National Bank Financial Opts for Accurate Software NXG
National Bank Financial, the investment banking subsidiary of National Bank of Canada, and its NBCN Clearing unit have selected Accurate Software’s NXG operational risk management suite to extend automation of their back-office systems. National Bank Financial was seeking a single platform for handling its trade reconciliations process and reduce operational risk.
GSTPA Technology Assets to Be Auctioned Off Next Month
The technology assets of the failed GSTPA post-trade processing consortium are to be auctioned by liquidators in Switzerland on September 10. The auction will be handled by Buergi & Naegeli, and interested parties are invited to contact the firm’s Zurich offices. Developers of centralized trade processing utilities, including Financial Models Co., Omgeo and SunGard have...
Xenomorph Offers Souped-Up SQL for Reference Data
Xenomorph has launched TimeScape QL+, a new query language designed specifically for filtering and analysis of reference, historic and tick-by-tick data. Based on an SQL-like syntax, TimeScape QL+ allows traders, risk managers and technologists to filter and analyze data more efficiently than is possible with pure relational database technology, Xenomorph says. The development has been...
FTI Taps IntegraSP for StreetDashboard
Financial Technologies International has tapped IntegraSP’s AltioLive to offer StreetDashboard, a data management tool aimed at providing a holistic view of enterprise data for middle- and back-office data. The system allows firms to monitor key indicators like currency, country and counterparty exposure to minimize risk, by offering a window into FTI’s StreetEnterprise applications.
FISD to Launch XML Toolkit for Messaging Standards
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) plans to release an XML toolkit – dubbed XML transmission Compaction (XTC) – to aid developers using its FISDMessage protocol and support the standardization of reference data. FISDMessage, along with MDDLService, will be the transport layer for FISD’s Market Data Definition...
Cicada Upgrades Rules Management on Composer
Cicada has upgraded the validation rules management capabilities of its reference data management platform, adding a graphical user interface allowing users to create, modify, delete or add business rules to data sources, both internal and external. The upgrade also adds a rights system for security, permissioning and modifying existing business rules. Finally, a new rules...
Bank of New York Sees Netik’s Data Capabilities As Enabler for Outsourced Investment Management
Bank of New York plans to leverage its new 51% stake in Netik, a U.K. software company that specializes in transaction and accounting data management, to add compulsion to the bank’s pitch to potential clients of its investment management outsourcing services business. Netik’s enterprise data management capabilities – including handling of multiple sources of reference...
SunGard Forms Enterprise Unit To Develop Former Fame Business
Following its acquisition earlier this year of Fame Information Services, SunGard has unveiled a new corporate structure in the reference and market data area to accommodate its activities in securities administration and pricing services. The company has created a new group, SunGard Data Management Solutions, formed by the merger of Fame and SunGard Market Data...
Asset Control Wins Citadel Hedge Fund Contract
Alternative investments hedge fund Citadel Investment Group has selected AC Plus from Dutch reference data management specialist Asset Control to centralize management of its securities data. The deal is an important one for Asset Control since Citadel has agreed to work with the company on further enhancements to its product suite, with Citadel’s hedge fund...
Eagle Investment Systems Wins Alberta Investment Manager
Eagle Investment Systems announced a contract with Alberta Investment Management, the Province of Alberta’s investment management department, with C$40 billion under management. AIM has implemented the EaglePace data hub and portfolio management system for all asset classes, including equities, bonds and derivatives. Separately, Eagle has released version 6.0 of its suite of investment management solutions,...