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Reference Data Review on Securities Matching from the Sibos 2010 Opening Plenary
One of Swift’s biggest pushes for the securities sector as part of its new 2015 strategy is in the securities matching services space. During the Sibos 2010 opening plenary, Swift played the following video, demonstrating industry perspectives on this initiative. Reference Data Review elaborated on the utility versus competitive approach. Video of 16535038
A-Team Valuations Performance Benchmarking Systems
We’ve evolved: Spreadsheets are no longer the primary method for managing valuations pricing! So how are financial institutions managing pricing validation? Video 4 of 5 from the Interactive Data valuations data seminar, moderated by A-Team Group. Running time: 5 minutes 39 seconds
A-Team Valuations Performance Benchmarking Valuations Frequency
A look at the current frequency of valuing assets and why there is a trend toward increased frequency and a move towards intraday valuations. Video 3 of 5 from the Interactive Data valuations data seminar, moderated by A-Team Group. Running time: 6 minutes 21 seconds
A-Team Valuations Performance Benchmarking Vendor Requirements
What do institutions want from their vendors, and what do they think about how they are stacking up? A discussion of the survey scores, with focus on data quality and transparency. Video 2 of 5 from the Interactive Data valuations data seminar, moderated by A-Team Group. Running time: 7 minutes 33 seconds
A-Team Valuations Performance Benchmarking Drivers
Intro to the event and valuations performance benchmarking by moderator Angela Wilbraham, A-Team’s CEO, introduction to our panellists, and discussion about the drivers for valuations data spend that our buy-side institutions and securities services firms’ survey participants are responding to. In particular, a focus on the types of regulations and the type of impact they…
A-Team Group Interview about Valuations Data Benchmarking Results
A three minute overview about the valuations data seminar, organised by Interactive Data and moderated by A-Team Group, and the findings from A-Team’s recent performance benchmarking survey on valuations data. Andrew Delaney discusses the focus with A-Team’s CEO Angela Wilbraham. Running time: 3 minutes 4 seconds
SunGard’s Hug Talks up the Need for an Integrated Framework for Risk and Capital Management
There is a gradual change going on across the industry from considering compliance with the Basel framework as a box ticking exercise to using these underlying risk management practices as an opportunity to more intelligently allocate capital, conduct profitability analyses and make better business decisions, according to Andi Hug, general manager for SunGard’s Ambit Risk…
DTCC’s Lancaster Joins Swift as MD of Securities for the Americas
Following more than six years as vice president of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) Global Corporate Actions (GCA) business unit, earlier this year Brett Lancaster joined industry network operator Swift as its new managing director of Securities for the Americas region. In line with his work alongside Swift and XBRL US in the…
Capital IQ Appoints Ted Vivian to Accelerate Market Share in EMEA
Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor’s business and a provider of data and analytics for global financial professionals, today announced that Ted Vivian has joined its London office as head of client development for Europe, Middle East, and Africa. In this role, Vivian will be managing global sales operations and large client accounts in five…
GoldenSource’s Vanlint Elaborates on Heightened Focus on Risk Data Management
EDM vendor GoldenSource’s recent risk data management focused launch is reflective of the requirement in the market for increased transparency around the data used to make risk management decisions, explains Neill Vanlint, managing director of Europe and Asia at the vendor. Regulatory developments such as Basel III and Solvency II are driving firms to adopt…