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Talend Becomes a Sponsor of The Apache Software Foundation
Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced that it has become an Apache Software Foundation (ASF) sponsor, furthering its commitment to open source. Talend’s sponsorship of the non-profit, volunteer-run foundation will help aid organisational, legal and financial support for a broad range of Apache licensed projects. Current sponsors of The Apache Software Foundation…
ISDA Responds to the Financial Stability Board Report on OTC Derivatives Markets Reforms Implementation
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has submitted its response to the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) progress report on OTC derivatives market reforms, published on April 15, 2011. The work of the FSB is vital to ensuring that regulatory reform is consistent across different regions, and ISDA believes that the progress report offers a…
Firms Face More Data Disclosure Around Level 3 Asset Valuations, Following FASB and IASB Agreement on Fair Value
Regulators may be at odds with each other this week regarding the definition of what constitutes a firm that is systemically risky, but significant progress has been made on the standards front by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in agreeing a global definition for “fair value”. The…
GS1 Continues its Campaign to be Selected as OFR’s Standards Administrator
ISO may be the bookie’s favourite to be selected as the Office of Financial Research’s (OFR) standards provider, given its expedited drafting of a legal entity ID standard and its recent selection of Swift as its registration authority for that standard, but that has not deterred standards body GS1 in its own bid to become…
FlexFinance IFRS Live After a Three Month Project Implementation Period
One year ahead of the Central Bank’s schedule, Access Bank, FERNBACH Software’s first Nigerian customer, announced the successful completion of its FlexFinance IFRS implementation. In a record time of less than 3 months, the joint team of Access Bank, KPMG and FERNBACH implemented FlexFinance IFRS. By completing the project, Access Bank has enlisted Nigeria among…
Thomson Reuters Embeds Data Visualization Technology into Quant Trading Platform
Thomson Reuters today announced it has joined forces with Panopticon Software, a provider of visual data analysis solutions, to embed data visualization capabilities into the Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform for Velocity Analytics. These new capabilities are available both as a managed service within Elektron, the firm’s high performance real-time network and hosting environment, or deployed…
Transatlantic Tension
Speakers from the European Commission at this week’s Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) post-trade conference highlighted the ongoing tension between US and European regulators with regards to the changing global agenda for oversight. Data sharing arrangements may be in place and discussions about data standards may be ongoing across the Atlantic, but what…
Interactive Data’s CMO Ivaliotis Departs for Pastures New
Interactive Data’s chief marketing officer Mary Ivaliotis is the latest exec to depart the data vendor following its post-acquisition management shake up at the start of this year. Last month, president of institutional sales Cort Williams jumped ship to join data vendor rival SIX Telekurs.
Moody’s Acquires a Direct Equity Stake in KIS Pricing, a Leading Korean Bond Pricing Company
Moody’s Corporation announced today that it has acquired a 16% direct equity stake in KIS Pricing, a leading Korean bond pricing company, positioning Moody’s to benefit from continued strong growth in the Korean domestic debt markets. The acquisition adds to Moody’s existing indirect ownership of KIS Pricing through its controlling equity stake in Korea Investors…
IASB and FASB Issue Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued new guidance on fair value measurement and disclosure requirements for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The guidance, set out in IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement and an update to Topic 820 in the…