Transformer 2.3 Adds Support for FpML and ICMA TRAX 2005 Libraries
Trace Financial Ltd. has released version 2.3 of its Transformer data integration and message mediation platform. New to this version is support for FpML and ICMA TRAX 2005 message libraries. The new release also offers automatic web service deployment from within the Transformer development environment and a dynamic testing facility, either from files or databases,...
Algorithmics Partners with Banks For Credit Risk Data Initiative
Algorithmics has entered an agreement with the Pan-European Credit Data Consortium (PECDC), a credit risk data pooling initiative by European banks, to provide products and services to help satisfy pending Basel II IRB requirements for the staging, structuring and validation of historical default, loss and recovery data. Under the agreement, each PECDC member bank will...
Progress Real Time’s DataXtend Provides Data Integrity Capability
Progress Real Time, best known for its software for handling real-time complex event processing particularly in the electronic trading environment, has positioned a new product offering to exploit opportunities in the reference data environment. Progress Real Time this month launched its DataXtend line of infrastructure technologies, comprising a Replication Engine (RE) module and a Caching...
Wachovia Banks on Building Blocks Approach To Support Cohesive Reference Data Strategy
Believing a cohesive reference data strategy will give it a competitive edge as well as improving efficiencies as the Corporate and Investment Banking division grows, Wachovia Corp. last year embarked on a three-year initiative to develop strategic building blocks. The aim is to create a solid foundation, much of which will be supporting reference data,...
HSBC’s Goldensource Rollout Starts Extensive Data Program
HSBC has rolled out the first implementation of the Goldensource Enterprise Data Management platform as part of a far-reaching program initiated by the institution to support its growing Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets (CIBM) division. The implementation sees Goldensource providing the underlying data integration platform to support HSBC’s electronic securities trading platform in its first...
Deutsche Börse Closes Azdex Deal, Signals Intent in Reference Data
As we’ve previously reported (Reference Data Review, July 2005), Deutsche Börse has now closed the deal to acquire a 51% stake in Azdex, the business entity data and services supplier run by Ken Price. The deal highlights Deutsche Börse’s growing intention to become a player in the reference data space. Although the purchase price was...
Reuters Datascope Deal with Odyssey
Reuters has secured another partner software provider in Odyssey Asset Management Systems for its Datascope reference data service. The data will be made available as an optional packaged adaptor via Odyssey’s Triple’A portfolio management system, its Advisor relationship management system and Nexus, its centralised repository for financial data.
Citadel Becomes Charter Client For Accenture Outsourced MRDS
After much speculation, Accenture has revealed its first client for its Managed Reference Data Service (MRDS) outsourcing solution in hedge fund Citadel Investment Group. Additional clients are expected to follow in the coming months. Citadel, with $12 billion under management, has signed a 10-year agreement to outsource “key aspects” of its data management processes. This...
Swift’s Data Distribution Initiative Gains Impetus As FTID Commits to Adding Reference Data
Swift’s ongoing upgrade of its Swiftnet data distribution initiative, from an exploratory toe in the water to a major strategic activity is beginning to reap rewards. Just days ahead of Swift’s Sibos event in Copenhagen September 5-9, FT Interactive Data has gone live with its ISO 15022-based corporate actions data via Swiftnet and has committed...
… While Telekurs Outsources Data Input to Capgemini in India
Meanwhile Telekurs Financial has opted to outsource the management of a data input center in India for financial information to Capgemini Schweiz. The three-year deal does not appear to impact any existing data centers, but is aimed at “Giving us flexibility in manpower increases together with very good cost efficiency,” said Eugen Niesper, chief executive...