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Thomson Reuters Integrates DataScope Pricing and Reference Data with Black Mountain Systems’ Everest
Thomson Reuters has just completed the integration work involved in allowing Black Mountain Systems’ portfolio management system Everest clients to access the data giant’s DataScope Select pricing and reference data. Brian Buzzelli, head of pricing and reference data for the Americas region at Thomson Reuters, explains the details of the customised data integration process, which…
Virginie’s Blog – Control
The recent woes at UBS with its own Nick Leeson/Jerome Kerviel (delete as desired) style rogue trader and this month’s MF Global bankruptcy investigation into its customer data practices have both highlighted an important aspect of data management: control. Whether it be data and system access concerns, or those related to the treatment of customer…
Sapient Global Markets to Construct European DataWarehouse
The Market Group announced on Tuesday the selection of Sapient Global Markets, part of Sapient, to design and build the European DataWarehouse (ED). In direct response to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) efforts to facilitate risk assessment and improve transparency standards for Asset Backed Securities (ABS), ED will be the first European central data repository…
S&P Capital IQ Risk Solutions Signs Standard Bank South Africa
S&P Capital IQ Risk Solutions today signed an agreement to provide its default recovery data and Loss Given Default (LGD) model to the South African operations of Standard Bank. The agreement includes access to the LossStats recovery database and S&P Capital IQ Risk Solutions’ market-leading LGD modeling framework. S&P Capital IQ’s recovery data and modelling…
Virginie’s Blog – IOSCO and CPSS Consultation Sparks 32 Responses on OTC Derivatives Data Challenges (Part 1 of 2)
Last week, I looked at some of the data reporting requirements related to the systemic risk oversight developments going on in the US with regards to scrutinising the hedge funds and private equity markets (see more here), however, the US regulators have not been alone in their efforts on the data standards front. The International…
DTCC Files SDR Applications with CFTC
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that it had filed a registration application with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate a swaps data repository (SDR), DTCC Data Repository (U.S.), across multiple OTC derivatives asset classes. “DTCC is committed to working with financial authorities and the industry to promote a transparent…
Virginie’s Blog – SEC’s Systemic Risk Push and Form PF
This week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) conducted an open meeting about new proposed data reporting requirements for the private funds sector for systemic risk monitoring purposes. The SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have been tasked with adopting a joint form to collect critical systemic risk data about hedge funds…
Aviva Investors Selects Vermilion Software for KIIDs, Factsheets, Factbooks and Institutional Client Reporting
In a market where reporting demands are ever varying and complex, Vermilion Software is delighted to announce that Aviva Investors has selected Vermilion Reporting Suite (VRS) for the production of their Key Investor Information Documents (KIID), Factsheets, Factbooks and Institutional Client Reports. This will all be delivered within one solution to streamline Aviva Investors’ reporting…
Accuity Issues Critical UN and EU Sanctions Data Enhancements for AML Regulatory Compliance
Accuity, the leading provider of payment routing data, AML screening data and software and professional services, announced today the expansion of its industry-leading sanctions data coverage. Companies will now have access to critical information not found on the standard United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) sanctions lists to help banks and corporations reduce regulatory…
Nine Out of 10 Bankers Not Confident Over Stress Testing – According to New Sybase Survey
Sybase, an SAP company and industry leader in enterprise and mobile software, today announced results of a survey showing that more than nine out of 10 capital markets executives lack confidence in bank stress testing, while more than 75 percent are struggling to capture trading system data. These key findings, among others, came from a…