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Xcitek Wins European Client In Mizuho International

London-based Mizuho International has gone live with Xcitek’s XSP software for corporate actions processing, following a detailed evaluations process of a number of systems providers. Said John Sweeney, executive director of Securities Services at Mizuho International, “XSP gives us end-to-end automation in our asset servicing area and enables us to offer a strong and competitive…

Asset Control Enhances Data Management in Version 6.0

Asset Control has released version 6.0 of its AC Server, the core of its data management solutions. The new server provides “significant performance improvements and enhancements” resulting from new features. These features include clustering, to help avoid single points of failure, increased flexibility to create fault-tolerant architectures, and 64-bit support, enabling faster and more efficient…

JPMorgan WSS Launches Sites For Compliance Officers

JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services has introduced two new websites targeted at chief compliance officers to help them meet various mutual fund compliance requirements. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requires mutual funds to appoint COOs and implement comprehensive policies and procedures to prevent fund companies and advisors from violating SEC regulations and securities laws. The…

Capco Introduces Dividend Forecasts to Global Index Monitor

Capco Reference Data Services is expanding its Global Index Monitor product, acquired through the purchase of Iverson Financial to include dividend forecasts. The new data, branded Global DivCast, will be available in the fourth quarter of this year. It is being positioned as a centralised source of dividend data providing current and accurate dividend projections…

EUSD: Catch Up on Progress

As mentioned in our special focus supplement of the June edition of Reference Data Review, the EU Savings (Tax) Directive went into effect on July 1, with implications for paying agents on identifying instruments falling under the directive. Data vendors worked with user firms to help by providing tagged data within product modules. FT Interactive…

Changes at Cicada; Schachne, Bhimani Leaves; Redfern, Stacey Transfer to CPL

There have been changes at Cicada as Bruce Schachne has left his role as vice president of global sales to join Standard & Poor’s as vice president of marketing in the global market development division of its ratings group. Hubert Holmes will now resume the global sales management role in addition to his business development…

Reuters Adds Another Third-Party Distributor, Linedata…

Reuters is making its Datascope reference and historical data solution available through Linedata Services. The data will be accessible through Linedata’s Icon fund management system, which covers real-time investment accounting, portfolio valuation, collective investment pricing and management/client reporting. Pete Hudson, head of product marketing at Linedata Services (UK), says, “We are seeing increasing demand from…

Levy Replaces Birch at UBS; Birch Moves to Schroders

Stuart Levy has become head of UK data management at UBS based in London. He replaces Steven Birch who has moved to become head of data management at Schroder Global Asset Management, also in London.

…While Rumours Persist of Reuters’ Purchase of Ecowin

Rumours have been circulating that Reuters is in negotiations to acquire Swedish data vendor Ecowin, with whom it recently entered a third-party distribution deal to integrate DataScope data into the Ecowin database (Reference Data Review, June 2005). Reuters is already a distributor of Ecowin’s economic data, and fees between the two vendors are essentially netted…

IBM Loses Glasser from Data Management Team

In a surprise departure, Dessa Glasser has left her role as director within IBM’s Global Services division, where she was a key player in its reference data strategy. It is not clear where she has moved to or who will replace her.