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A-Team Webinar Debates the Data Management Challenges of Pricing and Valuations
Portfolio pricing and instrument valuations are under the spotlight as an increasing number of regulations require pricing and valuations data, the need for data quality and accuracy tops the agenda, and transparency of pricing methodologies becomes central to price challenges. These issues and more were discussed this week during an A-Team Group webinar moderated by…
AIM Software Strengthens Presence in North America
AIM Software is responding to market demand in North America for the business applications it added to its GAIN data management platform last year with the opening of a second office in New York. The second office builds on an initial sales office and will provide professional services, local support and direct account management for…
ICE Benchmark Administration Calls for Comments on Proposed Improvements to Libor
Intercontinental Exchange’s ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) is calling for feedback on proposed enhancements to Libor. The proposals have been published this week in a Position Paper on the Evolution of ICE Libor and include an expanded universe of transactions, a wider window for eligible transactions, and the need for consistent and reliable data. IBA took…
TMX Atrium Adopts NPL Time to Offer Accurate Time Stamp Service
TMX Atrium has signed an agreement with the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to distribute NPL Time, a certified and precise time signal that is directly traceable to Coordinated Universal Time and can be used by TMX Atrium customers for regulatory compliance and audit purposes. TMX Atrium’s adoption of the NPL Time service is designed…
First Derivatives Plans Significant Investment in Kx Systems following Acquisition of Majority Shareholding
First Derivatives’ acquisition of a majority shareholding in Kx Systems gives the company ownership of the kdb+ technology stack, access to over 100 Kx customers and a business unit that is expected to be earnings enhancing in the current financial year. First Derivatives, a Newry-based provider of software and consulting services to the financial services…
Unigestion Selects AIM Software’s GAIN for Enterprise Data Management
Unigestion, a Geneva headquartered asset manager, has selected AIM Software’s GAIN enterprise data management (EDM) platform and business applications to provide an integrated front-to-back-office data management and operations solution. The selection of GAIN plays into the asset manager’s recent decision to implement SimCorp’s Dimension, an investment management platform that has already been integrated with GAIN…
Xignite Teams Up With FactSet to Deliver Global View of Fundamental Data
Xignite is closing a gap in its fundamental data offering by adding a subset of FactSet’s Fundamentals database to its cloud-based market data platform. The company already provides fundamental data for the US and Canadian markets, and will use the FactSet data to extend coverage and provide a global view of all major markets, including…
Data Management Summit: The Challenges and Opportunities of BCBS 239
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision regulation BCBS 239 presents a significant data management challenge for banks, but it also offers opportunities for those that reach compliance. Moderating a panel discussion on risk data aggregation under BCBS 239 at A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit in London, Dennis Slattery, CEO of EDMWorks, set the scene noting…
Charles River Adds Thomson Reuters Pricing & Reference Data to its Managed Data Service?
Charles River, an enterprise-wide, front- and middle-office investment management solution provider, has enhanced its Managed Data Service with the addition of Thomson Reuters pricing and reference data. This is the latest in a series of continued enhancements to the Charles River Data Service which provides benchmark, reference and issuer data, real-time pricing and new security…
Data Management Summit: Trending Technologies
State-of-the-art technologies such as hardware acceleration and in-memory databases increase processing speeds and support high performance analytics, making them first choice for some, but not all, trading environments. Moderating debate about the promise of big data and high performance analytics technologies at the A-Team Group Data Management Summit in London, A-Team chief content officer Andrew…