GoldenSource Releases Version 8 of its EDM Suite
GoldenSource, booth # 3109 has released version 8 of its EDM platform, which the vendor says offers advanced functionality for managing business risk, particularly in high risk areas such as corporate actions, pricing and data quality. Version 8 is built around a standards-based J2EE application server framework, thus making it easier to configure, integrate and...
Eaton Vance Selects Eagle to Build Investment Systems Data Warehouse
Boston-based investment management firm Eaton Vance has implemented Eagle Investment Systems’ data management and mutual fund performance solution in order to build an investment systems data warehouse. The selection of Eagle’s offering is to support the investment manager’s plans to outsource the servicing of its institutional business to Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon)...
Asset Control Expands Tapmaster’s Instrument and Securities Coverage
Asset Control has enhanced its data management product Tapmaster by introducing support for portfolios, swaps and money market derivatives, as well as support for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) reporting data. Phil Lynch, Asset Control’s president and chief executive officer, says: “The need to provide support for a firm’s own portfolio data is becoming...
Eagle and Thomson Reuters Connect Data Management Systems, Meeting Diverse Data and Reporting Needs
Eagle Investment Systems and Thomson Reuters have launched a standard interface between Eagle’s data management solution and Thomson Reuters DataScope Select. Eagle’s data management solution provides connectivity and data integration from numerous sources and consolidates it in one location. The new standard interface allows clients to import DataScope Select security data into Eagle’s data management...
EDM Releases Progress Update on Faulty Data Pilot and Details of Semantic Repository Project
It has been a busy month for the EDM Council, not only has it released an interim report with IBM on the findings of its project to measure the performance implications of missing or faulty data on key functions within financial institutions, it has also released details of plans for a new online semantic repository....
OTC Derivatives Push Data Management Up the Priority List for Buy Side Firms, says A-Team and GoldenSource
A large proportion of buy side firms are being compelled to re-evaluate their data management systems as a result of their use of complex instruments, according to A-Team Group and GoldenSource’s recent derivatives webinar, Derivatives: The Eye of the Data Storm. Automation is no longer a choice; it is a necessity, explained Maryann Houglet, senior...
Eagle Launches Version 9.0 with Improved Workflow And Data Management
Eagle Investment Systems has released a new version of its software aimed at improving workflow and usability in its data management offering. Eagle Version 9.0 includes a redesigned rules editor and features such as the ability to handle multi-leg swaps for derivatives, a pricing option for direct access to pricing information and the ability to...
EDM Council Releases Details of Semantic Repository Project
The EDM Council has released a report concerning its plans for a new online semantic repository, which will identify all data attribute terms and definitions used by financial institutions for business processing, investment decisions, scenario modelling, risk management and portfolio valuation. The initial draft of the repository is due to be released at the end...
LakeFront Data Ventures and ReferenceDataFactory merge to form LakeFrontData
Data management consultancy LakeFront Data Ventures (LDV) and data integration vendor ReferenceDataFactory (RDF) have merged to form EDM specialist firm LakeFrontData. LDV founder and former SunGard EDM man Dale Richards has become president and CEO of the new company and fellow colleagues and ex-SunGard veterans Marc Odho and Rob Ord have been appointed head of...
Eagle Premieres Version 9.0 with Improved Workflow and Data Management
Eagle Investment Systems is planning a new release of its software aimed at improving workflow and usability in its data management offering. Eagle Version 9.0, details of which were presented at its annual client conference in Florida this week, will be available later this month. John Lehner, president of Eagle, explains: “Many of the new...