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Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action
“Happy is the man … who before he dies, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean Sea” – Nikos Kazantzakis They say a change is as good as a rest, but a rest sure feels good. And so it is I’m back in the Old Smoke, getting to grips with the task at hand:…
Numerix Offers Early Solution for Funding Value Adjustment
Numerix has added a universal framework for funding value adjustment (FVA) calculations to the risk module of its CrossAsset pricing and risk analytics suite. The solution is aimed at helping firms calculate accurate FVA and identify the true profit and loss of OTC derivatives operations. The Numerix implementation is among the first to support computation…
Diablo’s Memory Channel Technology Reduces Flash Latency and Jitter
Memory technology specialist Diablo Technologies has introduced its TeraDIMM architecture, allowing Flash memory to be supported directly by the DRAM memory bus on servers, reducing latency and jitter for solid state disks. This approach from the Ottawa, Canada company is likely to be attractive for developers of trading applications, which leverage SSDs for such tasks…
Marlin Equity Partners Acquires Asset Control and Sets Plans in Place
Ending an extended period of uncertainty following Markit’s decision to abandon talks about a possible purchase, Asset Control has been sold by Fidelity Ventures to Marlin Equity Partners, another venture capital firm. The deal ends months of speculation about the future of the data management software provider and should bring a measure of certainty to…
Data Consolidation and Quality Remain an Issue in Preparation for Solvency II
Data management continues to be a drag on insurance companies preparing for Solvency II, but not all are falling behind with some using the regulatory mandate to develop data management infrastructure that will drive both compliance and business benefits from investment in Solvency II. Moody’s Analytics’ latest Solvency II practitioner survey, which included in-depth interviews…
Fidessa Embeds FIX in Post-Trade Workflow Easing Cost and Operational Risk
Fidessa has teamed up with FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) to offer a post-trade confirmation hub that allows buy- and sell-side firms to confirm trades via FIX. The company says the extension of order workflow directly into the middle office reduces operational risk through greater certainty in trading, less chance of errors and faster confirmation of…
TS-Associates Details Integration of Correlix/TipOff
Latency management specialist TS-Associates is planning to integrate Correlix, the trade flow analysis tool it acquired in July 2012, and TipOff, the network and data flow monitoring tool it developed in-house since 2006. The integration builds on the company’s experience of the products in the market before the acquisition of Correlix and is planned in two…
Talking Reference Data with Sarah Underwood: Getting Ahead in Fund Pricing
Portfolio pricing and net asset valuation (NAV) calculations are top agenda items at many financial institutions as they strive to meet regulatory demands for transparency across pricing sources, models and methodologies, while increasing the efficiency and decreasing the cost of pricing and valuations. Nowhere is this scenario more familiar than at fund administrators facing the…
The Low Down on ROC’s Rules for the Global LEI System for pre-Local Operating Units, But Gaps Remain
Development of the global legal entity identifier system (GLEIS) took a significant step forward last weekend when the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the system published a document specifying the principles and requirements that should be followed by pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs) wanting to take part in the interim GLEIS. The document, initially scheduled for…
Is Big Data Just a Big Distraction?
By Chris Ford, Capcowww.capco.com Everyone is talking about big data. But the hype around the big data concept clouds a clear discussion on the current and actual needs of the financial services sector. The temptation of any new technology is to embrace it and then go looking for a problem to solve. More appropriately, banks…