FT Interactive Data Adds MTS Bond Pricing Data to FTS
FT Interactive Data Europe is now providing intraday and end-of-day pricing from the European government bond MTS markets. MTS data covers euro-denominated government, agency and covered bond prices in real-time or delayed services for portfolio valuation purposes. It is being made available via FT Interactive Data’s FTS online portfolio administration tool. It will be priced...
ING Funds Picks FTID Fair Value Service
ING Funds has chosen to use FT Interactive Data’s Fair Value Information Service to support the funds’ fair valuation procedures for equities held in their international portfolios. FT Interactive Data’s Fair Value Information Service is designed to assist mutual funds, which must value foreign securities after their local market close (when market events may influence...
Asset Control Secures Standard Chartered, Standard Bank for PriceMaster
Asset Control has secured two new clients for its AC PriceMaster for market risk data. The service was rolled out at Standard Chartered in six months. It is used to generate risk factors and curves, as well as standardizing and consolidating market data, sourced from multiple vendors and internal sources to support risk management functions,...
Reuters Targets Europe With New Evaluations Service
Reuters is targeting the evaluations pricing market in Europe, with the addition of European-issued debt securities evaluations to its DataScope reference data service. The service will be bring the vendor into a space currently dominated by FT Interactive Data, and increasingly focused on by Standard & Poor’s. As reported by Reference Data Review at the...
Tenfore Offers Historical Tick Data for Equities, Derivatives and FX
U.K.-based data feed provider Tenfore Systems has unveiled a new historical tick data service, provides intraday pricing for equities, derivatives and foreign exchange going back to the beginning of December 2003. Tenfore says the data is free of any judgemental cleansing and so closely represents the original source. Tenfore has sourced and stored data from...
Standard & Poor’s Signs Reciprocal Accord With CIBC World Markets for Bond Data
McGraw-Hill’s Standard & Poor’s Corp. has tapped CIBC World Markets as the source for bond evaluations in Canada. As part of the reciprocal arrangement, CIBC will add Standard & Poor’s bond evaluations to its own PriceBase market data platform. Standard & Poor’s says the move is in response to growing demand for comprehensive cross-border bond...
IDC’s Revenues Grow, Supported by New Evaluated, Descriptive Services
Interactive Data Corp. (IDC) saw annual revenues grow 9.5% to $484.6 million for 2004, with net income rising 11.2% to $80.3 million. For the fourth quarter, revenue grew 4% to $125.2 million, while net income grew 15.7% to $21.1 million. Growth was attributed in part to “continued strength … in FT Interactive Data’s North American...
Capco Targets Canada
Capco is targeting the Canadian market, opening new offices in Toronto, Ontario, Montreal and Quebec under Jos Schmitt, managing partner for Canadian operations, and head of the Market Infrastructure practice. Capco recently completed a study for the Canadian Capital Markets Association (CCMA), highlighting possible enhancements for the post-trade processing of institutional trades. Making up the...
Sachsen Ireland to Use Telekurs iD, Pricing Data
Telekurs Financial has secured an extended deal with the Irish operation of German bank Sachsen LB Europe to provide pricing services and its display product. Sachsen will receive intraday and closing prices for the full portfolio universe of over 200 stock exchanges and 500 contributors. Its users will be able to access the pricing data,...
Sophis Enters Data Management With Data for Risque and Value
Sophis is entering the data management arena with Data Service, a new module to support its existing Risque and Value portfolio and risk management products. The new combined solution is set to go live with a large hedge fund client in London, and Sophis has also signed up clients in New York and Germany. Sophis...