Tabb Group Report Cites Critical Role of Reference Data
Underscoring A-Team Consulting’s own research in this area, Tabb Group’s new report on the future of trading-related technology, points to reference data’s critical role in achieving the much-vaunted goal of straight-through-processing. Tabb describes external STP as “moribund” post September 11 and the demise of the GSTPA. However, the report – published last month and entitled...
IBM Gets Serious About Reference Data Through Purchase of Dresdner Platform, Outsourcing Deal
IBM’s deal last month with Dresdner Bank of Germany seems to give some teeth to the IT services company’s approach to reference data management after talking about the segment for quite some time. The agreement also gives IBM a pricing database and management tool for risk and regulatory reporting – code-named Project Greenwich – to...
FTI Upgrades StreetEnterprise Suite
Financial Technologies International (FTI) has upgraded its StreetEnterprise suite of securities processing applications. Among the enhanced features is improved data management designed to ease the selection, implementation and use of reference data throughout an organization.
SunGard Plans Two-Pronged Reference Data Foray Based on Acquisition of Fame Information Services
SunGard’s agreement to acquire Fame Information Services, announced this month, will initiate an aggressive, two-pronged foray into the reference data management business. Not only will SunGard use Fame to standardize the handling of historical and reference data among its many operating units and product lines, but it will also promote Fame’s ReferencePoint solution as an...
FIMA Event Delivers on Promise of Broad View of Reference Data
The Financial Information Management conference (FIMA 2003) held in London at the beginning of this month held much promise for executives anxious to learn about the intricacies of reference data and the benefits of its application. It didn’t disappoint. Speakers from ABN Amro, Barclays Capital, Robeco Asset Management, Merrill Lynch, the U.K. Financial Services Association...
Rabobank Adopts Xenomorph’s TimeScape for Risk Data Platform
Rabobank of the Netherlands is upgrading the data management infrastructure used to support the risk operations of its Rabobank International unit, Netherlands. The big Dutch bank – long a user of U.K. data management system supplier Xenomorph’s Data Analysis & Integration System (XDAIS) – is implementing the vendor’s new TimeScape platform, which offers substantial functional...
Swift Outlines Calendar for Market Data Vendor Category
Following its launch of a pilot for market data suppliers to offer their services via its network, Swift has outlined the timeline for the proposed adoption of a new participant category for these vendors. Speaking at the Sixth Annual Conference on Corporate Actions Processing in New York last month, Swift partner solutions business manager Linda...
Netik Releases Low-Cost Matching/Reconciliation Module for InterView
Netik has launched Intermatch 2.0, which adds matching and reconciliation capabilities to its InterView investment and accounting hub system. Among the features are a multi-sourced reference data cleansing facility, with the ability to construct a ‘golden copy’ for distribution throughout the enterprise. The firm is pricing Intermatch at $20,000.
FT Interactive Data Launches eDOL
FT Interactive Data went live last month with eDOL, the electronic version of the London Stock Exchange’s Daily Official List. The new service is now available for download via the Internet in .PDF format. The Daily Official List is the legal record of daily trading activity on the London Stock Exchange.
Exchange Data International Partners with Market Data Integrators in U.S.
U.K. data vendor Exchange Data International (EDI) has entered into a marketing alliance with Chicago-based Market Data Integrators (MDI). Under the deal, MDI will market EDI’s data services in the U.S., outside of the Northeast. Kurt Klein, MDI president, says the company plans to expand EDI’s reach particularly among buy-side users and expects to field...