Telekurs Financial Partners with Bondweb Malaysia for Fair Value Pricing
Telekurs Financial has signed an agreement with Bondweb Malaysia, the country’s only current bond pricing agency, to integrate Bondweb’s fair value prices into Telekurs’ Valordata Feed (VDF) and Intraday Pricing Service (IPS). Bondweb Malaysia has been offering fair values for approximately 2,000 fixed income bonds traded in ringgit since 2005.The deal with the Malaysian agency...
New-York Based Broker Selects XSP for Corporate Actions
An unnamed global broker dealer based in New York has licensed the XSP v5 platform for global corporate actions processing and is also in the process of rolling out the corporate actions software provider’s web-based eTRAN (Electronic Tracking Response and Notifications) and XSP ISO messaging modules for automated notification, response capture and elections processing. According...
Fitch Solutions Launches Risk and Performance Platform
Fitch Solutions has launched Fitch Risk and Performance Platform, a new platform providing market-based credit risk analytics, credit default swap (CDS) pricing and fundamental ratings content. It is an extension of Fitch’s market implied ratings platform and incorporates new tools for quickly reviewing credit entity performance within a user’s portfolio. According to the vendor, which...
SimCorp Adds Complex Instruments Module to Dimension
Asset management system supplier SimCorp has incorporated a new module, XpressInstruments, which focuses on the processing of structured products and exotic instruments, into its investment management system, SimCorp Dimension. According to the vendor, this new addition allows these complex instruments to be valued using multiple market tested pricing and valuation models already contained within SimCorp...
XSP and City Networks Partner for Corporate Actions and Reconciliations Solution
City Networks has signed a partnership agreement with XSP to offer an integrated corporate actions, reconciliation and exception management solution. Under the new agreement, both City Networks and XSP will provide an integrated corporate actions and reconciliation solution to the financial market. The offering combines City Networks’ Proactive range of exception management, business process management...
Consistency in Valuations is Vital for Dealing with Derivatives, Says Lepus and Asset Control
Accurate documentation surrounding valuations is growing in importance in the area of complex derivatives, according to a recent panel discussion held by Lepus Consulting and sponsored by Asset Control. The panel, which included representatives from a number of Wall Street banks and US mutual funds such as TIAA-CREF, agreed that knowing the ultimate parent for...
Interactive Data Makes Pricing Data Available Through ValueLink’s PriceValidation, Adds Valuations for ETNs
Interactive Data Corporation had a busy Sifma with regards to its pricing and valuations business lines, as well as signing a deal with ValueLink to make data from its Pricing and Reference Data business available through ValueLink’s PriceValidation service, the vendor also announced that it will now deliver indicative intraday valuations for exchange traded notes...
S&P and SuperDerivatives Partner to Create Largest Valuations Portal
Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations, a global provider of independent securities evaluations and derivatives specialist SuperDerivatives have established a sales and marketing alliance to target the fixed income securities and OTC and exchange-traded derivatives market. The resulting combined offering represents the largest independent valuation portal in terms of both geographic and asset class coverage. The...
Avox Signs Partnership with Xinhua Finance to Extend Business into China
Business entity data specialist Avox has signed a partnership agreement with financial information and media service provider Xinhua Finance to extend its reach into the Chinese market. The agreement represents the first level of partnership with Xinhua Finance and involves an arrangement for the Chinese firm to distribute international business entity data to the local...
Interactive Data Makes Pricing Data Available Through ValueLink’s PriceValidation Service
Interactive Data Corporation(IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, is making data from its Pricing and Reference Data business available through ValueLink’s PriceValidation service, the company is announcing on booth # 1405. Through PriceValidation, ValueLink acts as a service facilitator taking raw data from customers’ chosen data vendors and subjecting...