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London Data Management Summit: The Challenges and Opportunities of Solvency II Compliance
Solvency II has been some time in the making, but as deadlines loom for interim requirements in 2015 and full implementation in January 2016, the data management challenges of the regulation must be tackled not only by firms in the insurance industry, which Solvency II seeks to regulate, but also by third-party administrators and asset…
London Data Management Summit: Getting to Grips with Entity Data
Entity data management has moved up the agenda over the past year, driven by regulatory requirements, the establishment of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and, in some cases, a desire to centralise and provide enterprise-wide access to entity data. A-Team Group’s London Data Management Summit discussed the progress of entity data management, as well as…
DataStax and Azul Partnership Delivers High-Performance Enterprise Version of Cassandra
DataStax, provider of an enterprise version of the Apache Cassandra distributed database, has partnered with Azul Systems, provider of the Zing Java virtual machine (JVM). The partnership allows DataStax to provide its customers with a combined technology platform on which to build low-latency data management solutions for applications that require increasing amounts of in-memory data…
SunGard Accelerates Adaptiv Analytics with GPU Technology
SunGard has accelerated the speed of calculations within its Adaptiv Analytics solution by adding an underlying hardware layer of graphical and computer processing units to the software. The hardware, used in conjunction with the software, is designed to provide rapid credit risk analytics that can support growing demand for scenario-based risk and sensitivity analysis, as…
Xenomorph Integrates Python with TimeScape
Xenomorph has integrated the Python Open Source scripting language with its TimeScape cross-asset data management platform, allowing developers to take advantage of the language’s fast time to prototype, test and change ideas, as well as its integration with other programming languages including C and C++. Python has been built into the application programming interface of…
AIM Acquisition of Joss Technology Adds Entity Data Application and US Presence
AIM Software’s acquisition of Joss Technology will add an entity data business application to AIM’s Gain data management platform, as well as US based employees and customers who will help to power the company’s ‘go west’ strategy. The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed, but once it is complete, Joss Technology will be…
Interactive Data Seeks to Expand Enterprise Footprint with Latest APEX Release
Interactive data has rolled out the latest release of its APEX reference data service off the back of its significant investment in its new technology infrastructure called OMEGA. The new service brings together a wider range of reference data with faster intraday updates, and offering more delivery methods including the planned XML-based service, and on-demand…
OTCFin Builds Out Managed Services and Regulatory Solutions
OTCFin, a provider of risk and portfolio data management solutions, is building out its managed services offering and delivering regulatory compliance solutions based on its expertise in analytics, risk and performance data generation, integration and aggregation. The company’s first compliance engine is designed to meet the requirements of Solvency II and can be provided as…
Numerix Adds Automated Model Validation Software and Services
Numerix has added automated model validation testing to its CrossAsset analytics platform, allowing users to automate previously manual processes, receive regular reports on the suitability of models in specific market conditions, and meet regulations that scrutinise the use of models and their governance. The company’s solution for enterprise model risk management is called Numerix Model…
McObject Improves Performance of eXtremeDB Financial Edition and Eases Development with Version 6.0
McObject, a provider of low latency, high performance database management technologies, will release eXtremeDB Financial Edition version 6.0 today. The new version is a major upgrade including support for big data management for capital markets analytics and access to the database’s vector-based statistical functions using SQL and Python. Version 6.0 of eXtremeDB Financial Edition has…