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Asset Control’s AC Plus Adopted by Scotiabank for Reference Data Management and Pricing
Asset Control today announced that Scotiabank – headquartered in Toronto, Canada – is going live with the AC Plus financial data management solution for managing security reference data and end of day pricing. Scotiabank selected AC Plus to centralise security master and end of day pricing data content to support core business applications. The Phase…
Q&A: Activ Financial’s Frank Piasecki on Growth in 2010 and 2011
Activ Financial Systems had a busy year in 2010, adding customers, launching updated products and building out its internal network. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com talked to the company’s president and co-founder Frank Piasecki to find out more. Q: Activ added 90+ customers in 2010. Can you clarify that, and point to any key growth areas? A: Activ saw…
UBS Global Asset Management is Seeking Synergies Between Data Management and the NAV Calculation Process
As well as working towards a centralised EDM solution, UBS Global Asset Management is also seeking synergies between its reference data management process and its net asset value (NAV) calculation function, according to Markus Kohn, head of data management for the EMEA region at the buy side firm. Speaking at last week’s TSAM conference, he…
DST Global Solutions’ Gallacher Discusses Blueprinting Approach to Data with Anova Platform, New Client Win
DST Global Solutions launched its middle office data management and analytics platform Anova towards the end of last year and has since been working on the migration of its client base onto the new platform and has bagged its first client, according to Des Gallacher, global head of data management and analytics solutions for the…
OMG and Enterprise Data Management Council to Collaboratively Develop a Sustainable Framework and Data Standards for Financial Reform
OMG and the Enterprise Data Management Council (EDM Council), a not for profit business forum created by the financial industry to address the issues and challenges associated with managing data content as a business and operational priority, have agreed to address high impact business challenges such as regulatory pressures emerging from financial reform with the…
CFTC Commissioner O’Malia to Host SEF Showcase: Current Technology and Market Direction
Commissioner Scott D O’Malia of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will host an open public meeting at 9:30 am on Thursday, 31 March 2011, to explore the attributes necessary to make swap execution facilities (SEFs) successful. Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, amended the Commodity Exchange…
Chinese Insurance Market Represents a Lot of Potential, Says DST Global Solutions’ Harries
As well as working on its Anova platform offering, DST Global Solutions will be focused on expanding its reach in its core Asian markets this year, including China, according to Geoff Harries, global head of asset servicing for its Investment Management Solutions (IMS) business. Harries, who joined the vendor from Fiserv last year, indicates that…
Now is Time for Discussion About Standards Migration and the “Science Bit”, Says ECB’s Gross
In a similar vein to their discussions during last year’s Sibos panel on the developments around the Office of Financial Research (OFR), the European Central Bank’s (ECB) head of external statistics Francis Gross championed the cause of regulatory led reference data standardisation at last week’s TSAM alongside EDM Council managing director Mike Atkin. Gross noted…
GoldenSource Opens Beijing Office
GoldenSource Corporation, an enterprise data management solutions provider, today announced the expansion of its Asia Pacific presence with the opening of a Beijing office. With Beijing, GoldenSource now has four offices in Asia, including Hong Kong, Melbourne, and Mumbai. Located in the Chaoyang District, GoldenSource’s Beijing office will provide sales and support for a growing…
Deutsche Bank’s Walker Expounds on the Benefits of an MDM Warehouse
When it comes to the rather “unsexy” problem of tackling a firm’s master data challenges and ensuring that as much point to point architecture has been eliminated as possible, there is nothing better than a master data management (MDM) warehouse, said Shannon Walker, business architect for Finance Change at Deutsche Bank, to delegates at this…