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Two Data Managers Provide Feedback on Bloomberg’s BBGID
Bloomberg may be making a big song and dance about its open symbology initiative (BSYM), but it’s the data vendor’s Bloomberg Global ID (BBGID) that has caught the attention of many Reference Data Review readers. Two intrepid data managers have provided their feedback on the identifier’s potential for the market, which (rumour has it) Bloomberg has promised…
AccountAbility Welcomes Two Senior Leaders to its Global Management Team
AccountAbility is pleased to announce that two internationally-renowned experts in accounting, financial reporting, governance, and standards development have joined the senior management team. Kurt Ramin assumes the role of director, and global head of standards, while Liv Watson takes over as director and global head of research and development. Sunny Misser, CEO of AccountAbility commented:…
SIX Exfeed to Launch New Real-time Data Service for Non-display Information Usage
As a result of the SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Exfeed consultation on reference markets and the principles of real-time reference data pricing, published on 3 November 2010, SIX Exfeed will replace the annual distribution fee for execution venues with a new license fee for non-display information usage. The decision has been taken based on…
Steven Maijoor is Selected as ESMA’s First Chair
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announces today the selection of Steven Maijoor, as the proposed first chair of ESMA. This follows a vote by ESMA’s Board of Supervisors. Before taking up his duties, the selected chairperson will be heard by the European Parliament who has up to one month to object to his…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Focused on Building a Data Fabric to Support “Multiple Truths”, Says Dalglish
Bank Of America Merrill Lynch has moved with the times in terms of recalibrating the goal of its reference data project, thus the focus is no longer on merely establishing a single gold copy, rather it is on building a robust data fabric to support all of its downstream users’ requirements, according to Tom Dalglish,…
SEI Focuses on Providing Valuations Transparency and Independence to the Buy Side, Says Oakes
Middle office outsourcing solution provider SEI has recently upgraded its pricing and valuation offering for the buy side by adding more third party data feeds and a new online Manager Dashboard tool . June Oakes, solutions director in SEI’s Investment Manager Services Division, explains to Reference Data Review that the upgrade is aimed at ensuring its…
Princeton Financial Systems Releases PAM for UVT 2011
Princeton Financial Systems has released a new version of its unit value pricing and trading solution, PAM for Unit Value Trade (UVT). PAM for UVT has been supporting leading insurance and annuity companies throughout the United States and Canada for over a decade. The all new PAM for UVT 2011 offers significant technical enhancements. PAM…
Odds On?
The more people I speak to, the more cynical I get about the future of the US Office of Financial Research. It seems that some are even close to running a book on how long it will be before the government backs away from the idea, given the changing political dynamics on Capitol Hill. In…
Stop Press: Markit Enters Risk Systems Business with QuIC Acquisition
Credit pricing and valuations specialist Markit Group has acquired QuIC, a risk analytics firm that allows institutions to test market and credit risk scenarios. The move will give Markit a set of analytical applications to complement its data and valuations offerings, particularly in the credit area. Markit positions the transaction as an entre into the…
DTCC Publishes Updated ISO 20022 Specifications for Corporate Actions Processing
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today published updated drafts of new ISO 20022 corporate action announcement specifications, which will be used in a pilot test with custodian banks, broker-dealers and other corporate actions users beginning this April. While the pilot of the DTCC system using ISO 20022 announcement messages will involve a limited…