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The Appliance of Science to the Enterprise
The era of enterprise data appears to be dawning – finally. Listening to John Fleming talk at an industry event in New York, it began to occur to us that the world is finally understanding the importance of data, not for its own sake, per se, but as an enabler. Fleming’s project at Morgan Stanley…
Sydbank Buys SmartStream Corporate Actions Software
Denmark’s fourth largest bank Sydbank has licensed SmartStream Technologies corporate actions processing software TLMR to automate its corporate actions processing. The solution will be implemented by Sydbank’s outsourced IT services provider Bankdata by mid-2005. TLMR automates front-to-back processing of mandatory and voluntary events, providing data capture from multiple sources, cleansing, processing and accounting services. Egon…
Citadel Investment Group Implements Asset Control’s AC Plus…
Asset Control’s data management solution AC Plus has been implemented at Citadel Investment Group. The Chicago-based alternative investments firm considered a range of vendors including Cicada, Factset, Mercator, SunGard Data Management Systems, and Soliton. The deployment includes significant new enhancements co-developed by the two firms. These include an extension and streamlining of the data model…
… While Asset Control Adds CB.Net SSIs; S&P Ratings
Asset Control has added new content sets in deals with CB.Net and Standard & Poors. It follows Omicronn and ACE (Reference Data Review, November 2004) in integrating CB.Net’s BankSearchPlus international payments directory into its AC Plus data management system. Ken Payne, director of sales and marketing at Asset Control, says, “Our customers have expressed strong…
Standard & Poor’s Streamlines Sales, Data As Part of New Reference Data Strategy
Standard & Poor’s European group is streamlining its sales organization for reference and securities pricing services in a bid to provide clients with a single point of contact for many of its products. It is also working to integrate its data sets with the ultimate long-term aim of providing modular options on a common platform….
FT Interactive Redesigns FTS; Considers New Content for 2005
FT Interactive Data has redesigned its core European product FTS to provide easier and faster access to its data and is aiming to move clients to the ‘new look’ version by the end of Q1 2005. The redesign of the online portfolio administration tool offers faster data access by reducing the number of requests for…
Clark, Rawal, Brett, Hoffman Join Telekurs Financial’s U.K. Team
Following some recent departures, Telekurs Financial has bolstered its U.K. team with a few hires. Sheena Clark is filling the gap left by Tim Fox in the data acquisition role reporting to Jon Wheeler. Clark has 15 years experience in the market data industry, including more recent roles at Mighter Gissing and PR Newswire. Long…
Selling in the ‘new normal’ By Bob Etherington. Managing Director, SpokenWord Ltd
Whenever you talk to those who sell products and services in the financial sector, the current strategy can often be summed up as ‘waiting for the good times to come back…one day’. The golden days of booming markets, global expansion and Greenspan’s famous ‘irrational exuberance’. All the things that were going to go on forever…
Accenture Set to Roll Out Managed Reference Data Platform
Accenture is preparing to begin live demonstrations of its Managed Reference Data Service, developed using Asset Control’s data management platform, which will provide outsourced reference data management services, next month. The unveiling of the system, elements of which were on show at last month’s Sibos event in Atlanta, follows hot on the heels of a…
Telekurs (U.K.) Reorganizes; Streamlines Product Line
Telekurs Financial’s U.K. operation is planning to rationalize its product line to 10 products in 2005. The company also unveiled its new organizational structure for next year and is gearing up to open a new sales office in Edinburgh in December. The rationalized product line will fall into reference data, corporate actions and pricing data…