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Markit Teams with Six Dealers on Valuations Platform To Improve “Cumbersome” Aggregation, Distribution
The latest in a flurry of initiatives bidding to improve the valuations process in the wake of the sub-prime crisis and the credit crunch comes from UK market data vendor Markit Group which in a now-familiar modus operandi is working with six Wall Street banks to launch a global, multi-bank, cross-asset client valuations platform. The…
Downstream Integration a Data Issue – Not a Technical Issue – JPMC’s Serenita Tells FIMA Delegates
As the enterprise data management (EDM) discipline has matured during recent years, there has been a growing focus on the importance of downstream distribution of data. One element of the solution to this problem has been presented as integration technology to facilitate linkages between data management systems and data consuming applications. In line with this…
CME Credit Market Analysis Buy Gives Exchange Greater OTC Exposure, CMA New Sales Channel
The acquisition of credit derivatives data specialist Credit Market Analysis (CMA) by derivatives exchange CME Group is positioned as enabling CME to grow its activities in the OTC credit derivatives market, and as generating opportunities to combine the CMA data services with CME’s trade execution and clearing capabilities to create new offerings for the marketplace…
… And Adds Time Series to Valordata Feed
Telekurs Financial is introducing VDF Time Series as part of the Valordata Feed (VDF) data offering. Up until now, only daily valuation prices for various price types have been supplied through Telekurs Financial’s Valordata Feed. With the new VDF Time Series service, however, complete time series will now be included in VDF. With the time…
Telekurs Introduces Standard Interface Between VDF And Eagle’s EDM System…
Telekurs has introduced a standard interface between its Valordata Feed (VDF) and Eagle Investment Systems’ data management solution. Eagle’s solution is a data management platform that provides connectivity and data integration from numerous sources and consolidates it in one location. The Valordata Feed delivers information from Telekurs’ database of structured, encoded securities information. Covering 4…
Life’s not fair…
Well it had to happen eventually: the whinging by some of the financial institutions making significant write-downs that it’s the accounting standards that are to blame, not any shortcoming on their part in allowing themselves to become dangerously over-exposed to instruments they didn’t properly understand. Accusations that “fair value” accounting standards are making the credit…
Buy Side EDM Demand Holding Up, New-Look Cadis Software Claims
The evolution of the buy side EDM specialist formerly known as Citadel Associates that was set in train by the departure of managing director Jean Williams and the company’s acquisition by a group of seasoned financial technology investors mid-last year has culminated in its renaming as Cadis Software. As the vendor assumes the name of…
Capgemini Majors on Flexibility for Reference Data Outsourcing
Capgemini’s recently announced reference data management (RDM) services, which include business process outsourcing (BPO), are differentiated from competitive offerings by their flexibility, the consulting, technology and outsourcing provider claims. Capgemini will not be saying to clients, “here’s a solution – take it or leave it”, according to Saleel Nair, its global leader of reference data…
ValueLink Hires Mike Rhoden for BizDev
ValueLink Information Services, provider of managed data solutions, has appointed Mike Rhoden business development manager, reporting to head of business development Ashley Smith. Rhoden brings industry experience gained at Trading Screen and Moneyline Telerate.
Xtrakter Names Jinks Director, Commercial Operations
Xtrakter, part of the ICMA group of companies, has appointed Richard Jinks to the position of director of commercial operations. Xtrakter is planning a range of new data services based on its recently completed new data warehouse. Jinks previously held senior positions at Misys, Omgeo, Checkfree and BT Global Financial Services, where he was involved…