CheckFree Interfaces eVent to Telekurs’ VDF…
CheckFree Software has developed an interface to Telekurs Financial’s Valordata Feed (VDF) in ISO 15022 format for its eVent corporate actions application. The interface will plug Telekurs’ ISO 15022 corporate actions data into its workflow technology to help end-to-end automation and straight through processing. Says Beat Koch, chief executive officer of Telekurs (U.K.), “Several clients...
Xcitek Wins European Client In Mizuho International
London-based Mizuho International has gone live with Xcitek’s XSP software for corporate actions processing, following a detailed evaluations process of a number of systems providers. Said John Sweeney, executive director of Securities Services at Mizuho International, “XSP gives us end-to-end automation in our asset servicing area and enables us to offer a strong and competitive...
Capco Introduces Dividend Forecasts to Global Index Monitor
Capco Reference Data Services is expanding its Global Index Monitor product, acquired through the purchase of Iverson Financial to include dividend forecasts. The new data, branded Global DivCast, will be available in the fourth quarter of this year. It is being positioned as a centralised source of dividend data providing current and accurate dividend projections...
S&P Adds Markit’s CDS Prices
Standard & Poor’s has entered a new agreement with Markit Group to distribute Markit’s benchmark credit default swap (CDS) prices via Standard & Poor’s CDS Xpress datafeed. The vendor already carries Markit’s Reference Entity Database (RED) in its CDS Xpress and CDS Accelerator products, which are tailored to the synthetic collateralized debt obligation (CDO) market....
Free Corporate Actions Data Utility Introduced by Butterlink
Following a period of extended pilot testing, Butterlink is launching the latest version of its corporate actions utility in the hopes of attracting the necessary volume of clients for the free service. Butterlink, formed by a number of corporate actions specialists back in 2004, has so far signed up 117 users at 53 financial institutions,...
Credit Suisse First Boston’s Data Group Define Processes For Global Entity Data Client
Credit Suisse First Boston’s (CSFB) reference data group has been working to define processes for managing client entity data globally. The project was driven by a decision within CSFB to centralise the client account opening process three years ago, which highlighted the need for a consistent approach to managing the data attributes related to each...
FT Interactive Data Adds MTS Bond Pricing Data to FTS
FT Interactive Data Europe is now providing intraday and end-of-day pricing from the European government bond MTS markets. MTS data covers euro-denominated government, agency and covered bond prices in real-time or delayed services for portfolio valuation purposes. It is being made available via FT Interactive Data’s FTS online portfolio administration tool. It will be priced...
Dublin’s Dexia Rolls out Telekurs iD for Data Access
Dexia Fund Services Dublin has rolled out Telekurs iD, the intelligent display product from Telekurs Financial to its fund accountants. They will now be able to verify prices and corporate actions as well as static and cross-reference information on security master files from its existing implementation of Telekurs’ Valor Datafeed (VDF).
Mondas Interfaces with the DTCC’s Corporate Actions Service
Mondas has built an interface between its Radica CAPS corporate actions solution and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC’s) Global Corporate Action (GCA) Validation Service.
Markit Adopts and Enhances ICB Codes for Credit Markets
Markit is adopting the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) from Dow Jones Indexes and FTSE Group. ICB will be implemented across Markit’s entire range of entities across all asset classes. Markit’s involvement will also help to enhance ICB’s coverage of the current 40,000 equities by expanding into around 5,000 credit default swap reference entities and bond...