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Moody’s Acquires a Direct Equity Stake in KIS Pricing, a Leading Korean Bond Pricing Company
Moody’s Corporation announced today that it has acquired a 16% direct equity stake in KIS Pricing, a leading Korean bond pricing company, positioning Moody’s to benefit from continued strong growth in the Korean domestic debt markets. The acquisition adds to Moody’s existing indirect ownership of KIS Pricing through its controlling equity stake in Korea Investors...
Interactive Data’s CMO Ivaliotis Departs for Pastures New
Interactive Data’s chief marketing officer Mary Ivaliotis is the latest exec to depart the data vendor following its post-acquisition management shake up at the start of this year. Last month, president of institutional sales Cort Williams jumped ship to join data vendor rival SIX Telekurs.
Transatlantic Tension
Speakers from the European Commission at this week’s Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) post-trade conference highlighted the ongoing tension between US and European regulators with regards to the changing global agenda for oversight. Data sharing arrangements may be in place and discussions about data standards may be ongoing across the Atlantic, but what...
Thomson Reuters Embeds Data Visualization Technology into Quant Trading Platform
Thomson Reuters today announced it has joined forces with Panopticon Software, a provider of visual data analysis solutions, to embed data visualization capabilities into the Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform for Velocity Analytics. These new capabilities are available both as a managed service within Elektron, the firm’s high performance real-time network and hosting environment, or deployed...
FlexFinance IFRS Live After a Three Month Project Implementation Period
One year ahead of the Central Bank’s schedule, Access Bank, FERNBACH Software’s first Nigerian customer, announced the successful completion of its FlexFinance IFRS implementation. In a record time of less than 3 months, the joint team of Access Bank, KPMG and FERNBACH implemented FlexFinance IFRS. By completing the project, Access Bank has enlisted Nigeria among...
SIX Telekurs Bolsters Regional Expertise in Tokyo Office
Financial information provider SIX Telekurs is proud to announce that Hidehiro Kanehara and Shigeo Katsuno have joined SIX Telekurs Japan Ltd at the company’s Tokyo office. The two new members of the team bring with them years of financial expertise and arrive at a time when SIX Telekurs faces growing demand for its services in...
Princeton Financial Systems Signs Invesco Great Wall FMC, Expands Presence in China
Princeton Financial Systems today announced that it has signed Invesco Great Wall FMC (IGW) as a new PAM client. IGW joins other recently signed PAM clients in China, Franklin Templeton Sealand Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Shanghai) and UBS-SDIC Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Shenzen) as Princeton Financial Systems expands its presence in this region. As the...
Kempen & Co. Replaces Equity Derivatives Pricing and Data with SuperDerivative
Kempen & Co. has selected SuperDerivatives (SD), the derivatives benchmark and leading multi-asset front office solution, to replace its existing equity derivatives market data and pricing service. As a leading merchant bank and asset manager in the international market, Kempen & Co required an accurate benchmarking tool in the interbank OTC equity market, as well...
S&P’s Money Market Directories Expands Its Coverage Beyond the US and Canada
Standard & Poor’s Money Market Directories (MMD), a source of financial research and data on the institutional investor industry, announced expanded international coverage with the availability of its MMD Global dataset on MMD WebAccess. This new MMD dataset includes asset information and contact details of pension funds, endowments, tax exempt organisations and sovereign wealth funds...
ISDA Announces Interest Rate Derivatives Trade Repository Selection
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) announced today that the ISDA Rates Steering Committee (RSC) has chosen Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) to partner with the RSC on the next stage of development of the Interest Rate Trade Repository. This selection is the result of a public Request for Proposals (RFP), which was...