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Information Mosaic’s Cama Gains Corporate Actions SwiftReady Label
Information Mosaic’s Cama application has been awarded the Corporate Actions SwiftReady label by Swift. Cama is the vendor’s end-to-end ISO 15022-compliant corporate actions automation solution. To achieve the SwiftReady label, the product must prove its ability to handle the correct business flows for the ISO 15022 Corporate Action messages and to adhere to Global Market…
DST International Integrates Data Hub With HiRisk Application
As part of its aim to integrate its series of applications with its HiDataWarehouse data hub, DST International has released a new version that integrates with its risk management solution HiRisk (based on its acquisition of Askari). This latest addition means that HiDataWarehouse can act as the data hub for the entire DSTi middle and…
Mark-it Partners Rebrands Acquired Businesses Under ‘Markit’ Banner
Mark-it Partners, provider of a daily pricing service for global credit derivatives, cash credit instruments, and syndicated loans, has rebranded to become Markit. The rebranding will be adopted by all products and follows the integration of several acquisitions over the course of the year. LoanX becomes Markit Loans; Totem becomes Markit Valuations; DaDD becomes Markit…
A-Team Survey Revealing Approaches To Data Management Made Freely Available
A-Team’s survey, commissioned by Reuters, which explored the approaches to reference data management of 100 reference data managers, has now been made available free of charge. We’d like to extend a big thanks to all the managers who spared their time to take part. To get your copy and understand how your peers handle the…
CB.Net Enters Raft of Partnerships With Omicronn, ACE, Azdex, iMeta
CB.Net has entered partnerships with a number of software providers in the past month including Omicronn, ACE Software Solutions, Azdex and iMeta Technologies. Omicronn will be integrating CB.Net’s international payments directory service BankSearchPlus into its Trax STP Enrichment Software for use within its corporate and banking clients. ACE Software Solutions will be integrating the data…
Accenture Set to Roll Out Managed Reference Data Platform
Accenture is preparing to begin live demonstrations of its Managed Reference Data Service, developed using Asset Control’s data management platform, which will provide outsourced reference data management services, next month. The unveiling of the system, elements of which were on show at last month’s Sibos event in Atlanta, follows hot on the heels of a…
Soliton Signs Joho Capital; Expands Telekurs Fixed Income Interface
We’re certainly hearing more and more about outsourcing utilities for managing reference data coming onto the market. Just a quick flick through this issue will show SunGard planning their new Fame-based rMDS, and Accenture set to launch their MRDS service based on Asset Control’s platform. Capco also recently outlined its MDS plans following the acquisition…
Telekurs (U.K.) Reorganizes; Streamlines Product Line
Telekurs Financial’s U.K. operation is planning to rationalize its product line to 10 products in 2005. The company also unveiled its new organizational structure for next year and is gearing up to open a new sales office in Edinburgh in December. The rationalized product line will fall into reference data, corporate actions and pricing data…
Deutsche Bank Evaluating Data Management Platforms for Risk Processes, Decision Q1, 2005
Deutsche Bank is currently evaluating a number of reference data management solutions to source, cleanse, manage and distribute data for use primarily within its risk management functions. The vendors have responded to a Request for Information (RFI) and a decision is expected to be made in the first quarter of 2005. Deutsche Bank did not…
Deutsche Börse Plans Propris Reference Data Product Launch
Deutsche Börse is gearing up to launch a new reference data product from its recently formed Back Office Services division. The new Propris – Process Proven Information Services – range of data services will provide reference data for financial events and new issues in the German, Luxembourg and the Eurobond market. On target for a…