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Symphony Asset Management Picks Paladyne for Central Data Repository
Paladyne Systems, solutions provider for the hedge fund industry, has licensed its Paladyne product suite to Symphony Asset Management, an investment advisor to a number of institutional accounts. Symphony has licensed the Paladyne product suite to use as its centralised reference and market data repository and firm-wide data warehouse and custom reporting solution. Symphony has…
Xtrakter Appoints Jinks Director of Commercial Operations
Xtrakter, part of the ICMA group of companies, has appointed Richard Jinks to the position of director of commercial operations. Jinks, who joins Xtrakter on March 3, will report directly to the chief executive and be a member of Xtrakter’s Executive Committee. Jinks previously held senior positions at Misys, Omgeo, Checkfree (formerly Heliograph) and most…
XSP Hires Rabon as Program Director, Maclean as Senior Business Analyst
Brian Rabon has joined XSP, provider of corporate actions software, as program director. Rabon joins XSP from Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, where he was programming team leader, responsible for managing and developing a team of Java/.Net developers. In this newly-created role, Rabon will be responsible for all program management initiatives impacting XSP’s global IT…
Asset Control Adds Telekurs VDF Content to Centralised Data Management Solution
Asset Control has expanded its global data coverage by adding Telekurs Valdordata Feed (VDF) content to its centralised reference and financial data management solution. Several clients have already licensed the new capability and are in the process of implementing it, the vendor says. VDF provides reference data, corporate actions information and price data on more…
Paladyne Integrates Reuters DataScope Onsite into Hosted Hedge Fund Suite to Meet Demand for ABS Data
Reuters and Paladyne Systems, provider of onsite and hosted hedge fund solutions, have completed the integration of Reuters DataScope Onsite with the Paladyne suite of products. The aim is to meet increased demand within the alternative investment industry for comprehensive data on asset-backed securities. Reuters DataScope Onsite carries more detailed data on these instruments and…
NYSE Euronext Acquires IVRS, Launches Prime Source To Capitalise on Market’s Transparency Focus
LIFFE (Holdings), a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext, has acquired Independent Valuation and Risk Services (IVRS) for some £700,000, plus a deferred consideration element. Hard on the heels of this acquisition, NYSE Euronext has also launched Prime Source, a new independent valuation service. IVRS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lombard Risk Management, provider of software and…
Reuters Aims to Price 100% of Customers’ Derivatives Holdings
Reuters’ recently announced service for delivering bespoke valuations for derivatives and complex securities (ReferenceDataReview.com, January 28 2008) formalises an activity the vendor has been testing for a couple of years, and reflects a recognition that firms increasingly want to offload the valuations burden on to a third party. Reuters has been providing bespoke evaluations to…
Credit Crunch Pushes Industry Mood in Favour of Third Party Valuations, OTC Val’s Blance Believes
The credit crunch may have put pressure on spending decisions by financial institutions, but the need for external sources of evaluated prices, particularly for asset backed securities, has been “starkly portrayed”, and the “mood is definitely swinging in favour” of making greater use of third party sources, believes Ian Blance, who recently joined derivatives specialist…
Swiss Life Funds Live with Aquin Data Management, Reporting Platform
Swiss Life Funds (Group Swiss Life), a subsidiary of Swiss Life Investment Management Holding, Zürich, has implemented Aquin Components’ central data management and reporting platform to support consolidation of fund and historic data and unified fund reporting, DVS. It took just 10 months to fully implement the DVS platform, providing Swiss Life Funds with a…
Telekurs Financial, Euroclear UK & Ireland Sign Data Supply Agreement
Telekurs Financial and Euroclear UK & Ireland have signed an agreement for the supply of certain static securities data available at Euroclear UK & Ireland. Euroclear UK & Ireland is the central securities depositary (CSD) of the UK and Ireland, and operates the multi-currency, real-time settlement system processing transactions in all UK securities, Irish equities…