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Standing Settlement Instructions: Bringing the Poor Relation of Reference Data into the Fold
Awareness of the fact that missing or inaccurate standing settlement instructions (SSIs) are a major inhibitor to true straight-through processing (STP) is as long-standing as the industry’s focus on STP itself. Problems with SSIs are still the biggest single cause of reference data-related trade fails, which themselves are the second biggest cause of fails behind…
Wiener Börse Taps Interactive Data To Support MiFID Offer
Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business is to supply reference data to Austrian securities exchange Wiener Börse to support its new MiFID OTC transaction reporting facility. Interactive Data’s MiFID related reference data identifies trade venues and their types by location codes, the most relevant market for an instrument, whether an instrument is within…
Bank of New York Mellon Reviews Legacy Reference Data Assets
The Bank of New York Mellon is currently analysing the reference data assets inherited from both the Bank of New York and Mellon pre-merger, as part of its efforts to create a “best of breed” platform to support its clients going forward. A decision is expected by the end of this year on what the…
Reuters’ New JRisk On Demand Offering Packages Broad Coverage of Evaluations, Terms and Conditions
Reuters’ new JRisk On Demand, a tailored risk management solution for hedge funds developed by the Applied Networks unit that it acquired last year, not only delivers real-time risk management tools directly to individual managers’ desktops, but aims to provide “enormous” cost benefits to clients through access to Reuters reference and terms and conditions data. …
Reuters DataScope Select Adds Complinet Screening Capability
Complinet has signed a global contract with Reuters that will allow Reuters DataScope Select users to screen selected entities against international sanctions lists, watch lists and other information that can help them comply with counterparty and Know Your Customer regulations. The deal follows the recent tie-in between the two companies that established Complinet as Reuters’…
Swift Picks Avox for BIC1 Cleanup; First Step in Broader BIC/CIVIC Plan
Swift has signed a deal with Deutsche Boerse-owned counterparty data specialist Avox to help it with the process of cleansing its BIC1 code database of so-called ‘unconnected BICs’. The agreement appears to mark the first step in a broad Swift initiative to extend the coverage of its BIC directory and creating BIC-like codes to identify…
Swift AGM Approves New Regulators Category
Swift has received unanimous approval at its AGM for the addition of Financial Market Regulators as a new participant category on the network. Admitting regulators to Swift will make it easier for Swift members and users to meet regulatory transaction reporting obligations, while facilitating the development of global regulatory reporting solutions, Swift says. The approval…
Cicada Boosts Integration With Cicada Profiler 1.4
Cicada has revealed the next version upgrade of its Cicada Profiler software, a packaged solution for anti-money laundering and Know Your Customer (KYC) data management requirements. The software is designed to bring improved collaboration, control and centralisation to customer identification and risk-based due diligence processes. The release focuses on increased integration with third-party data used…
… While Bear, Goldman and Lehman Sign Up to Markit OTC Affirmation Service
Markit has launched an electronic affirmation service within Markit Trade Processing (MTP). The first dealers to sign up are Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers. The new service, which builds on Markit’s existing affirmation model, provides trade date affirmation and trade confirmation through industry utilities such as the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC),…
NNAs Set to Begin Testing IBEI Files
At the end of June, work will kick off between National Numbering Agencies (NNAs) including Telekurs, the London Stock Exchange and WM Datenservice to test the interoperability of international business entity identifier (IBEI) files. Though work has not been completed on the ISO standard IBEI, some NNAs are issuing their “own” IBEIs, to meet the…