Finance and Insurance Firms Turn to Third-Party Service Providers for Corporate Credit Valuations
Global banks, asset managers and insurance companies are adopting innovative approaches to valuing high-yield corporate credit in response to regulatory and client demand for transparent, defensible and timely evaluated pricing. Instruments under particular scrutiny include high-yield bonds, leveraged loans and collateralised loan obligations, all of which can be hard to price and all of which...
Numerix Offers Early Solution for Funding Value Adjustment
Numerix has added a universal framework for funding value adjustment (FVA) calculations to the risk module of its CrossAsset pricing and risk analytics suite. The solution is aimed at helping firms calculate accurate FVA and identify the true profit and loss of OTC derivatives operations. The Numerix implementation is among the first to support computation...
The Low Down on ROC’s Rules for the Global LEI System for pre-Local Operating Units, But Gaps Remain
Development of the global legal entity identifier system (GLEIS) took a significant step forward last weekend when the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the system published a document specifying the principles and requirements that should be followed by pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs) wanting to take part in the interim GLEIS. The document, initially scheduled for...
LSE Details Go-Live of Pre-LEI as Regulatory Oversight Committee Reviews Global LEI System
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is planning to go live with the issue of pre-legal entity identifiers (pre-LEIs) called Interim Entity Identifiers (IEIs) on July 31, following its confirmation June 6 as a pre-Local Operating Unit (pre-LOU) under the sponsorship of the UK Financial Conduct Authority. The exchange detailed its plans this week during a...
Aim Software Upgrades Gain to Meet Pricing Needs of Clearstream International
Aim Software has responded to a request from Clearstream International for increased pricing performance and timely price delivery with an upgrade to its Gain data management platform. The upgrade can support daily pricing of over 700,000 records based on 2 million raw prices in less than 20 minutes. Clearstream International, the international central securities depository...
LEI Regulatory Oversight Committee Says its Size is Slowing Short-Term Progress
The Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the Global Legal Entity Identifier System has missed the end of June deadline it set itself to provide details on the endorsement of pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs) saying that the size of the Committee has slowed down the finalisation and publication of the relevant documents. The ROC’s second plenary...
Talking Reference Data with Sarah Underwood: Data Quality and the LEI
Progress in the development of a global legal entity identifier (LEI) system, including the issue of 83,000 pre-LEIs by two active pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs), is acting as a catalyst for change with many financial institutions investing heavily to get their entity data in order. The process should prove beneficial in terms of improved data...
Markit Plans New-Build Corporate Actions Platform Post Acquisition of DTCC’s GCA Validation Service
Markit’s acquisition of DTCC’s Global Corporate Actions (GCA) Validation Service has been some time in the making – we first flagged it in Reference Data Review back in February – but it is a significant move for the company as it pursues a managed services strategy. The deal will be finalised on 1 July, at...
Tim Fox Moves out of Interactive Data and into Avox
Avox, the DTCC subsidiary dedicated to maintaining business entity reference data, has hired Tim Fox to the new role of product manager. Fox joins Avox from Interactive Data, where he was product marketing manager with responsibility for all aspects of the company’s Solvency II sales. He also worked with business and line management to agree...
Thomson Reuters Sets Plans for Newly Acquired Pricing Partners
Thomson Reuters’ acquisition of Paris-based Pricing Partners formalises a working relationship between the companies, adding derivatives evaluated pricing services and risk analytics, global reach, expertise and an expansion opportunity to Thomson Reuters Pricing Services. The acquisition was closed last week and while no financial details were disclosed, Thomson Reuters has confirmed that Pricing Partners will...