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Capco Sets Four-Pronged Strategy For Reference Data Offerings
Capco has spent the months since its acquisition late last year of Iverson Financial Services developing a services-based business offering that uses key elements of the former Iverson to complement existing and new Capco capabilities (Reference Data Review, February 2004). The company is positioning itself as a full-service reference data management provider, which it hopes…
Finetik Leverages Asian Information Knowledge with ADS Data Product
Asia-based financial information specialists Finetik is leveraging its relationships and reputation within the region to provide a new alternative’ in content and data management in Asian data. Its new Asian Data Service (ADS) effectively pools data from vendors and exchanges to provide in-depth and as reported data for equities, funds, fixed income, derivatives, indices, economic…
Hedge Fund Advisor Polygon Licenses XSP for Corporate Actions
U.K.-based hedge fund advisor Polygon Investment Partners has licensed the XcitekSolutionsPlus’s XSP corporate actions processing platform. Polygon plans to interface XSP with the FundManager portfolio management system from Beauchamp Financial Technology. The global hedge fund is seeking to streamline its corporate actions process for optimal operational efficiency across its London and New York offices. According…
Standard Chartered Opts for Asset Control’s PriceMaster
Standard Chartered has selected Asset Control’s AC PriceMaster to manage multi-sourced price data and generate risk factors for financial markets globally. The first phase of the implementation is projected for completion at the end of the year. According to Rajesh Bhatia, group head of market risk at Standard Chartered, the bank “is (active) in more…
Telekurs (USA) Teams with XcitekSolutionsPlus to Offer ISO 15022 Data
Telekurs (USA) Inc. and XcitekSolutionsPlus have extended their five-year relationship through the integration of the Telekurs Valordata Feed (VDF) service through the XSP corporate actions platform. While Telekurs-provided corporate actions data has long been available via XSP, the new deal means that ISO 15022-formatted messages will be offered to users of the platform for the…
The Arrival of Autumn, and Change Is in the Air
Getting this issue of Reference Data Review written, edited, printed and shipped to Atlanta for Swift’s massive Sibos event was always going to be a challenge. Getting this issue to Sibos and conducting a sweeping survey of industry attitudes has been a gargantuan task – but what a fun one. As you can see from…
A-Team Survey Highlights Issues Facing Reference Data Managers
Regulations – and not straight-through-processing, and the potential for operational efficiencies – are driving financial institutions to grasp control of their reference data management processes. Reference data initiatives are increasingly driven by senior management – often at board level – mostly through fear of regulatory censure should they fail to comply with the new regulations….
Swift’s Early Adoption Programme Paves Way for Distribution of More Data Types Over Swiftnet
A year after Reference Data Review broke the news that Swift was to open up its network to third-party vendors corporate actions data, six vendors are now in early adopter status, with a number of others in discussions to make a commitment to the project. The initiative is now on track for additional data types…
Telekurs Hires Gräsner For Germany Sales & Marketing
Telekurs Financial has hired Frank Gräsner as head of sales and marketing for its Germany-based operation. Gräsner previously worked at firms including DWZ/Deutsche Borse, Dresdner Bank and GIS.
Volante Names Payne to Lead New England Sales
Volante Technologies has hired Doug A. Payne to lead the expansion of its New England sales. Prior to joining Volante, Payne was vice president, investment manager solutions, for State Street Corp., and has held positions at NewsEdge and Thomson Oasys.