benefits from outsourcing some functions to independent firms that offer high-quality global corporate actions information and validation services. This view is expressed in a white paper – Building the Business Case for Outsourced Corporate Actions Validation – that was prepared for...
Can Emerging Markets Resist The Algo Trading Bug in 2012?
As algorithmic trading continues to evolve, it is my view that we will start to witness more firms using their systems to trade equities not only from the U.S. and Europe, but also from the Middle Eastern, Latin America and Asian markets. The latest announcement that Colt’s sister company KVH will be expanding its low-latency...
Q&A: IPC’s Joe Pickel on Network-As-A-Service
IPC Systems recently introduced Connexus, a financial markets extranet, for ready access to its trading ecosystem. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com spoke to the company’s vice president of network services product management Joe Pickel to find out more. Q: IPC has been in the network/connectivity business for quite some time, so what’s new and different about Connexus? A: We...
Euclid Opportunities Invests in Model Two Zero
Euclid Opportunities, ICAP’s early stage financial technology project, today announced the completion of an investment in London-based software firm Model Two Zero. Model Two Zero is an early-stage company pioneering the next generation of innovative matching, reconciliation and data-translation technologies. A growing number of Model Two Zero clients are now using this technology to validate...
CITIC Bank International Selects Pricing Partners for Structured Products Portfolio Pricing
Pricing Partners, the world leader in OTC derivatives pricing analytics, mathematical models and independent valuations, announced today that CITIC Bank International, a Hong Kong based full-service commercial bank, has chosen Price-it Excel, the advanced derivatives pricing excel solution for its risk management team. The agreement was signed through its regional partner Belatos. CITIC Bank International...
Data Growth Causes Increase in Financial Infrastructure Externalisation
After President Obama passed the Dodd-Frank Act last year, in an effort to avoid another financial crisis like the one in 2008, Europe is following suit with MiFID 2. While both of these regulations aim to increase transparency into financial markets and, specifically, over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, the impact of MiFID 2 isn’t likely to be...
Markit Adds Sensitvities Data to CDS Pricing
Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced it is supplementing its end-of-day prices for credit default swaps (CDS) with a new sensitivities report that will give clients valuable information about the relationship between a CDS price and other market variables. The new Markit CDS Sensitivities service gives clients the ability to understand...
Roderick Manzie Joins 3d Innovations as COO to Further the Data Management Consultancy’s Growth
3d Innovations, the data management consultancy specialising in market, reference and derived/computational data,today announced the appointment of Roderick Manzie, as Chief Operating Officer. Roderick joins the Board and will manage the legal, commercial and financial aspects of the company to build an infrastructure for growth. The appointment marks a point of significant growth for 3d...