A-Team Insight Author: A-Team
HSBC Live on Broadridge’s SWIFT MX Proxy Voting Message Service
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. today announced that HSBC is the first live operational user of the new SWIFT MX Proxy Voting Messaging Suite using Broadridge’s global proxy processing solution. The SWIFT messages, based on the latest ISO 20022 messaging standard, are a new generation of SWIFT-based communications designed to increase processing efficiency throughout the proxy...
Moody’s Corporation Names Salli Schwartz Interim Vice President, Investor Relations
Moody’s Corporation announced today that Salli Schwartz has been named interim Vice President – Investor Relations. In this position, Ms. Schwartz will be responsible for outreach to Moody’s current and prospective shareholders and will manage Moody’s Investor Relations team. “Salli’s extensive knowledge of Moody’s businesses, combined with the perspective provided by her diverse experience in...
SWIFT Launches SSI Initiatives to Reduce Settlement Errors and Increase Automation
SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,500 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, today announced the roll-out of a range of new initiatives designed to reduce costly settlement errors and improve the rates of automation of Standing Settlement Instructions (SSIs). SWIFT’s initiatives are a response to the industry need for greater efficiency...
Confluence Promotes Top Executives, Positions Global Fund Administration Technology Leader for Continued Growth
Confluence, a global leader in investment management data automation, today announced two strategic leadership promotions effective immediately. Kirk Botula has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer, and Confluence Founder Mark Evans is assuming the role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Botula previously held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief...
Interactive Data to Provide Evaluations for US Residential Whole Loans
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it will offer a new evaluations service for US whole loans (non-securitised residential mortgage loans). This service is expected to be available in the second quarter of this year. The new evaluations service can help financial institutions with the...
Number Crunching
For those of you put off by the thought of wading through the responses received by the Office of Financial Research (OFR) last week on the subject of legal entity identification (or even reading through our rather lengthy and comprehensive guide on the subject), here are a few headline numbers to make it more easily...
Liquidity Monitoring and UCITS Limits with MIG21
Princeton Financial Systems’ (PFS) MIG21 facilitates the implementation of two major UCITS IV requirements, as specified in Commission Directive 2010/43/EU of 1 July 2010, Chapter VI. The first requirement is the development of a liquidity management process in order to monitor liquidity risks. The second requirement is the establishment of a limit system to monitor...
Swift’s Recently Promoted Vandenreydt Calls for Global Coordination of Legal Entity ID Standards
Following its recent submission to the US Office of Financial Research (OFR) on the subject of legal entity identification, Swift’s Fabian Vandenreydt speaks to Reference Data Review about why he feels Europe and the US are on the same page with regards to standardisation of this space. Vandenreydt, who was recently promoted to head of Securities and...
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Launches New Fair Value Pricing Offering
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has announced the launch of its new Fair Value Pricing offering, allowing clients to undertake a revaluation of equity and futures positions in markets that have closed prior to the valuation point of the fund. Principal benefits include: • More accurate asset valuation and hence a more accurate fund NAV •...
UPDATED: A-Team’s Comprehensive Guide to the Legal Entity ID Feedback to the OFR
The start of this week saw the passing of deadline for feedback to the Office of Financial Research on the subject of legal entity identification and it appears that a number of recurring themes crop up in the 30 different responses (updated entries included) submitted by various industry associations, including concerns about the tight timelines impacting...