Exchange Data International joins the Prime Source Independent Valuation Service
Prime Source, NYSE Euronext’s independent asset valuation service, is pleased to announce the addition of Exchange Data International Limited (“EDI”) as a “closing prices” contributor to its service. EDI is a recognized provider of Securities Reference and Corporate Actions Data covering more than 420,000 bonds worldwide and nearly 90,000 listed equities; – tracking over 150...
British Bank Selects Pricing Partners for the Independent Valuation of One of its Most Challenging Equity Structured Products
Pricing Partners announced today that one of the largest British banks has selected Price-it Online, Pricing Partners’ independent valuation platform, for the valuation on an advanced equity structured product that is both path dependent and American style, as well as contingent to a large quantity of shares. In accordance with the best practices in the...
Firms Need to Put Pricing and Valuations into a Wider EDM Context, Agrees Panel at A-Team Group, GoldenSource and Interactive Data Event
The pricing and valuations space is becoming ever more complex and data management teams focused on this function are being asked to do even more with fewer resources at hand, so how can they cope? The answer may lie in increasing automation and slotting this area of data management into a wider enterprise data management...
Clearstream Completes Rollout of Aim Software’s Gain Platform for Pricing
Luxembourg-based international central securities depositary (ICSD) Clearstream International has completed the rollout of Aim Software’s Gain platform as its new central pricing data management hub. The implementation has been going on for the last seven months and the platform is now able to support the daily pricing of more than one million securities, says Josef...
Quantifi Acquires Moment Analytics
Quantifi, a provider of analytics and risk management solutions to the global credit markets, today announced that it has acquired Moment Analytics, a privately held risk management software vendor. David Kelly, Moment Analytics’ CEO, joins Quantifi as director of credit product development and will be based in the US. This is Quantifi’s first acquisition. The...
Fair Value May be a Tricky Proposition But it is Worth the Trouble, Agree Speakers at SIX Telekurs Event
Accounting standards have come under a lot of scrutiny of late, both from the industry and regulators, but despite its flaws, fair value measurement has been created for a good reason, agreed the panel at SIX Telekurs’ recent “What Price Fair Value?” event in London. However, the volatility in the market has made pricing and...
S&P’s FIRMS Launches New Global Data Feed Aimed at Addressing the Risk and Valuation Challenge
Following the launch of a raft of new services earlier this year, Standard & Poor’s Fixed Income Risk Management Services (FIRMS) has added another to its portfolio in the form of a new enterprise level data feed solution. The Global Data Solutions offering purports to provide users with a range of data and analytics to...
Tradeweb Expands Market Data Availability Through Thomson Reuters
Tradeweb, a leading global provider of online markets for institutional investors and dealers, and Thomson Reuters today announced that their market data has been incorporated into the Thomson Reuters Datascope Real-Time (RDRT) feed offering. Tradeweb data continues to be available via Reuters 3000 Xtra desktop. Thomson Reuters customers are now able to subscribe to Tradeweb...
Thomson Reuters Reports Decrease for Quarter But Strong Performance in Enterprise Division
As predicted by A-Team Group in August, the tough market conditions have caused a dip in Thomson Reuters’ third quarter results. However, the vendor’s Enterprise division has performed well overall in comparison to last year’s figures, which is indicative of the focus on data and risk management solutions in the market. In August, CEO Tom...
CFA Institute Survey Highlights Industry Support for Third Party Valuations
The majority of the members of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity believe that alternative investment fund managers should be mandated to appoint an independent third party for the valuation of assets, according to a recent survey by the group. The survey, which examines the fund management industry’s views on...