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AIM’s Gain to Carry EDI Reference, Pricing Data
Exchange Data International (EDI) has made its reference, pricing and corporate actions data available via Aim Software’s Gain reference data management platform. Gain already integrates data from such sources as Reuters DataScope, Telekurs Valoren Data Feed (VDF) and FT Interactive Data.
Cicada Upgrades Profiler Platform
Cicada has upgraded Cicada Profiler software, adding improved capabilities to meet firms’ anti-money laundering and know your customer compliance needs. Release 1.1 of Cicada Profiler introduces an ownership checklist that can trigger collection of corporate ownership data, for example, based on customer type. The new version supports different types of ownership definitions and supports one-to-many…
CheckFree Sets ISO 15022 Interface to Fidelity ActionsXchange
CheckFree Corp. has introduced an ISO 15022-compliant interface to the Fidelity ActionsXchange corporate actions data feed from its CheckFree eVent corporate actions processing platform. CheckFree eVent allows customers to receive, validate and process corporate actions, from announcement through entitlement calculation to notification and instruction processing. The ActionsXchange ActionService data feed integrates data from multiple commercial…
TheMuniCenter Picks FT Interactive Data For Reference Data
TheMuniCenter will utilize FT Interactive Data’s Securities Information Retrieval Service (SIRS) as the primary source of reference data for its electronic fixed income trading marketplace. Clients of TheMuniCenter will now be able to access a wide range of fixed income securities, including U.S. government, municipal and corporate bonds. The new service will also be leveraged…
Markit Buys Automated Trade Processing in Communicator Acquisition
Markit Group has acquired Communicator, a New York-based provider of automated systems for OTC derivatives trade processing. The deal will enable Markit to combine its pricing data and valuations in credit, equity, OTC derivatives and structured finance with Communicator’s automated trade processing systems. The transaction will provide clients with enhanced trading and risk management capabilities…
London Stock Exchange Releases Sedol Validation Tools
The London Stock Exchange has launched two new products, SEDOL Validator (SEVAL) and the Data Validation Service (DVS). SEVAL enables users to validate their securities masterfiles against the SEDOL Masterfile held at the Exchange. The DVS is a generic data reconciliation engine that enables users to rapidly validate multiple sources of data. SEVAL and the…
Goldensource Integrates CDS Corporate Actions into Platform
Goldensource has teamed up with the CDS, a subsidiary of The Canadian Depository for Securities, to integrate CDS’s corporate actions and entitlements data into the GoldenSource Securities & Products software. For Goldensource, the deal extends its offering to financial institutions with Canadian operations or interests, while offering the CDS another route to market. The corporate…
Exchange Data International Joins Mondas’ List of Approved Feeds
Mondas has added corporate actions data from Exchange Data International (EDI), which is now on their list of ‘proven ISO 15022’ data providers. The data is now available via Mondas’ flagship Radica CAPS corporate actions software solution. The interface will allow Mondas clients to automate the capture of global corporate actions through the Radica CAPS.
Soliton Adds Capital IQ for Joho Capital
Data management provider Soliton has added company financial data from Capital IQ to its TimeSquare platform implementation at New York-based hedge fund Joho Capital. Capital IQ, now owned by Standard & Poor’s, combines private and public capital market data and technology. Its reported and adjusted company financial data has been integrated by Soliton’s TimeSquare into…
Standard & Poor’s Raises Bar On Intraday Evaluations Data
Standard & Poor’s has upped the ante in the European pricing evaluations space by introducing five intraday pricing updates per day covering the complete universe of European securities. The move drives up the level of competition with dominant provider IDC, which provides end of day updates, and Reuters, which currently provides three daily updates, but…