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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...
Calastone Advocates Market Wide Re-registration and Interoperability of Service
Calastone, the global messaging and settlement transaction network for the mutual fund industry, announces that it is on schedule to deliver the first solution for re-registration to market whilst at the same time offering to extend usage and connectivity to other re-registration service suppliers. Connecting via the UK market practice group message standard, the agreed...
Is There a Disconnect Between Basel III and the US FSOC on SIFI Criteria?
Chris Brummer, a senior fellow at the Milken Institute, reckons the current manner in which Basel III is taking shape may conflict with rules being developed by the US Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) regarding the criteria by which firms are categorised as “systemically important financial institutions” (SIFIs). FSOC, the European Financial Stability Board (FSB)...
SEC Seeks Comment to Assist in Study on Assigned Credit Ratings, Examines Utility Model
As part of its broader examination of the impact of credit ratings agencies on the financial markets, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published a new request for comment on the feasibility of a system in which a public or private utility or a self-regulatory organisation would assign a nationally recognised statistical rating organisation...
BNY Mellon Appoints Arthur Certosimo CEO of Global Markets
BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, today announced the appointment of Arthur Certosimo as CEO of Global Markets. Certosimo, who is currently CEO of Alternative, Broker-Dealer and Treasury Services, will succeed Richard Mahoney, who is retiring at the end of June as previously announced. Certosimo will report to Gerald Hassell,...