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FX Market Data Woes: Formats, Latency, Cost
StreamBase Systems just released the results of its 3rd annual survey of FX trading and technology issues and trends. Some 135 firms were surveyed, the majority on the buy side. This resulted in lots of facts, figures, pie charts, bar charts, and a few qualitative remarks, with worries about regulation and increased transparency being top…
Vienna Stock Exchange Positions itself as Data Hub for CEE
The market data of the Macedonian Stock Exchange can now be subscribed to via the Vienna Stock Exchange. This is another step forward for the Vienna Stock Exchange in its endeavor to position itself as the data hub for CEE. The one-stop shop concept of the Vienna Stock Exchange means that data vendors can subscribe…
DataFlux Gains Solvency II Momentum with New European Insurance Customers
DataFlux, a leading provider of data management solutions, today announced that nine European insurance firms have selected its technology over the past few quarters to underpin their Solvency II data management initiatives. The DataFlux Solvency II data governance framework is being used by firms to take practical steps to adhere to a wide range of…
Capco Expands UK Capital Markets Leadership Team as Industry Undergoes Fundamental Reforms
Capco, the global business and technology consultancy dedicated solely to the financial services industry, has appointed Rob Deakin as a Partner within its UK capital markets leadership team, where he will be working with Tier One investment banks on improving the performance of their technology organisations. Rob joins Capco with significant consulting expertise in investment…
Andrew’s Blog – Get Involved in A-Team’s DMRAV Event – London October 17
While London’s weather may not make for exciting summer activities, we’re getting mildly animated at the prospect of pulling together the programme for our Data Management for Risk, Analytics & Valuations conference in London on October 17. Ages away? Hardly. Get the bank holiday weekend out of the way and it’s just a month to…
Shakeup Continues at S&P, as President Sharma Indicates Citi’s Peterson Will Take Over Next Month
Standard & Poor’s president Deven Sharma, who has recently overseen the internal restructuring of the credit agency and data vendor into two separate businesses, has indicated that next month he will be handing over his responsibilities to Douglas Peterson, who is currently chief operating officer of Citibank. Sharma will stay on in an advisory capacity…
Xtrakter to Offer New FSA Reporting for Derivatives Trades
Xtrakter, a leading provider of capital market data, trade matching and regulatory reporting, is now reporting derivative transaction data for clients to the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) using a newly implemented industry format – the Alternative Instrument Identifier (Aii). In compliance with MiFID, the use of Aii for transaction reporting across Europe for derivatives…
Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) Renews and Extends Strategic Outsourcing Contract with State Street
State Street Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, announced today that Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) through its Life, Pensions and Investments business (Scottish Widows) and its Asset Management business (Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has renewed and extended its existing contract. State Street will serve as the preferred…
SEI Introduces Functionality to Support UCITS IV Requirements
SEI announced today the launch of new tools designed to assist investment managers in meeting mandatory requirements under the Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities IV (UCITS) Directive. SEI has developed an online solution to simplify the production and servicing of the required Key Investor Information Document (KIID), while also enhancing its portfolio compliance…
Broadridge Releases the First Mobile ProxyVote Platform to Canadian Shareholders Who Can Now Vote on Smart Phones and Other Mobile Devices
Proxy voting moves to the next generation of advanced technology with today’s announcement by Broadridge Financial Solutions, that its ProxyVote.com platform will now be available on mobile data devices such as smart phones and tablets for Canadian shareholders. Twenty million proxy votes were recorded through ProxyVote.com for the 12 months ended June 30, 2010. ProxyVote…