IOSCO’s Commodities Market Proposals Highlight Need for Internationally Consistent Data Standards and Classifications
In addition to its recent trade repositories paper, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a paper urging regulators to consider bolstering their oversight of the commodities markets, which includes recommendations to introduce international data standards and classification schemes. As part of its series of proposals to improve post-trade surveillance methods, it suggests...
Prominent German Pension Fund Selects SimCorp Dimension
A renowned German occupational pension fund with more than EUR 6bn under management has selected SimCorp Dimension as its future investment management system. SimCorp Dimension will be used as a seamlessly integrated solution, from portfolio management to accounting, for the firm’s entire range of investments. Critical to the pension fund’s choice of SimCorp Dimension was...
HSBC Securities Services Announces the Successful Implementation of its New Performance Measurement and Attribution Platform
HSBC Securities Services (HSS) today announced that it has successfully implemented its new performance measurement and attribution platform, BI-SAM B-One (B-One), with the first client now live. B-One will be used to provide performance measurement and attribution analysis to HSS clients around the globe, and is the first stage in a series of major developments...
Fidelity ActionsXchange Creates New Standard in Corporate Information, Helping to Better Manage Costs and Mitigate Risk
Fidelity ActionsXchange, a leading provider of global corporate actions and related events, has introduced a new Subscription Based Service (SBS) model, which offers clients the flexibility and choice to individually select from Fidelity ActionsXchange’s expanded range of commercially available and proprietary data sources and tailor event information in their validated record. A significant innovation in...
XSP Deploys Intra-Day Corporate Actions Data from Australian Securities Exchange
XSP, the global leader in automated end-to-end Corporate Actions solutions, together with its partner Decillion Group announced today that it is deploying intra-day Corporate Actions data directly from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The Decillion Group, a banking software solutions provider and operator of the largest SWIFT Service Bureau in the Asia Pac region, markets...
DTCC Will Implement ISO 20022 Corporate Actions Announcement Messages for Production in November
Following a lengthy pilot program testing new ISO 20022 corporate actions announcement messages, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that that the ISO 20022 messages will be ready for implementation in November. The pilot, which began on April 25, involves four leading corporate actions users including BNY Mellon, Brown Brothers Harriman, JPMorgan...
Russell Expands Investment Discipline Indexes
Russell Investments announced today that it will expand its Investment Discipline Indexes (IDIs) to include U.S. small cap indexes. Specifically, four new Investment Discipline Indexes will be added to Russell’s lineup, each reflecting a particular approach to small cap security selection commonly practiced by professional money managers. “We are very excited to expand our line...
Interactive Data Enhances International Content for Fund Administrators and Custodians by Further Enhancing Alliance with Bond Pricing Agency Malaysia
Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of independent pricing and valuation services, today announced that it has expanded its agreement with Bond Pricing Agency Malaysia Sdn Bhd (BPA Malaysia), a leading national bond pricing agency. Interactive Data is now distributing evaluated pricing for long-term Malaysian fixed income assets from BPA Malaysia. Demand for this content...
LBBW Takes Control if its Data with Xenomorph’s TimeScape
As part of its market data management project to improve the internal model for Market Risk calculations, LBBW (Landesbank Baden-Württemberg), one of Germany’s largest banks, has implemented Xenomorph’s TimeScape analytics and data management solution. TimeScape provides the bank with a high performance data management system which enhances risk management, delivers validated market data based upon...
Global Top Ten Asset Manager Selects XSPR v5 Corporate Actions Platform
XSP, the global leader in automated end-to-end Corporate Actions solutions, today announced that its newest client, one of the world’s top Asset Managers based in New York City, has selected the XSP v5 Corporate Actions automation solution. The recent client, with over US$700 billion in assets under management, will be implementing the XSP Data Management...