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CounterpartyLink Introduces Full Product; Enters New Distribution Deal with GoldenSource
Following its soft launch in February CounterpartyLink has officially launched a full version of its data service. The official launch includes full functionality, replacing the previous sample data the company has relied upon. The vendor has also entered a new third-party distribution deal with enterprise data management company GoldenSource. This is part of its strategy to…
What’s new about the importance of reference data? Not so much as is touted. By Maryann Houglet, Director of Strategic Consulting, A-Team Group
A recent industry periodical spoke of data as “ubiquitous”… touching all corners of an enterprise and becoming the lifeblood of an organization.” Having spent my 25-year career at various securities data vendors, there’s nothing new here. Data has always driven investment decisions, transaction processing, back office operations, securities administration, accounting, compliance, reporting and so on….
Swift’s Data Distribution Initiative Gains Impetus As FTID Commits to Adding Reference Data
Swift’s ongoing upgrade of its Swiftnet data distribution initiative, from an exploratory toe in the water to a major strategic activity is beginning to reap rewards. Just days ahead of Swift’s Sibos event in Copenhagen September 5-9, FT Interactive Data has gone live with its ISO 15022-based corporate actions data via Swiftnet and has committed…
The Impact of MiFID
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) has been described as pure cost pain for little liquidity gain by some. What might the impacts be for the financial services firms in terms of conduct of business, data management and best execution and order-handling processes? asks Dr Anthony W Kirby, Fellow of European Think Tank Promethee and…
London Stock Exchange Enters Counterparty Service Pilot Tests
The London Stock Exchange is entering pilot testing of a new counterparty data matching and cleansing service, in a bid to further expand its reference data services. Though the Exchange has not yet officially announced the development as it aims to validate the space and its product first, Reference Data Review understands that it demonstrated…
Baumann Parts Company with Telekurs Financial; Busk Returns, Sandher Joins
Reto Baumann, long standing sales manager at Telekurs Financial is leaving the company to “explore new opportunities abroad”. Meanwhile, Edward Busk has returned to Telekurs Financial as part of the London sales team focused primarily on third-party relationships. He previously worked with Telekurs in sales between 1993 and 1999, before leaving to join Reuters as…
Welcome to the World of Swift Where Data is Becoming Essential
Welcome to our special Sibos edition. Yes, it’s that time of year again, when possibly all the world’s operational managers flock to whichever exotic location Swift has chosen. This year happens to be back in Copenhagen. We’re pleased with the choice as we quite fancy a break to the European city known for the Little…
Arney Joins Xcitek in Recruitment
Joseph Arney has joined Xcitek as vice president responsible for supporting sales efforts in the recruitment of securities professionals within financial institutions on a consulting basis. He previously spent 14 years with the DTCC.
CheckFree Interfaces eVent to Telekurs’ VDF…
CheckFree Software has developed an interface to Telekurs Financial’s Valordata Feed (VDF) in ISO 15022 format for its eVent corporate actions application. The interface will plug Telekurs’ ISO 15022 corporate actions data into its workflow technology to help end-to-end automation and straight through processing. Says Beat Koch, chief executive officer of Telekurs (U.K.), “Several clients…
Raeves Surfaces at Goldensource
Goldensource has hired Gert Raeves as vice president of business solutions, based in London. Raeves was previously with CheckFree Heliograph in a product marketing role, as well as with Swift and JP Morgan in various roles. At GoldenSource, Raeves will report to Mark Zill, executive vice president of global software operations.