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Misys Builds on Existing Technologies to Deliver EMIR Reporting Service
Misys has responded to customer demand for help with trade reporting under European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with Regulatory Reporting Service, a stand alone software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, and an extension to its Confirmation Matching Service (CMS). The company had previous experience of Dodd-Frank and EMIR reporting with its Opics banking product that is usually used…
Interactive Data Upgrades Feed Handler for TREP with Added Content and Symbology Mapping Functionality
Interactive Data’s upgrade to its feed handler for the Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform – or TREP – adds both content and functionality. The version 2.0 release of the software adds market data content with an emphasis on Level 2 equity markets and functionality including a generic symbol remap that allows users to map existing symbology…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: If Only…
I frequently find myself in meetings, on calls, at conferences, listening to people talk about the data and data management impact of regulation. I’ve heard it said many times, by suppliers mostly, that regulation is our friend. And it’s probably fair to say that without regulation, our industry would not be moving at quite the…
Interactive Data Bases Managed Data Service on SAP Sybase RAP
Interactive Data has deployed SAP’s Sybase Real-time Analytics Platform (RAP) as the basis of a managed data service that combines securities, pricing and corporate actions data, and delivers data on demand to Microsoft Excel and other front and middle office proprietary and packaged applications. Marc Alvarez, senior director of reference data at Interactive Data, explains:…
Xenomorph Adds R to TimeScape and Plans More Integration with Scripting Languages
Xenomorph has integrated the R language and environment with its TimeScape analytics and data management platform, and plans to integrate more scripting languages as they gain popularity among quantitative traders and risk managers. The integration of R, an open source data analysis platform, allows users of the language to access validated datasets managed within TimeScape…
Opinion: The Pricing & Reference Data Community – Helping You Tackle Regulatory Challenges
By Marion Leslie, Managing Director, Pricing & Reference Services, Thomson Reuters The current barrage of regulatory reforms sweeping the global financial services industry poses an enormous challenge for all sectors. These changes are impacting banks, broker/dealers, insurance companies, institutional asset managers, hedge funds and their asset servicers such as fund administrators, custodians and prime brokers…
Moody’s Analytics Releases Enterprise Version of Solvency II Solution for Life Insurers
Moody’s Analytics has released an enterprise version of its B&H Proxy Generator, which is designed to help life insurers perform fast asset and liability calculations for Solvency II Internal Model and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment purposes. The enterprise version, V3.0, can be deployed centrally and accessed by multiple users, expanding on V2.0, which is…
AIM Software Extends Market Reach with Business Applications for Data Management
AIM Software is challenging competitors in the enterprise data management (EDM) space with a business approach to data management that includes fixed price, packaged applications covering market data, reference data and corporate actions data. The Vienna, Austria based company says these solutions, plus a ‘Go West’ strategy focused on expansion in the US and UK,…
Software Vendors Welcome Bloomberg Enterprise Solutions’ Partner Programme
Software vendors and end users have welcomed the formalisation of Bloomberg Enterprise Solutions’ vendor partner programme that allows financial software vendors to make their apps ‘Bloomberg ready’ by connecting them to Bloomberg applications and providing access to Bloomberg data. Bloomberg introduced the programme with 125 financial software partners offering everything from order, execution and risk…
Opinion: The Digital Data Navigator (Dat Nav?) Era – Part 2
Nick Jones, Senior Consultant, Citisoft PLC. This section looks ahead to see if there are lessons from the age of digital cartography to provide insights into how data management and navigation might develop in the next few years. The Digital Divide Financial services organisations and their suppliers are still struggling to produce the data equivalent…