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...
Threadneedle Asset Management Deploys DataNet Based on Eagle Investment Systems’ Product Suite
U.K. investment manager Threadneedle Asset Management is implementing a one-stop data hub for corporately shared data, under its Investment Information Services (IIS) business unit. The system – to be called DataNet – will use a range of Eagle Investment Systems Corp.’s reference data and portfolio management solutions. The DataNet project is aimed at establishing a...
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...
TIAA-CREF Taps Fame for Enterprise Data Mangement
Buy-side giant Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) has chosen Fame Information Services’ ReferencePoint as the basis for a new enterprise data management platform to support its risk operation. ReferencePoint will be used to manage the flow of both real-time and historical data into its risk applications.
Princeton Financial Allies With DSTi for Data Integration
Portfolio management system vendor Princeton Financial has signed a strategic alliance with DST International that will partner Princeton’s PAM system with DSTi’s HiDataWarehouse offering. HDW is a hub that collects market and accounting information as an accounting repository and feeds commingled data to downstream applications.
Royal Bank of Canada Selects Vitria for Workflow Management
Royal Bank of Canada will use Vitria’s BusinessWare business process management suite as its global standard for straight-through-processing (STP) messaging. The bank’s RBC Investments wealth management unit will use BusinessWare to enable end-to-end transaction processing for broker/dealers, asset managers and custodians. Phase I of the project involves linking Royalblue’s Fidessa order management front-end to the...
Fame Teams Up with ClariFi to Enhance Back-Testing Capability
Fame Information Services has forged a marketing alliance with ClariFi, developer of the ModelStation back-testing platform. Under the arrangement, Fame will market ModelStation alongside its own reference and historical data solutions. ModelStation allows investment managers and researchers to perform ‘what-if’ scenario tests on returns and evaluate portfolios at each rebalancing to determine risk.