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Rumours and Rumblings
Once again, the reference data utility was the talk of last night’s EDM Council roundtable event, but more interesting than the discussions on the stage, were the rumours being discussed amongst attendees. For one, there seemed to be a general consensus that it was only a matter of time before the US government announces the…
Transaction Reporting to be Limited to Eight Categories of OTC Derivatives, New Common Data Standards on the Way, Says CESR
As part of the overall ongoing review of MiFID, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has added further qualifications to the OTC derivatives that must be included in transaction reports and indicated that for these instruments further “common data standards” are incoming. This follows the consultation paper it released with regards to classification changes…
Behind the Scenes
One week to go before Sibos and, according to Swift’s figures from today, there are 7,489 delegates signed up so far. Let’s hope at least some of that number care about reference data; otherwise the utility panel on the first day might be a little quiet (apart from the panellists that is). And it is…
Asset Control’s Andrew Wolf Promoted to Sales Director, Americas
Asset Control announced today the promotion of Andrew Wolfto the position of sales director, Americas. Based in New York, Mr. Wolf will be responsible for overseeing the expansion of the North American sales team, including adding new sales executives in Canada and specific metropolitan areas in the US. He will also pursue new markets for…
Interactive Data adds European Money Market Instruments to its Award-Winning Fixed-Income Evaluated Pricing Service
Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it is adding evaluated pricing for European money market instruments to its global independent fixed-income evaluations coverage. These new evaluated prices will complement the coverage of US and Asian money market instruments already offered by Interactive Data. From…
SRL Global Chooses SIX Telekurs for Pricing and Index Data
SRL Global, originally established as a trading and technology joint venture with Man Group Plc in 2007, now an independent specialist technology boutique offering its services to financial buy side institutions, recently signed an agreement with SIX Telekurs UK Ltd to take end of day pricing and index benchmark data for its NEXUS Enterprise Solution….
SunGard Availability Services Launches Replication as a Service
SunGard Availability Services, a provider of information availability and business continuity services, today launches Replication as a Service (RaaS), a cost efficient, on-demand way to replicate vital data contained within an organisation’s diverse storage devices. SunGard’s RaaS replicates data in a secure private cloud environment, which is linked into SunGard’s recovery network. SunGard estimates that…
A Blip is Back on the Radar
Earlier this year I noted that all had gone quiet on the Western Front with regards to the securities industry’s grand plans for an “investment roadmap” for standards. Although Swift and other industry bodies had been talking about interoperability, not much had been said in reference directly to the roadmap. Not so this week, however,…
A Rethink, Redesign and Retool is Needed for Systemic Risk Monitoring, Contends JWG’s Di Giammarino
In order to be able to properly monitor systemic risk, the industry first needs to understand the gaps in the current data framework and then rethink, redesign and retool the method of controlling “the system”, according to PJ Di Giammarino, CEO of JWG. Speaking at the FS Club event on systemic risk last week, Di…
John Peck Joins Numerix as Head of Sales for EMEA Region
Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, is pleased to introduce John Peck as its new Head of Sales for the EMEA region. Peck will be based in Numerix’s London office and comes to Numerix from Quantifi, where he was responsible for establishing and running Quantifi’s operations in EMEA….