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And You Thought Your Structured Data Was in a Mess….

As the world of reference data moves to a phase of relative maturity, the landscape is becoming littered with the usual ‘after-dinner circuit’ of case studies, interviews and Powerpoints gloating about how the data challenge has finally been met. Instead of the chaos we uncovered three years ago – has it been that long? –…

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…

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…

Wachovia Expands Use of AC Plus To Boost Risk Data Quality

Wachovia Corp. has once again expanded its use of Asset Control’s AC Plus data management platform to boost the capabilities of its internal risk management function. Wachovia originally implemented AC Plus in its risk management operation in 2004 (Reference Data Review, January 2005) and subsequently extended its use to other areas of the enterprise as…

Reuters’ Reference Feed Sales Hit $100m Annually As FTID Posts $90m in Revenues for 1st Period

Reuters’ annual revenue run rate for reference data feeds is approaching $100 million. The figure represents a quadrupling of $25 million annualized sales rate of a couple of years ago. While Reuters doesn’t officially break out figures for its reference feed business – instead including the data within its enterprise information segment, which also includes…