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RZB Selects Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform for Data Management
Austrian bank Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) has selected Thomson Reuters’ Enterprise Platform for data management across the RZB Group. The bank is currently engaged in establishing a new market risk infrastructure, which it hopes will provide it with the ability to hedge its portfolios more effectively, enabling substantial savings in hedging costs. The bank engaged in…
KBC Group Selects Ness Technologies for Consolidated Data Management
Brussels headquartered KBC Group has selected Ness Technologies’ Financial Data Enterprise solution to provide an end to end consolidated data management platform. According to the vendor, the deal is a multi-year agreement and involves a combination of Ness’ proprietary software and services. Sudhakar Kondisetty, chief business officer of Ness’ Financial Services, Ness Technologies, says: “Generally,…
Siperian and Evaxyx Partner for Faster Implementation Framework
Master data management (MDM) platform developer Siperian and data integration consulting firm Evaxyx have signed a strategic partnership in order to speed up the implementation process of Siperian’s MDM Hub. To this end, Evaxyx has developed the Evaxyx Siperian Services Framework (ESSF), which is based on a set of industry best practices. According to both…
Data Explorers Appoints Ex-Thomson Reuters Morris and Holmes as COO and Sales Director
Securities lending data provider Data Explorers has appointed two senior executives from Thomson Reuters to join its management team. It has hired Jonathan Morris as chief operating officer and Christopher Holmes as sales director. Morris led the integration effort for the new combined Thomson Reuters sales and trading content and technology organisations, and was also…
Mizuho Corporate Bank Signs up for CB.Net and Petra Financial Reference Data Directory
Following their signing of a partnership agreement in July, Petra Financial and CB.Net have announced their first customer for their combined reference data directory offering. Mizuho Corporate Bank has deployed, CB.Net’s BankSearchPlusOnline in three locations worldwide: London, Paris and Milan. According to the vendors, BankSearchPlusOnline will give Mizuho staff access to a comprehensive directory of…
What Goes in Must Come Out: The Importance of Pricing Sources in Central Clearing
By Laurent Paulhac, CEO, Credit Market Analysis The credit crunch exposed significant flaws in the infrastructure of the US$62 trillion credit market. The failure of Bear Stearns, in particular, highlighted the importance of reducing counterparty risk through independent, centralised clearing counterparties. Many such counterparties have thrown their hats into the clearing ring of late, without…
DebtX and Bloomberg Sign Agreement for Loan Pricing Data
Online marketplace for commercial debt, DebtX, has signed an agreement with Bloomberg under which its loan pricing data is available to Bloomberg subscribers via the Bloomberg Professional L service. The vendors hope this will bring a new level of transparency to the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market. DebtX CEO Kingsley Greenland explains: “Bloomberg and DebtX…
Telekurs Rebrands, Partners with ValuePrice and Sets Sights on Valuations
It has been a busy few months for Telekurs, following its rebrand under the Swiss Financial Market Services group as SIX Telekurs and the establishment of a partnership with Frankfurt-based valuations provider ValuePrice. The partners have also announced their first client for their pricing services offering: German asset manager Metzler Investment. The rebrand is part…
Derivix Appoints Demitroff to Lead Sales in NYC
Derivix, a financial services software company that provides options pricing and analytics solutions, has appointed John Demitroff as managing director, head of sales. He will work in the vendor’s new NYC offices and has more than 20 years of experience in experience in sales and executive leadership in the financial services industry. Prior to joining…
Xenomorph Launches Updated Version of TimeScape with Enhanced Data Cleansing
Xenomorph has launched an update of its TimeScape data and analytics management system with enhanced data cleansing and validation encompassing ‘4 eyes’ or two user approval. The system has been updated in accordance with client feedback, according to the vendor. Chris Budgen, chief technology architect at Xenomorph, explains: “Cleansing, validation and audit is a vital…