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Microsoft’s MiFID Pitch Touts TAP Among Partner Solutions
Microsoft has set out its MiFID stall, and has identified reference data and client classification as two of the eight MiFID related challenges it wants to help financial institutions address through its initiative to offer “mix and match” MiFID solutions in conjunction with a range of partners. TAP Solutions, provider of the Microsoft based TAPMaster…
CIG Supports AIM Software in US, Targets Mid Office Needs
New York based consultancy Computer Intelligence Group (CIG) has partnered with Austria based AIM Software to market, implement and support its reference data management platform GAIN in the US, with an initial focus on large banks, brokers and mutual funds in New York and Boston. The two companies – which are also working closely with…
Solid Reference Data a Prerequisite For Liquidity Management Success
If you thought the heady world of automated trading, dark pools and liquidity fragmentation under MiFID and RegNMS had little effect on the humble reference data function, then you thought wrong, it seems. A recent research note from analyst Tabb Group identifies a growing need for sell side firms to establish comprehensive liquidity management functions,…
Counterparty Data Service a “Very Important Part” Of HSBC’s Global Licence Deal with Reuters
The new counterparty data service from Reuters, slated to go live in the second quarter, has emerged as a key component of the reference data element of the wide-ranging global data and technology infrastructure deal HSBC has signed with the vendor. Reuters describes reference data as “an extremely significant” component of the deal – which…
Reuters Appoints IDC’s Oldham to Manage Asia Pacific Pricing Service
Malcolm Oldham, previously responsible for Interactive Data’s evaluated fixed income pricing throughout the Asia Pacific region, has joined Reuters to manage its Pricing Service, launched in Asia Pacific in March 2006. Oldham is based in Melbourne, and reports to Pricing Service management in New York.
A-Team Analysis: IBEI Fears Grow as MiFID Approaches
Concern among industry participants is growing about the possible operational and financial implications of the current lack of a standard International Business Entity Identifier (IBEI) for use in transaction reporting under MiFID. The issue raised its head (again) during a meeting of experts this month in London under the auspices of an ISO Working Group…
Jordan & Jordan Hires Neil Edelstein as Director and Reference Data Specialist
Jordan & Jordan’s Management Consulting Practice has appointed Neil Edelstein as director and reference data specialist. Edelstein joins Jordan & Jordan from Accenture where he was a senior manager of data management services.
Lack of Standard IDs Constrains OTC Equity Derivatives Growth
Where do we go from here? This is the question posed in a recent paper from analyst Aite Group, exploring trends in OTC equity derivatives. OTC equity derivative growth has been steadily increasing – the market grew by a year over year rate of 32 per cent as of June 2006, according to the International…
Lehman’s Paula Hardy Appointed FISD Programme Director
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software & Information Industry Association has appointed Paula Hardy as program director. Joining FISD after 13 years at Lehman Brothers, where she was most recently vice president for contracts and vendor management, Hardy started at FISD on January 8 and is based in Washington, DC.
Markit Integrates ABSReports Data into ABS Pricing Service
Data and valuations provider Markit Group has acquired ABS deal reporting service ABSReports, and will integrate its performance data into the Markit European ABS pricing service. The integrated offering will bring greater efficiency and transparency to the secondary European ABS market, Markit says. According to Ben Logan, managing director of product development at Markit, a…