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Omgeo is keeping a close eye on developments at Swift, but for now, the standing settlement instruction (SSI) space is one of coexistence rather than competition. Earlier this year, Swift announced that it would be launching a new SSI repository and directory but did not fully elaborate on its ambitions. For now, the network operator…
SIX Telekurs Opens Two Computer Centres at Equinix Inc in Singapore
The global data centre service provider Equinix Inc will now host SIX Telekurs Singapore’s IT infrastructure, replacing SIX Telekurs’ existing Singapore-based computer resources. This will substantially enhance SIX Telekurs’ IT resources in Singapore. The infrastructure is hosted at two separate locations, thereby offering the benefits of redundancy and the very latest security standards. As an…
IPM Informed Portfolio Management Selects Xenomorph’s TimeScape for Analytics and Data Management
IPM Informed Portfolio Management, a specialist investment manager based in Stockholm, Sweden, has selected Xenomorph’s TimeScape analytics and data management system to satisfy its requirements for a powerful and reliable security master and market data management platform. IPM has experienced strong growth in its business and required a system that effectively managed an increasing data…
EFAMA’s Updated Framework for Fund Processing Best Practices
EFAMA today published new recommendations to increase efficiency in the processing of fund orders. The report was prepared by EFAMA’s Fund Processing Standardisation Group (FPSG). It consolidates the recommendations that were published in 2005 and updated in 2008, and extends the recommendations in two key areas. Transfers of units between two accounts recorded in the…
Societe Generale Securities Services Mandated by Ethias to Provide Independent Valuations
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has been mandated by Ethias, a Belgian insurance company, to provide independent valuation services. These services cover a portfolio of complex structured products. SGSS was retained because of its expertise in this area, alongside the quality of its services (database of mathematical models developed in-house, flexibility in valuation frequency, analysis…
Swift Talks up the Cost Saving Benefits of ISO 20022 Adoption, New Concepts
This week’s Swift Standards Forum event in Sydney is part of the network operator’s push to convince the financial services industry at large of the benefits of migration to ISO 20022. Obviously, the securities industry and, more specifically, the corporate actions space represent key opportunities for the ISO messaging standard and Swift has therefore been…
Nomura Taps Richard Sherlund as Head of US Technology Equity Research
Nomura, the global investment bank, announced today that Richard Sherlund joined as managing director and head of its US technology equity research team. Sherlund spent 24 years at Goldman Sachs and, most recently, was the CEO and portfolio manager of Ketchem Creek Capital, a New York-based technology oriented investment firm. Ciaran O’Kelly, head of Equities,…
PolarLake Announce Semantics Based Reference Data Search Capability
Today PolarLake announce the availability of the world’s first Reference Data Specific Enterprise Search capability. Based on the research and development activities of PolarLake this new capability will enable an internet style search capability across any number of reference data sources. The product also enables firms to define their own linkages, meta data and data…
Schroders’ Walsh and HSBC’s Johnson Discuss the Tension Between Data Inputs and Outputs in the Face of Regulatory Change
The buy side community’s data managers are being faced with a tricky balancing act of ensuring their output to clients is optimised from a technology and data standpoint and that their data inputs are of sufficiently high quality for regulatory and client purposes, according to panellists at last week’s A-Team Group and SmartStream roundtable. Speaking…
US FDIC Proposes New Registration Requirements for Residential Mortgage Loan Originators
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has published proposals for comment in the US Federal Register that would introduce new requirements for the registration of residential mortgage loan originators, thus adding new legal entity identifiers into the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry (NMLSR). Under the proposals, on which firms must provide feedback by the…