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Pricing Partners Introduces Brazilian Swaps Pricing
Pricing Partners announced today that the Price-it solution has been upgraded to support Brazilian swap conventions. The BRL swap market uses indeed different convention from other swap markets. First of all, the year fraction between two dates is computed as the difference of business days between the two dates divided by 252. Secondly, the fixed…
DataFlux Adds Data Governance, Workflow Enhancements to Master Data Management Solution
DataFlux , a leading provider of data management solutions, today announced the release of the DataFlux qMDM Solution v3.0, the latest release of its enterprise MDM technology designed from a single data management framework. This version of DataFlux qMDM includes an enhanced user interface to provide more comprehensive data governance and workflow controls for data…
Breaking New Ground with Ultra Low Latency Messaging
Inter Thread Communication (ITC) is not a new concept. Developers have been doing it for quite some time. However, doing it fast and well has been tricky. This mimics almost all of the modern day messaging communication primitives, such as IPC and reliable multicast. That is why I believe that ITC is the new ground…
Reval Hires Patrick Cannon to Lead Client Services Team Globally
Reval, the premier provider of financial risk management Software-as-a-Service) to corporations and financial institutions globally, announced today that Patrick Cannon has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Client Services to oversee dedicated Professional Services and Client Solutions teams in North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Cannon brings over 16 years of experience in…
ING Investment Management Adopts Bloomberg Research Platform
ING Investment Management has adopted Bloomberg’s proprietary research management platform to share ideas globally and track the effectiveness of trade ideas, Bloomberg and ING IM announced today. ING IM is the first investment firm to use the technology to create a network for portfolio managers, buy- and sell-side analysts to communicate and collaborate. The software…
SailPoint Global Market Pulse Survey Underscores Risk of Insider Threats
A recent SailPoint Market Pulse Survey examined the current state of employee compliance with corporate policy related to private, sensitive data to help identify weak links in IT risk mitigation programs. Conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of SailPoint, the survey of 3,484 employees in the United States, Great Britain and Australia found that an…
Indexium Signs with Cadis
Cadis , the global EDM specialist, has been selected by Indexium, to streamline its data management process. Indexium, the Swiss-based startup firm will calculate and distribute all indices for the STOXX Ltd, SIX Swiss Exchange and Deutsche Börse Group. After a successful Proof of Concept (PoC), Cadis is enabling Indexium to create new data feeds,…
Unifying Data for the End-User
The data that traders, researchers and risk managers need is often located across many systems. While ETL, middle-ware and traditional golden copy approaches are useful for data management, they don’t provide the business user with an easy way of analyzing this distributed data, says Xenomorph in its new white paper “TimeScape Data Unification”. A key…
Broadridge Canada Announces Enhanced Smart Securities Offering
Broadridge Financial Solutions, today announced the release of an enhanced version of its Smart Securities offering in Canada, which will now include New Issue Document Fulfillment. New Issue Document Fulfillment is a solution for the communication and delivery of transaction confirmations and required compliance documents to investors who have purchased new issue equity and fixed…
Bruno Prigent Appointed Global Head of Societe Generale Securities Services
Bruno Prigent, currently Deputy Head of Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS), will become Head of SGSS as of 30 September 2011. He will thus join the Executive Committee of the Private Banking, Global Investment Management and Services division as well as the General Management Committee of Societe Generale Group. Bruno Prigent will report to Jacques…