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NumeriX and R2 Financial Technologies Partner for Cash and Synthetic Credit Instrument Valuations
NumeriX, a provider of analytics for the derivative and structured products markets, and R2 Financial Technologies, a provider of solutions for pricing and risk profiling structured credit strategies, have teamed up to develop a solution aimed at enabling the pricing and valuation of cash and synthetic credit instruments. According to both vendors, the NxR2 solution…
BNY Mellon Picks GFI Fenics FX for Pricing Services in NYC, London and Tokyo
Bank of New York Mellon has signed a three-year license for GFI Fenics FX, pricing and risk management software from GFI Group, for use in its offices in New York, London and Tokyo. The banking and asset management firm says it will primarily use GFI Fenics FX for central pricing and risk management and global…
McCreevy Adds His Voice to Debate on CDS Clearing Counterparty
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor European Union internal markets commissioner Charlie McCreevy has added his two pennies worth to the debate on the introduction of a clearing counterparty for the credit default swap (CDS) market by urging European players to get involved. McCreevy is concerned that Europe may be left behind in the race to…
Broadridge Financial Solutions Offers Proxy Statement Data in XBRL Format
Broadridge Financial Solutions has introduced an open source format for interactive proxy statements to XBRL US. Following the announcement earlier in the year by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that financial reporting statements should be made available in XBRL, the vendor has accordingly adapted its architecture in order to meet the requirements. The proxy…
Knight Capital Enters CDS Clearing Counterparty Race
Knight Capital Group is the latest contender in the credit default swap (CDS) clearing counterparty race, joining players such as CME Group and Eurex. The brokerage and asset management firm says its NetDelta electronic settlement platform has been in development for over a year. The platform is available to both the buy side and the…
JustSystems and Edgar Online Partner for XBRL Data on Desktop
Japanese XML and information management software vendor JustSystems and Edgar Online have signed a strategic alliance to deliver XBRL to financial institutions’ desktops. Through the new partnership, JustSystems will deliver certain of Edgar Online’s XBRL tagged data to their subscribers through the xfy XBRL viewer platform. Edgar Online provides SEC filings in real-time on the…
O’Shaughnessy Joins DTCC as Global Head of Sales
Caroline O’Shaughnessy has joined the Depository Trust and Clearing Company (DTCC) as vice president and global head of sales in London. Prior to her appointment at DTCC, she was global head of indirect channel, Enterprise, at Reuters. While at Reuters she also held the position of head of third party alliances for Reuters DataScope. Prior…
Interactive Data Says Q3 2008 Revenues to Increase by 7.7% on Last Year, But Net Income Down by 7.1%
Interactive Data Corporation says that it expects its third quarter revenues to be approximately US$188.6 million, which would represent a 7.7% increase over third-quarter 2007 revenue of US$175.0 million. However, according to its preliminary financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2008, net income will be down 7.1% on last year’s results to…
Standards: Speaking the Same Language Worldwide By Frank Träxler, international sales manager, WM Datenservice
Due to the increasing complexity of its fields of activity and the relevant regulatory framework, the financial industry is faced with ever greater challenges in managing its systems, processes, data and information. The international environment, subject to diverse regulations (for example, EU Prospectus Directive, EU Savings Tax Directive, EU Transparency Directive, and MiFID), is fraught…
Stick provides carrot for data community
It seems that the threat of greater regulatory involvement has spurred on a flurry of activity and innovation in the data community over the last few months. As institutions’ IT purse strings have tightened and closer scrutiny has been paid to areas such as counterparty risk and fair value pricing, vendors have upped their game…