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Goldensource Powers IBM’s Back Office Services as Part of Revitalisation Program
Lending credence to its ‘Powered by’ concept, Goldensource has secured IBM Canada as a client for its data management platform to underpin IBM’s back office processing software. IBM’s Securities Industry Service (SIS) division will be using the platform to support its range of brokerage processing applications and services as it kicks off its ‘Revitalisation Program’,…
Standard & Poor’s Builds on European Evaluations with West, Gonggrijp Hires
Getting serious about evaluations in Europe, Standard & Poor’s has beefed up its evaluations team with the addition of James West and Roderick Gonggrijp. West joins as senior structured finance evaluator and Gonggrijp as senior corporate evaluator. Prior to this, both West and Gonggrijp spent five years at competitor FT Interactive Data. West will initially…
Mizuho Securities USA Picks TAPMaster for All Instruments
Mizuho Securities USA has selected TAP Solutions’ TAPMaster platform to manage its entire database of historical market and reference data. The win is a coup for TAP, representing its first major win since it was accepted for Morgan Stanley wide-ranging Securities Master Service (SMS) reference data platform implementation (Reference Data Review, January 2005). Institutional broker/dealer…
Price Joins Xcitek as Application Support and Implementation Manager
Xcitek has hired Steven Price, previously IT manager at Magenta One. There, he was responsible for the IT infrastructure at Magenta One’s London and Jersey offices. For Xcitek, Price will be based in London and will be application support and implementation manager for its flagship software solution XSP. Price will report directly to Neil Sheppard,…
Standard Terminology Still Eludes the Reference Data Business
Reference data – it’s all about the enterprise… or is it? According to some it’s now all about centralisation. CDM – or centralised data management – is now emerging as the new term to compete with EDM – enterprise data management. And why? Commercial interests of course, getting in the way of what was an…
Working Group Aims for U.K. Compliance with Corporate Actions Standards
A new U.K. Market Implementation Group (UKMIG) is aiming to harmonise U.K. national rules and practices relating to corporate actions processing, including distributions, shareholder rights and company reorganisations. The group, jointly chaired by the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) and CrestCo, is aiming to implement measures to remove Barrier 3, as set by the 2003 report…
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…
Citadel Expands with Boston Office
UK-based data management firm Citadel Associates has opened its first North American office in Boston, Mass., with the chosen location reflecting the buy-side nature of its clients. Citadel says that it has secured several major US-based global fund managers for its Cadis data management system, which justifies the expansion. The US operations center will be…
Mitsubishi Extends Syn~ Platform To Full Range of Cash Markets
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc (MUSI) has extended its use of Coexis’ Syn~ workflow and data management products to cover its full range of cash markets settlements. The aim is to achieve high levels of straight-through-processing across all cash markets asset classes by using standardized underlying technology based on the Syn~ platform. Syn~ was already…