JWG-IT’s Di Giammarino Elaborates on Five Elements of Successful Data Strategy
In a follow up to his comments at last week’s FIMA 2009 conference, PJ Di Giammarino, CEO of think tank JWG-IT, speaks to Reference Data Review about his perspectives on where the data management community should be focusing its attentions. “Financial institutions and the data professionals working in them do not live in a black...
Video: Gert Raeves from GoldenSource Talks to RDR at FIMA 2009
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Kingland Systems Integrates IBM Software to Enhance Master Data Management Solutions for Financial Institutions
Kingland Systems, a provider of financial services software and data solutions, today announced it will embed IBM’s InfoSphere Master Data Management Server and other IBM software into its 360 Data line of enterprise data management solutions for the financial services industry through an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with IBM. This agreement marks an expansion...
Alps Improves Client Reporting and Delivers Enhanced Online Service to Customers with Netik Information Portal
Netik, the global financial data management and reporting vendor, is pleased to announce that Alps Fund Services, a provider of asset servicing to the investment management industry, has successfully implemented Netik Information Portal to address their internal and external reporting needs. Since going live with Netik Information Portal, Alps has seen a reduction in the...
PolarLake Signs Unnamed Asset Management Firm Deal
PolarLake today announced it has signed a deal with one of the world’s leading asset management firms to use the PolarLake Reference Data Distribution (RDD) product as part of its strategic enterprise data management (EDM) programme. PolarLake will enable the firm, headquartered in the US with global operations, to distribute instrument, issuer, pricing, ratings, terms...
Aim Software Opens Yet Another European Regional Office, This Time in France
Reference data management solution vendor has added yet another European country to its list of offices with the opening of a new subsidiary in France. The new office will be headed by Vincent Goubert, who will cover the areas of sales, account management and project management, but customer support and implementation services will be handled...
Interactive Data Expands Integrated Derivatives Portal Solution for Bank Sarasin
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that its Managed Solutions business has expanded the derivatives portal of Bank Sarasin & Cie, a Swiss private bank, to provide an integrated solution for the management and distribution of structured products. The portal, at www.saraderivate.ch, is designed to provide...
RDR Poll This Month: How Has the Recession Impacted your Headcounts?
It is no secret that times are tough for most in the financial services community: budgets have been slashed and there have been many casualties of cost cutting exercises. But how has this impacted your data management teams and how does this compare to other firms out there? Much has been made of the importance...
First Derivatives Acquires Reference Data Factory for US$10m
It has certainly been a confusing year for clients and staff at New York-based reference data management solution vendor Reference Data Factory (RDF). Not only were they subjected to a demerger with data management consultancy LakeFront Data Consulting in January, they are now have an entirely new management team from First Derivatives to contend with....
Eagle Investment Systems Teams Up with Interactive Data to Control Cost of Data Integration
Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services technology and wholly owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, together with Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business, today announced the availability of a packaged set of data interfaces. This agreement makes Interactive Data’s reference data available via Eagle’s data management solution. It...