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Good Year for GoldenSource?
The announcement of record 2010 results this week by EDM vendor GoldenSource could come as a surprise to some, given the bashing that the concept of ‘golden copy’ has taken in the industry of late and the numerous (thinly veiled) references to the troubles being experienced by the more established EDM vendors in the market…
Grody Claims GS1’s Position as a Wholly Focused Standards Administrator Gives it the Edge in the OFR Race
The bid by standards body GS1 to become the issuer of the new legal entity and instrument identification codes that are to be introduced as part of the developments around the US Office of Financial Research (OFR) may be only one of a number of options on the table, but key proponent and president of…
Questionable Motives?
I’ve spent a lot of the first two months of this year discussing the Office of Financial Research (OFR) with various industry participants, but a recent conversation brought to light something that hasn’t yet been fully explored in my previous blogs: the US government’s real motivation for standardising legal entity identification, beyond tracking systemic risk….
McGraw Hill Financial’s Split from S&P’s Ratings Agency Signals its High Hopes for Data, Pricing and Analytics
The decision taken by Standard & Poor’s to split its data, pricing and analytics business from its ratings agency business, and to rebrand it under the new moniker of McGraw Hill Financial, is a further signal that the vendor has high hopes for this area of its business. Given the flack that the ratings agencies…
ANNA’s Extension of the IGI Represents Serious Potential as the OFR’s LEI, Says WMD’s Heer
Markus Heer, managing director of German data vendor WMDatenservice (see his appointment to the role back in 2008) and vice chairman of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), reckons ANNA’s bid for the US Office of Financial Research’s legal entity identification standard stands a good chance, given its position as an ISO standard and…
ProFinance Chooses SIX Telekurs Data for its Bond Solutions Software
SIX Telekurs, a financial information provider is pleased to announce a partnership with ProFinance Services, a financial advisory firm providing financial research and investment solutions, that will bring together their experience in data collection and investment solution tools. Banks and non-banks will be offered innovative solutions for the analysis and selection of financial assets. Built…
Bank of Beijing Undertakes New Initiative to Incorporate Accuity’s AML Solutions
Accuity, the leading provider of payment routing data, anti-money laundering (AML) screening software, and services, is pleased to announce that Bank of Beijing, one of China’s largest commercial banks, has selected Accuity’s Compliance Link and Global WatchList. Compliance Link, Accuity’s modular enterprise-wide interdiction screening solution, and Global WatchList, Accuity’s proprietary collection of sanctions, enhanced due…
Interactive Data Awarded Second Patent For Fair Value Pricing Of An Asset
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it has been granted a second patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office for the fair value pricing of a financial asset. This patent extends this business process generally to securities that are not actively trading in a…
Eagle Plans Revision of its Mission Statement to Reflect the Importance of ASP
Back in December, Eagle Investment Systems’ president and CEO John Lehner told Reference Data Review that the vendor would be focusing on bolstering its software as a service (SaaS) offering, adding new integration tools and increasing its global coverage this year. In order to reflect this work and the increased importance of its application service provider (ASP)…
2011 US GAAP and SEC Taxonomies Available
The 2011 US GAAP Taxonomy and related taxonomies maintained by the SEC are now available, and companies may submit their interactive data filings to EDGAR using these taxonomies. A listing of all taxonomies available for use, including the 2011 US GAAP taxonomy, is located at http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/edgartaxonomies.shtml. The EDGAR validation and Previewer have been updated to…