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UK FSA’s Response to MiFID Warns Against a One Size Fits All Approach to Data Standardisation
The recent joint response by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the UK Treasury to the European Commission’s MiFID proposals indicates that the regulators are concerned that a “one size fits all” approach towards data standards may be applied to non-equity instruments, as the directive is expanded beyond equities. The response, which comes in…
A Number of Firms Have Put Counterparty Mapping Projects on Hold, Pending the OFR’s LEI, Says GoldenSource’s Recent Hire Engdahl
The majority of firms that have already kicked off projects to map their issuer and counterparty data have opted to put them on hold, pending a decision being made with regards to the establishment of a standard legal entity identifier, according to Steve Engdahl, senior vice president of product strategy at EDM vendor GoldenSource. The…
CITIC Prudential Fund Management Company goes live with HiPortfolio
DST Global Solutions, a provider of investment management software and services, today announced that CITIC Prudential Fund Management Company has gone live with the HiPortfolio Asset Servicing solution, to strengthen its fund accounting operations. CITIC Prudential Fund Management Company is an asset management joint venture between the UK’s Prudential Group and China’s CITIC Group. Rock…
Pricing Partners Extended Multi-Curve Pricing to Major Currencies
Pricing Partners, a derivatives independent valuation and mathematical models and pricing analytics provider, announced today to improve its multi-curve pricing to major currencies. This announcement comes at a time when the market dislocation between the three month and the six month curves for all major currencies widen from a few basic points to a few…
DTCC’s Not So Subtle Positioning
Last year, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) kicked off its bid to set itself up as an industry data utility with the acquisition of UK-based counterparty and entity data vendor Avox, but at that point, it was rather cautious about publically declaring its intentions in the regulatory data space. Not so this year,…
The Industry Needs a Global, Unique Legal Entity ID with No Embedded Logic, Says HSBC’s Serenita
The adoption of a global, unique legal entity identifier that has no embedded logic will have the biggest impact on the data management space, according to Peter Serenita, global head of entity and account data management for Global Banking and Markets at HSBC. However, the industry will also need to take into account the wider…
CQ Roll Call Takes Access to Unstructured Information to a New Level with MarkLogic
Following the bills that matter to you or simply gathering more information on the new US Congress that convened in Washington, DC earlier this year can now be accomplished more quickly and accurately than ever before. MarkLogic Corporation, the company revolutionising the way organisations leverage unstructured information, today announced that MarkLogic is powering a new…
DTCC Launches Portal Providing Regulators Globally Direct, Online Access to CDS Data
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today, that it has launched an automated portal to provide regulators worldwide with direct, online access to global credit default swap (CDS) data registered in DTCC’s Warehouse Trust Company LLC (Warehouse Trust) global repository. Currently 19 regulators around the world are already live on the portal. This…
SEC and CFTC on User Fees, Data Utilities and Obama’s Recent Budget Request
Following on from the recent high profile discussions within the US regulatory community about challenges facing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding funding over the last few weeks, president Barack Obama has this week proposed to include user fees in next year’s budget for the regulators. The…
Research Affiliates Selects Asset Control’s AC Invest Data Management Solution for Business Users
Research Affiliates, an investment management firm based in Newport Beach, California, has chosen Asset Control’s AC Invest data management solution to underpin its data management operations. Research Affiliates required a data management system that could expand along with its growing roster of products and affiliates around the world. The new system must allow them to…