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New Sybase Streaming Capability Conquers Challenges Facing Trade and Risk Analytics in Capital Markets
Sybase, Inc., an SAP company and industry leader in enterprise and mobile software, today announced the scheduled release of new and ground-breaking functionality connecting Sybase Replication Server to Sybase Aleri Streaming Platform. This new functionality will provide the capability for data events from heterogeneous databases to be propagated in real-time, via CEP, addressing key challenges...
Stephen O’Connor New Chairman of ISDA
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) announced that its board of directors will elect Stephen O’Connor, managing director, Morgan Stanley, as the association’s new chairman. O’Connor will be elected with immediate effect at the Board’s regularly scheduled meeting on 14 April at ISDA’s 26th annual general meeting in Prague. O’Connor succeeds Eraj Shirvani, managing...
The Realization Group Partners with UnaVista to Deliver Post Trade Services
The Realization Group (TRG) announced today that it has selected UnaVista as a preferred partner in the TRG Post Trade Services solutions portfolio. UnaVista is the London Stock Exchange’s secure hosted platform for all validation, matching and reconciliation needs. UnaVista offers a number of solutions including Post Trade services, Data Solutions and Reconciliations. TRG have...
Citi Launches Next Generation Solution for OTC Derivatives Operations
Citi today announced that its Global Transaction Services business has launched a comprehensive OTC Derivatives Service that consolidates and simplifies the entire post-trade execution process. The offering provides clients with access to a full range of middle and back office services on a single platform, including confirmation, settlement, valuation services, collateral management, margin management, and...
Xenomorph Establishes Singapore Subsidiary, Moves Winson to Become Director
Analytics and data management solution provider Xenomorph has continued on its global expansion path, following CEO Brian Sentance’s move to the US last year, with the establishment of a new Singapore subsidiary and the move of current head of consultancy David Winson to lead the new business. Winson, who has been with the vendor since...
Storebrand Chooses Standard & Poor’s Global Data Solutions to Meet Solvency II Risk Management Requirements
Standard & Poor’s Global Data Solutions – part of the S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies group – today announced an agreement to supply Nordic Insurer Storebrand with an integrated data offering for its asset management business, Storebrand Kapitalforvaltning. The agreement is designed to help Storebrand meet local customer and European regulatory requirements – in particular...
Russell Investments Appoints State Street to Service New Common Contractual Fund
State Street Corporation announced today that it has been appointed by Russell Investments to service its new Irish domiciled common contractual fund (CCF). State Street’s operation in Ireland will provide custody and fund administration services to the new Common Contractual US Equity Plus Fund, which is available to institutional investors. State Street is Russell’s preferred...
European Commission’s Almunia Highlights Ongoing Investigations of S&P for ISINs and Thomson Reuters for RICs
Quite some time has passed since the European Commission kicked off its investigation into Standard & Poor’s pricing practices concerning International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) back at the start of 2009 and, later in the year, into Thomson Reuters’ licensing of its proprietary data codes. However, the Commission is still deliberating on the outcome of...
Technology Capabilities Could Enable Algorithmic Descriptions for Derivatives, But Standardisation is Lacking
Following their request for input from the industry back in December, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have published a paper outlining the findings of their joint study to examine the feasibility of adopting new algorithmic codes to identify complex and standardised derivatives. The study indicates that the...
Attendees Cover Old Ground Regarding the BIC at Swift’s LEI Meeting
This morning’s discussions at Swift’s London HQ indicate that some corners of the industry are not willing to give up on the notion of a reworked version of the Bank Identifier Code (BIC) becoming a legal entity identifier for the purposes of the global regulatory community. Swift itself may have moved on (and is now...