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MIS Offers Case Management Tool Based on Cicada Technology
Cicada’s Profiler Solutions division is deploying components of its Profiler customer due diligence/KYC software to develop a case management tool for McDonald Information Service (MIS), provider of information on the reliability of retail and institutional accounts to more than 4000 financial institutions worldwide. The tool, called MIS CM, will be provided as an ASP in…
Financial Tradeware Appoints CIG Business Partner for North America
Financial Tradeware has partnered with New York-based Computer Intelligence Group (CIG) to bring its solutions to the North American and Caribbean regions. Under the terms of the agreement CIG, an IT consulting and services company that also recently partnered with reference data specialist AIM Software (Reference Data Review, January 2007), will market, install and support…
DPC Data Supports Perfect Information’s US Business
Perfect Information and DPC Data have formed a partnership to provide enhanced support and services for Perfect Information customers in the US via DPC’s data-related outsourcing services, following a soft launch of its Perfect Search product. Perfect Information, provider of corporate data for investors tracking equity and bond information, as well as corporate updates, is…
IntellectSpace Releases FN Knowledge Mapping
IntellectSpace has introduced IntellectSpace FN Knowledge Mapping, a solution for investment banks and private equity firms that automatically discovers, analyzes, and visually maps key relationships among companies and people. IntellectSpace FN is an engine that draws on the SEC disclosures and corporate announcements to graphically represent the underlying relationships that can reveal both risk and…
The Dynamics of Change By Gert Raeves, vice president, business solutions at GoldenSource
Change is like the common cold – there is a lot of it about. The interesting question is not if we are in a period of change: everything is always changing, in the same way that everyone is always busy –the constancy of change is a particularly tired cliché of business life. The better question…
ING Investment Management Builds MS-Based Ref Data System
ING Investment Management Americas, the US investment arm of ING Group, has used Microsoft technology to implement a database to help its employees manage, access and analyse investment data from a range of data sources. Using Microsoft Windows Server System products including SQL Server 2005, .Net Framework 2.0 and ASP.Net, ING has created the Relative…
Bank of New York Adds Valuations for European Swaptions, FX Options and OTC Equity Options
The Bank of New York has expanded its independent valuation service for OTC derivatives to include European swaptions, foreign exchange options and OTC equity options, in addition to the interest rate swaps and credit default swaps already covered. The bank is currently undergoing a merger with Mellon Financial Corporation, which recently announced the availability of…
The maxim of pragmatism
The great thing about standards is – as the old adage has it – there are so many of them to choose from. And yet, there never seem to be enough. Last month we charted the industry’s ongoing frustration at the lack of a standard international business entity identifier which, in the view of some,…
Northern Trust Offers to Manage Collateral for Investor Clients
Northern Trust has built on its independent valuation service for OTC derivatives to offer a suite of automated collateral management services to help investors manage credit risk. The bank believes its new service strengthens the competitive advantage it gained from being the first asset servicer to contract for collateral management outsourcing with Lombard Risk through…
DTCC Develops XML Format For Corporate Actions Data
DTCC is working to create a new XML based format for delivery of corporate actions announcement information via its Global Corporate Action Validation Service (GCA VS), scheduled for roll-out in early 2008. DTCC currently provides data in its own proprietary format and in ISO 15022. The inadequacy of the 15022 format for its purposes is…