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Markit Plans to Build Corporate Actions Capability On Back of Information Mosaic Acquisition
Markit is back on the acquisition trail with this week’s announcement that it has agreed to acquire Information Mosaic, a provider of corporate actions and post-trade securities processing software – but Information Mosaic may not be Markit’s only acquisition interest as we have heard it is considering buying another well known data management company. Financial…
EDM Council Releases First Standard FIBO Component
The Enterprise Data Management Council (EDM Council) has released its first standard financial industry ontology, FIBO Foundations, having received approval for the ontology from standards awarding body the Object Management Group (OMG). The council plans to release a further six ontologies that adhere to the Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) open standard on a quarterly…
A-Team Webinar Debates the Data Management Challenges of Solvency II
The January 2016 deadline for Solvency II compliance is fast approaching, leaving many insurance firms, asset managers and third-party administrators with much to do as they tackle data management issues that are raised by the regulation and include huge data volumes, multiple data sources, new data types and complex data aggregation. The data management challenges…
Thomson Reuters Adds Sentiment Data on Companies to its MarketPsych Indices
Thomson Reuters has added indices covering over 7,500 global companies to its MarketPsych indices, giving investors greater insight into how emotions and perceptions move financial markets, and helping them to define more effective trading strategies. The company indices add to MarketPsych indices that have been developed by Thomson Reuters in conjunction with MarketPsych, a consultancy…
MetaMako Launches MetaApp Latency-Reduction Device
By Zoe Schiff Low latency trading specialist Metamako has launched MetaApp, a latency-reduction device aimed at the trading and exchange communities and the telcos that provide them with connectivity. MetaApp seeks to address firms’ growing requirement for flexibility and determinism in their efforts to establish and support low-latency infrastructures in support of fast market access….
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: The Flash Crash Blame Game
As you know, we don’t often wade in on macro market structure issues, preferring instead to stick to our proverbial knitting: trading infrastructure that uses high-performance technologies to introduce some smarts. But the recent arrest of a culprit in the authorities’ long-running efforts to assign blame for the May 6, 2010, so-called Flash Crash –…
NanoSpeed Cuts Trading Latency with FPGA Based Nano-Gateway
NanoSpeed has halved the latency of its first FPGA based trading gateway with the addition of Nano-Gateway, an FPGA including interfaces for up to 32,000 trading algos, market data feed handlers, pre-trade risk checks, limits that can be changed on the fly, and the ability to deliver client orders to an exchange in less than…
Opinion: ‘Global FATCA’ Clock Starts Ticking For Fund Management Industry, Warns Linedata
By Justin Hayes, Product Manager, Linedata Services When the FATCA returns and listing deadline of 1st June ends, financial institutions must quickly turn their attention to even more expensive and burdensome regulations. Justin Hayes, product manager at Linedata, the leading international software and solutions provider, outlines the impact the OECD Common Reporting Standards, dubbed ‘Global…
SimCorp and Thomson Reuters Enhance Users’ Access to Pricing, Reference Content?
SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, and Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the installation of a dedicated adapter enabling portfolio managers to access DataScope Select pricing and reference data through the SimCorp Dimension software platform….
Xenomorph Integrates Tableau to Extend Capability of TimeScape EDM+
Xenomorph has extended the capability of its TimeScape EDM+ enterprise data management solution through the integration of Tableau’s business intelligence and visualisation software. The integration is in line with the company’s strategy of adding tools for both data managers and business users to its TimeScape platform and follows the addition of native charting and heatmap…