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How can you manage what you can’t measure?
John Bottega, chief data officer at Citigroup Corporate and Investment Bank, got FIMA 2006 in London off to a lively start earlier this month with a rousing speech congratulating the assembled reference data managers on how far they’ve come. Indeed, the invention of chief data officers is in itself a testament to the fact that…
A-Team Analysis: The Devil’s in the Detail for Derivatives Data
The obsession of the industry at large with over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, in particular credit default swaps (CDSs) but also interest rate swaps and increasingly equity derivatives, is having an ever greater impact on the world of reference data. The providers of data management systems report a growing demand from among their prospects and clients to…
Credit Dimensions Revealed as Reuters’ Counterparty Data Partner
Reuters confirms it is working with Credit Dimensions to bring to market its counterparty data service, now scheduled to launch in the Q1/Q2 timeframe next year. Kevin Bradshaw, global head of Enterprise Information at Reuters, says the vendor is in advanced discussions with several major bulge bracket firms both in Europe and the US which…
Reuters Offers Bear Stearns CDS Prices Alongside Composite
Reuters has teamed with Bear Stearns Pricing Direct (PricingDirect) to provide its customers with credit default swaps and interest rate swaps prices from PricingDirect, alongside its own composite. For Bear Stearns Pricing Direct, this is an opportunity to tap into a significant distribution network, especially outside the US. According to Bob Rose, senior managing director,…
Ness Improves Data Acquisition and Extraction in FDE Platform
Ness Technologies has unveiled an enhanced version of its reference data management platform Financial Data Enterprise (FDE). New features in FDE 3.0 include an improved data acquisition interface enabling users to dynamically map, cleanse and transform incoming data in various formats to their underlying database models, an improved exceptions and workflow management interface and a…
ABN Amro Takes On Nick Skinner, Ex of GoldenSource…
ABN Amro has recruited Nick Skinner – formerly of GoldenSource and ADP Wilco – as head of market data, global reference data management, operations shared services.
Trace Ties Up With Telekurs, Reuters For ISO 15022 CA Data
Trace Financial and Telekurs Financial have worked together to offer enhanced delivery mechanisms for the Telekurs Financial Valordata Feed (VDF). As a result of this effort, VDF corporate actions information can be mapped directly to a customer’s business system through the Trace Financial Transformer application, using a data dictionary approach, the partners say. Telekurs Financial’s…
Soliton’s Nazir Noormohamed Takes Role at Acquirer SunGard
Contrary to early reports, Nazir Noormohamed, formerly CEO of the Soliton TimeSquare business recently acquired by SunGard, is staying at the company as managing director, SunGard TimeSquare and Managed Services.
DSTi/Markit Alliance Enhances Risk and Performance ASP
DST International and Markit Group have agreed to provide Markit’s CDS, bond and index pricing data via DSTi’s Risk Management and Performance Measurement ASP service to mutual customers.
… While GoldenSource Names Peter Leichsenring Head of Central and Southern European Sales
Enterprise Data Management solutions provider GoldenSource Corporation has named Peter Leichsenring head of sales for Central and Southern Europe, focusing on Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. Initially recruited to the company in December 2004 to build a channel sales programme, Leichsenring previously ran channel and alliance programmes at Tibco Software.