FactSet Completes Acquisition of Thomson Fundamentals Database
Following the announcement of its intention to acquire a copy of the Thomson Fundamental database in April this year, financial information and analytical applications vendor FactSet Research Systems has announced the completion of the deal. The vendor paid cash consideration of US$63 million for a copy of the database and related assets, daily database updates...
Interactive Data’s Pricing and Reference Data Business Boosts Second Quarter Results
According to Interactive Data’s second quarter results, which were released yesterday, the vendor experienced an increase in revenue of 9.5% and an increase in net income of 15.1% for the period ending 30 June. The growth in North America and Europe over the second quarter is largely attributed to the performance of its pricing and...
Microsoft Acquires Data Quality Software Vendor Zoomix
Microsoft has signed an agreement to purchase Israeli start-up and enterprise data management vendor Zoomix, which was founded in 1999. According to Microsoft, the acquisition will allow it to provide customers with a data quality solution and further enhance its plans to make the SQL Server a “complete data platform for all data management needs”....
US REIT Signs up for Asset Control’s Tapmaster
An as yet unnamed US real estate investment trust (REIT) has picked Asset Control’s data management product Tapmaster to help to track its exposures and deal with the risks posed by underlying assets in the wake of last year’s subprime crisis. According to Rick Enfield, who joined Asset Control last year as the product business...
Netik and Advent Integrate GSM with Geneva
Netik has signed a partnership agreement with Advent Software to integrate Advent’s portfolio management and fund accounting solution, Geneva, with its data service solution and utility for reference and market data, Netik Global Securities Master (GSM). According to both vendors, the combined solution is aimed at providing hedge funds, prime brokers and fund administrators with...
SmartCo Partners with Thomson Reuters for Datascope Select Connector
SmartCo Software has signed a partnership agreement with Thomson Reuters to connect its new centralised EDM solution, Smart Financial Data Hub (SFDH), to Thomson Reuters’ Datascope Select. According to SmartCo, the centralised EDM solution allows the acquisition, centralisation, validation and distribution of all enterprise data including securities, third parties, index, benchmarks, funds, mandates, positions and...
PolarLake Goes Modular with Standalone Reconciliation Solution that Fixes Poor Downstream Data Problems
Provider of reference data distribution products PolarLake has launched a standalone reference data reconciliation solution aimed at fixing the problem of poor reference data quality in downstream systems. The vendor has created the solution as part of plans to develop modular solutions for the market and extend its client reach. According to PolarLake, the new...
Aim Software Releases Gain Version 4.1
Aim Software has released a new version of its flagship data management product Gain with extended facilities for golden copy management and new support for Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista. The main drivers behind the upgrade were market and customer requests for new functionalities and to further reduce time to market for customer projects, says Martin...
Siperian and GalaxE.Solutions Partner for Employee Master Solution
Business process and decision support systems vendor GalaxE.Solutions and master data management (MDM) platform vendor Siperian have entered into an partnership agreement under which GalaxE.Solutions will be a provider of an employee master solution enabled by Siperian MDM Hub. According to the firms, the enterprise business alliance agreement will help companies quickly deploy the employee...
Aim Software, FISD and Interactive Data Launch Reference Data Management Survey
Aim Software, FISD and Interactive Data have launched their fifth international reference data management survey, which aims to find out the challenges and trends in this sector over the next year. The survey, which being carried out jointly by Aim Software and FISD and being sponsored by Interactive Data (Europe), is now available online on...