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Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Valuations (Part 2)
As I mentioned last week, issues around establishing fair value for less liquid securities remain a focus for many in the financial data business. The marketplace has seen the emergence of highly specialised financial products over the past several years, and data practitioners are having to come to grips with how to deal with these…
Solace Boosts Messaging Appliance Throughput to 1.7PB/Day
Messaging specialist Solace Systems has introduced new network acceleration blades for its 3260 messaging appliance, capable of 40 gigabits/second bi-directional data transfer. That adds up, says the company, to a 80 gigabits/second total transfer rate, or 1.7 petabytes per day. Solace’s new offering is addressing the growing need to support “big data in motion” –…
Czech Securities Trader RSJ Uses Kx’s kdb+ to Handle 255 Million Records a Day
Prague-based securities trader RSJ evaluated a number of open source databases and SAP’s Sybase IQ solution before selecting Kx Systems’ kdb+ database platform to support its algorithmic trading. Kdb+ replaces in-house developed proprietary solutions at RSJ, which is the largest trader of financial derivatives in the Czech Republic, the biggest trader on NYSE Liffe and…
Temenos Rebrands ProDB as DataSource, Launches Packaged Data Management Solutions
Temenos has rebranded its ProDB enterprise data management solution as Temenos DataSource and set out a strategy to deliver pre-packaged data management solutions aimed at easing banks’ pain points. The solutions will combine the Temenos metadata model and rules engine with a financial instruments data model (FIDM) developed by Geneva-based Ecofin. The first packaged solution…
SIX Financial Information Develops FundsFast Concept to Deliver Fund Income Data
SIX Financial Information is offering delivery of fund income information on a 15-minute frequency as part of a bespoke managed service that augments the functionality of its FundsFast current day fund prices service. The Fund Income Distribution service had a soft launch in the first quarter of 2013 and is now in production with many…
Xenomorph Lifts TimeScape into the Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud
Xenomorph has deployed its TimeScape analytics and data management solution in Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud, offering existing and potential users of the software an alternative to on-site installation. Some existing TimeScape users are expected to migrate to the cloud, while new customers can take immediate advantage of the short implementation time and reduced costs of…
In-Memory Heats Up for Low Latency and Big Data
Last week I was in Orlando for SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW event, where the main focus was not on the company’s highly successful business and data warehouse applications – revenues in 2012 were around $20 billion – but on a product introduced in late 2010 and said to be its fastest selling ever. Mysteriously named HANA…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Valuations… But Were Afraid to Ask (Part 1)
Valuations are a hot topic in today’s increasingly regulated capital markets. Transparency is a prime concern, as are multi-sourcing of pricing data, timely delivery and the process for handling price challenges. And yet, getting to grips with the intricacies of the issues at hand remains elusive. Until now, that is. In the first of three…
Contextualising Your Data
By Simon Smith, Granger Smith Consultingwww.grangersmithconsulting.com The ever growing amount of digital data available poses a real challenge to current search solutions, because they could potentially lack relevance, timeliness and adaptability. BI systems have traditionally focused upon structured data, for example; costs, margins and sales, and it is now becoming essential for a reporting tool…
Misys Builds Out Sophis Value with Version 5 and Ongoing Roadmap
Misys has released version five of its Sophis Value portfolio and risk management solution, increasing risk analytics and asset coverage, as well as providing a new user interface and compliance with Dodd-Frank and European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) requirements covering derivatives. Sophis Value v5 has been in development for two years and is in beta…