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ASX Upgrades Core Data Management Infrastructure with GoldenSource EDM

The ASX Group (ASX) has selected GoldenSource EDM to upgrade and replace its current corporate data management system known as CORE. The new platform will serve as the most comprehensive repository of historical data as well as the essential link for equity trading and settlement processes at ASX. With a centralized, trusted copy of company,…

SWIFT Announces 16% Rebate on 2011 Messaging

SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,700 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, announced today a rebate of 16 percent on 2011 messaging usage. The new rebate will return approximately EUR 52 million to SWIFT users and will be paid in January 2012. This rebate comes in addition to a 20 percent…

National Interests

Swift’s annual user conference behemoth Sibos kicked off this morning with a debate about the future of securities market infrastructures that painted a particularly sobering picture. Obviously, with the spectre of a potential breakup of the Eurozone loitering in the background, discussion turned to what the impact of such an event would be on the…

XSP Enters Into Alliance with DTCC and Signs Certified Partner Agreement for Global Corporate Actions Validation Service

XSP, the global leader in automated end-to-end corporate actions solutions, announced that it has signed a Certified Software Partner agreement with DTCC Solutions. XSP and DTCC have enjoyed a longstanding relationship offering their mutual clients solutions that reduce the risks and costs associated with this highly-complex process and this new DTCC certification program will ensure…

First Derivatives Opens North American Headquarters in the Centre of New York’s Financial District

First Derivatives, Ireland’s largest financial software company, has today opened their new North American headquarters in the centre of New York’s financial district. In a strong sign of the continued expansion and development of the company, CEO and E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Brian Conlon was joined at the event by Northern Ireland First Minister…

Fitch Launches Global Fund Quality Ratings Powered by Lipper Data

Fitch Ratings today launches a new type of fund rating – Fund Quality Ratings – that combines Fitch’s expertise in qualitative fund analysis with rankings and performance data from Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company and leading provider of fund performance data. Fitch’s Fund Quality Ratings offer an independent, forward-looking assessment of a fund’s key performance…

Leading Global Custodian Banks Think Custodians Should Be More Involved In The Settlement And Account Instruction Process, According To New Survey

Despite a heightened focus on risk management and increased levels of automation within custodian banks worldwide, the settlement and account instruction (SI) process still relies heavily on manual processes, introducing risks and costs into the trade lifecycle, according to research by Omgeo, the global standard for post-trade efficiency. The survey, conducted by Omgeo in July…

SmartStream Announces TLM Corporate Actions Event Management On Demand, Delivering Enhanced Event Automation as a Service

SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management specialist, today announced the launch of a new service, TLM Corporate Actions Event Management On Demand, delivering enhanced event management through the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. TLM Corporate Actions Event Management On Demand delivers the proven event management capabilities of SmartStream’s TLM Corporate Actions solution as a…

Opinion: The Correct Exposure for a Crisis

By Michel Lempicki, corporate development director at StatPro Group “Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.” So said Colin Powell, Vietnam veteran, when he was chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War. In today’s investment climate, as in military circles, that maxim still holds true. It has become…

700 Jobs to be Created in Fund Services by End of Q1 2012

Ireland’s fund services industry grew 36% in the last year and now manages assets worth €1.9 trillion. This growth makes Ireland the largest hedge fund administration centre in the world, with 63% of European and 43% of global alternative investment assets now administered in Ireland. The growth in Ireland’s funds market has had a big…