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Six Financial Information Adds Pre-LEIs from Avox to its Reference Data Services
Six Financial Information is mapping pre-Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) provided by Avox to its reference data to help users of its data services meet the reporting requirements of regulations including European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), which comes into force on 12 February, Dodd-Frank and Solvency II. The company considered available sources of pre-LEIs in the…
Saxo Bank Attracts Early Adopters to its Social Trading Portal
Saxo Bank has opened a portal for social trading on its multi-asset class SaxoTrader platform. Called TradingFloor.com, the portal is open to investors around the world and enables them to share trades, comments and feedback. The portal opened for beta testing late last year and was introduced to the market last week, ahead of full…
Tech Matters with Pete Harris: Lenovo – Remember That Name
A new name is set to appear in financial markets data centres. With its planned purchase of IBM’s low-end server business, China’s Lenovo is set to become a major arms dealer to trading enterprises. The transaction – announced last week and subject to regulatory approval (including related to foreign investment) – will see Lenovo pay…
ITRS Delivers Murex Monitoring Interface Via Excelian Tie-Up
ITRS has partnered with integrator Excelian to add Murex to the list of trading and risk applications handled by its Geneos performance monitoring system. The arrangement will give mutual clients access to real-time metrics on system performance for Murex solutions. ITRS already delivers predictive, real-time monitoring and management capabilities for over 100 third-party trading and…
EDMworks Debates the Data Management Demands of Regulatory and Business Change
As numerous regulations come into force this year and financial firms pursue product innovation, client retention and cost reduction, the pressure is on to deliver data management programmes that can absorb change and meet both regulatory and business requirements. The EDMworks Data Practitioner Network gathered recently to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by regulatory…
MathWorks Extends Matlab Capability through Integration with Numerix
MathWorks and Numerix have integrated the Numerix Cross-Asset Integration Layer with MathWorks’ Matlab numerical computation environment to allow Matlab users to access Numerix calculations in the creation of applications for pre-trade pricing, modelling and analysis of complex financial instruments. The integration was completed last year and incorporates Numerix CrossAsset Integration Layer templates in the Matlab…
GoldenSource Names New CEO as it Moves into EDM as a Service
In a move to position itself for the next generation of enterprise data management (EDM) as a service, GoldenSource has named former Pivot chief John H Eley as CEO. Eley replaces Mike Meriton, who has led GoldenSource since January 2002 and remains at the firm as vice chairman with a remit to capitalise on growth…
Dow Jones CEO Lex Fenwick Replaced by Interim CEO William Lewis
In a shock move this week, News Corp has replaced Dow Jones CEO Lex Fenwick with William Lewis, News Corp’s chief creative officer who will serve as interim CEO at Down Jones until a permanent CEO is appointed. The change of CEO coincides with a review by News Corp of Dow Jones’ institutional strategy. Fenwick…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Getting Real About The Utility Model
There’s been a lot of air – some of it hot – expressed around the concept of a shared utility for reference data management. On my travels around the City, and on Wall Street, I get the sense of a polarisation of views, between the perhaps naively optimistic and the deeply cynical. What’s a utility…
Swift Replaces SwiftRef Event Data with SmartStream Global Holiday Calendar
Swift has added SmartStream Technologies’ Global Holiday Calendar to its SwiftRef reference data utility, replacing calendar data from Copp Clark and delivering global events data in real time. SwiftRef was introduced a couple of years ago and has since been developed with the addition of more data and more frequent updates. Patrik Neutjens, head of…