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Nine Out of 10 Bankers Not Confident Over Stress Testing – According to New Sybase Survey
Sybase, an SAP company and industry leader in enterprise and mobile software, today announced results of a survey showing that more than nine out of 10 capital markets executives lack confidence in bank stress testing, while more than 75 percent are struggling to capture trading system data. These key findings, among others, came from a…
ESMA’s IFRS Report Highlights “Room for Improvement” in Fair Value Data Disclosure
The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) recent report on the application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) across the European region highlights that firms are still falling short in their data provision for fair value hierarchy and qualitative disclosures on risks arising from financial instruments. Although the European level regulator notes that progress has…
Charles River Data Service Ensures Timely, Accurate Data for Buy-Side Firms
Charles River Development (Charles River), a front- and middle-office investment solutions provider, today announced the availability of the Charles River Data Service, a new offering that delivers validated security reference, issuer, benchmark/index and pricing data aggregated from various leading providers directly into the Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS). Live with its first…
Ullink Reduces Latency with Ouch, Teams with Fiberblaze
Ullink has added Ouch support to its UL IRIS+ pre-trade risk offering, reducing latency of checks from 3.5 microseconds previously attainable for the FIX protocol to just two microseconds. Ullink is leveraging FPGA-based network interface cards from Denmark’s Fiberblaze as part of its solution. Ouch is binary protocol developed by Nasdaq OMX, and supported by…
Kurtosys Launches Their New Interactive Analytical Web Tools Service for Asset Managers, Kurtosys Tools
Kurtosys Systems Limited announced today that their new interactive analytical web tools service, Kurtosys Tools, part of Kurtosys’ Digital Communications Platform, is now available for asset managers. Underpinned by Kurtosys Web, our leading web content management solution, Kurtosys Tools provides a refreshing way of presenting fund based data and content on asset manager websites. With…
IFDS Appoints Ian Betley in New Development Role
International Financial Data Services (IFDS), the investor record keeping outsourcing joint venture between State Street Corporation and DST Systems, Inc., announced today the appointment of Ian Betley as Group Executive, responsible for life and pensions business development, reporting to Paul Roberts, Managing Director. Prior to joining IFDS, Ian was Sales Director at Steria; responsible for…
Compliance Specialist co-comply Signs Three New Contracts
co-comply, the compliance and governance software supplier to the institutional and hedge fund industries, announces that it has signed three new contracts in the hedge fund, wealth and institutional asset management markets. Esemplia Emerging Markets, the active emerging markets equity asset manager, has agreed an initial three-year license for all modules of co-comply – the…
MphasiS Announces Partnership with Talend to Bring Master Data Management to Banking and Capital Markets Clients
MphasiS, a leading IT services provider, today announced a strategic relationship with Talend, a global open source software leader. This partnership will enable banking and capital markets customers to swiftly implement Master Data Management (MDM) solutions, cultivate profitable customer relationships, streamline data management operations, and manage risk more effectively. MDM implemented on the Talend enterprise…
SOFGEN’s REG-Reporter Selected By One of the Largest Banks in the World
SOFGEN Holdings (SOFGEN), an international banking IT consulting firm, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, SOFGEN Americas, has signed NY Branch of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), as a REG-Reporter client. SMFG offers a broad range of financial services centered on banking as well as…
Opinion: LEIs – The Need for a System
By Chris Pickles, head of industry initiatives, BT Global Banking and Financial Markets On 15 October the finance ministers and central bankers of the G20 economies issued a communiqué that said: “We underscored our support for a global legal entity identifier (LEI) system which uniquely identifies parties to financial transactions with an appropriate governance structure…