Xtrakter and SIX Telekurs Agree to Expand Pricing Data
Xtrakter, a leading provider of capital market data, trade matching and regulatory reporting services, welcomes SIX Telekurs as the first data vendor to access Xtrakter’s Mark-to-Market valuation service, known as XM2M. SIX Telekurs clients now have pricing data on over 45,000 domestic and international fixed-income instruments, including illiquid instruments such as asset-backed securities. Bid and...
Thomson Reuters Delivers Transparency to Collateralised Loans Market with Launch of LPC Collateral
Thomson Reuters today announced that it has launched LPC Collateral, a data and analysis-driven solution designed to dramatically improve transparency in the Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) market. The product links Thomson Reuters market-leading loan end-of-day data to the underlying assets held in CLO portfolios to provide powerful, personalized insight and analysis to CLO traders and...
SIX Telekurs Continues to Expand its Evaluated Pricing Team
SIX Telekurs continues to build up its core team of experts to further expand its Evaluated Pricing. The business unit has brought five new members on board in the last few months to both develop the service further, and to respond to its popularity amongst customers. SIX Telekurs has expanded its Evaluated Pricing team in...
Firms Face More Data Disclosure Around Level 3 Asset Valuations, Following FASB and IASB Agreement on Fair Value
Regulators may be at odds with each other this week regarding the definition of what constitutes a firm that is systemically risky, but significant progress has been made on the standards front by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in agreeing a global definition for “fair value”. The...
Kempen & Co. Replaces Equity Derivatives Pricing and Data with SuperDerivative
Kempen & Co. has selected SuperDerivatives (SD), the derivatives benchmark and leading multi-asset front office solution, to replace its existing equity derivatives market data and pricing service. As a leading merchant bank and asset manager in the international market, Kempen & Co required an accurate benchmarking tool in the interbank OTC equity market, as well...
Princeton Financial Systems Signs Invesco Great Wall FMC, Expands Presence in China
Princeton Financial Systems today announced that it has signed Invesco Great Wall FMC (IGW) as a new PAM client. IGW joins other recently signed PAM clients in China, Franklin Templeton Sealand Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Shanghai) and UBS-SDIC Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Shenzen) as Princeton Financial Systems expands its presence in this region. As the...
FlexFinance IFRS Live After a Three Month Project Implementation Period
One year ahead of the Central Bank’s schedule, Access Bank, FERNBACH Software’s first Nigerian customer, announced the successful completion of its FlexFinance IFRS implementation. In a record time of less than 3 months, the joint team of Access Bank, KPMG and FERNBACH implemented FlexFinance IFRS. By completing the project, Access Bank has enlisted Nigeria among...
Moody’s Acquires a Direct Equity Stake in KIS Pricing, a Leading Korean Bond Pricing Company
Moody’s Corporation announced today that it has acquired a 16% direct equity stake in KIS Pricing, a leading Korean bond pricing company, positioning Moody’s to benefit from continued strong growth in the Korean domestic debt markets. The acquisition adds to Moody’s existing indirect ownership of KIS Pricing through its controlling equity stake in Korea Investors...
IASB and FASB Issue Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued new guidance on fair value measurement and disclosure requirements for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The guidance, set out in IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement and an update to Topic 820 in the...
Aria Protected Funds Selects Pricing Partners’ Derivatives Independent Valuation Services
Pricing Partners announced today that Aria Protected Funds, a Luxembourg-based manager of high yield, protected funds, has selected Pricing Partners’ flagship independent valuation platform, Price-it Online (PIO) for its alternative assets. Aria Protected Funds will use Price-it Online to further validate and challenge counterparty pricing. Price-it Online will add an additional level of transparency and...