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A Peek Behind the Curtain of the OFR
This week I chatted to Shaun Brady, principal at not for profit advisory firm to the US government Mitre Corporation, about some of the work going on behind the scenes on Capitol Hill regarding the selection process for a technology provider and the finding of a suitable director to head up the Office of Financial...
Troika Dialog Boosts its OTC Derivatives Products with SuperDerivatives
Troika Dialog, the largest private investment bank in Russia, has announced that it has selected SDX from SuperDerivatives (SD), the global derivatives benchmark and leading multi-asset front office system, to power its FX derivatives business. SD is the market’s benchmark system for emerging markets derivatives pricing and data. SDX delivers exceptional accuracy by using a...
Data Infrastructure Investment on the Cards for 2011, Says SunGard’s Crowley
A desire for greater data transparency and consistency is driving firms to invest in their data infrastructures, according Janet Crowley, general manager of SunGard’s data management solution, Fame. Crowley, who has long been a proponent of managed data services, indicates that SunGard saw an uptick in interest in the vendor’s Fame solution set last year...
Sifma Hires a Project Manager to Champion its Interests and Those of Seven Other Associations on the OFR LEI Issue
The combined response submitted by the Clearing House Association, EDM Council, the Financial Services Roundtable, the Futures Industry Association (FIA), International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Investment Company Institute, the Managed Funds Association (MFA) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) may be only one of the 20 received this week by...
ISO Standards for Legal Entity Data are More Important Than Those for Corporate Actions, Says PaceMetrics’ Giblin
The development of ISO standards for legal entity data should be prioritised over the push to get the industry to adopt ISO 20022 within the corporate actions world, according to Gerry Giblin, CEO of EDM vendor PaceMetrics. In the fifth in our series of talking heads on the challenges surrounding entity data management in the...
Quantifi Announces 2010 Success in New Markets
Quantifi, a leading provider of analytics, trading and risk management solutions for the global capital markets, today announced that 2010 was a positive year for the firm as a result of its success in new markets, innovative product launches and industry recognition. “2010 was a busy and exciting year for Quantifi with significant new product...
Aux Temps Perdus en Fleet Street
Just because we could, we took lunch on Fleet Street yesterday. I managed to squeeze in a quick haircut at the hairdressers just across the street from the Punch Tavern, then ambled over to Lutyens, the newish chi-chi restaurant housed at – yes, you guessed it – 85 Fleet Street. This building – designed by...
ISDA Releases FpML Survey
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today released the results of its Financial products Markup Language (FpML) survey. The survey was designed to gauge the current use of FpML and planned applications going forward. FpML is the freely licensed business information exchange standard for electronic dealing and processing of privately negotiated derivatives and...
DTCC Names Ronald Jordan Chief Data Officer
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has named Ronald Jordan, a 26-year industry veteran, to the new position of chief data officer, effective immediately. As chief data officer, Jordan will be responsible for guiding DTCC’s strategy on matters related to DTCC’s commercial and regulatory data business activities. In the current re-regulatory environment, financial firms...
Numerix Opens Mid-West and West Coast Sales Offices
Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, is pleased to announce the successful opening of two North American regional sales offices in Chicago, Illinois and San Mateo, California. The new offices and strategic hires create an immediate sales presence for Numerix on both the West Coast and in the...