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Efama Applauds EU Commission Decision to Protect European ISIN Data Users
Efama (the European Fund and Asset Management Association) applauds the EU Commission decision to protect European ISIN data users to the extent possible under EU competition law. Efama stresses that this decision is a major victory for the European financial services industry which will save approximately $100 million per annum in ISIN license fees going…
Heptagon Capital Goes Live with Thomson Reuters Pricing and Reference Data via Advent
Advent Software, a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, and Thomson Reuters today announced that Heptagon Capital, a specialized investment management firm, can access pricing and reference data from Thomson Reuters via Advent’s new market data interface. This critical and timely information will enable Heptagon Capital to enhance its…
Thomson Reuters Opens Up RICs to Address EC Antitrust Concerns
The industry has until January 25 to offer the European Commission feedback on Thomson Reuters’ proposal to allow clients to license its Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs) in order to access third-party and internal market data. Thomson Reuters made the proposal as part of its attempt to settle an EC investigation launched in 2009 into whether…
Thomson Reuters Welcomes the European Commission’s Market Test on Market Data Feed Initiatives
Thomson Reuters welcomes the decision by the European Commission to move forward with formal market testing of its proposal to extend usage rights of its Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs). Thomson Reuters believes that the extended usage rights will provide its customers useful support in managing their real-time market data needs in what is an increasingly…
Trillium Targets Data Management Solution at Fatca Compliance
Trillium Software aims to ease the data management burden on financial institutions that must comply with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) with data assessment and management services that will help them identify, gather and manage the data needed to meet the Act’s requirements. For many, compliance will be neither easy nor low…
CMA Launches CMA NAVigate 1.8, Providing OTC Derivatives Valuations On-Demand
CMA, the leading provider of intraday CDS data and OTC market solutions, has launched a new release of CMA NAVigate, its web-based workflow solution which brings transparency and independence to the valuation of OTC positions. CMA NAVigate 1.8 introduces an intuitive user interface that provides the tools, pricing transparency and real-time support that clients require…
State Street Implements DST Global Solutions’ BPM Platform in Australia
DST Global Solutions announced today that State Street Corporation in Australia has recently implemented the company’s AWD10, a Business Process Management (BPM) platform. AWD is currently used for the management and distribution of unit trust transactions and related documentation. It is managed by both internal operations and clients who access and interact with the solution…
Pricing Partners Introduced a Generic Solver to Smoothen Trades Structuring
Pricing Partners, the world leader in OTC derivatives pricing analytics, mathematical models and independent valuations, announced today that its award winning solution, Price-it Excel is now shipped with a generic solver to enable users to structure their trades easily and seamlessly. Leveraging the scripting language that allows pricing virtually any financial derivatives, this solver can…
Toyota Tsusho Metals Deploys IPC’s Unigy Trading Platform in Japan
IPC Systems Inc., a leading provider of voice and electronic trading communications solutions to the world’s top financial services firms, today announced the successful, live implementation of Unigy, its revolutionary new unified trading communications platform, at Toyota Tsusho Metals Ltd (TTM), Branch in Nagoya Japan, a company operating in futures and options trading on the…
Opinion: The FSA, ESMA and the Commission – The Markets’ Strictest Parents?
By Matthew Coupe, sales director, EMEA, Redkite Financial Markets When the UK’s streets broke out into mass rioting this summer, the UK government responded with unprecedented force. Officially, the riots were quashed by intelligence-led, nationally mobilised law enforcement, backed by the politicians at the heart of Westminster. Unofficially, of course, the streets were out of…