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A Random Walk Down Brick Lane
Having spent some time last year at Equinix’s LD4 data centre in Slough for a piece in our A-Team Insight Quarterly magazine – and getting an exclusive preview of the LD5 facility, then under construction, I jumped at the chance last week to tour Interxion’s Brick Lane site. To paraphrase (badly) Camper Van Beethoven’s Take the…
SIX Telekurs Enhances Fund Transparency with Morningstar Holdings Data
SIX Telekurs recently announced the availability of fund constituent data on over 70,000 global funds from Morningstar, giving customers another channel through which to leverage Morningstar’s longstanding expertise in the procurement, analysis and management of fund information. The fund holdings data is a significant enhancement to SIX Telekurs’ Valordata Feed (VDF), which offers reference data…
Kurtosys Systems Launches an Email Campaign Management Solution for Asset Managers
Kurtosys Systems Limited – a global provider of client communications solutions and services today announces the launch of Kurtosys Email Campaign Manager (Kurtosys ECM). Kurtosys ECM is a web-based solution that allows asset managers to take control of the process of email campaign management. The solution provides business users with the ability to create and…
Kinetic Partners is Focusing on Adding New Modules to its Risk and Valuations Platform
Following her appointment to the London-based risk team of Kinetic Partners two months ago, Isabelle Tykoczinski has been focused on adding new modules to the vendor’s Risk and Valuation Services (RVS) platform. Due for launch in the first half of next year, the new modules focus on extending the platform’s services and reporting tools, such…
Systemic Risk Does Not Just Impact Data Management, Warns Northern Trust’s Skinner
Although a lot has been said about the data management impacts of systemic risk monitoring, data managers must not lose sight of the bigger picture, Nick Skinner, head of data management strategy at custodian bank Northern Trust, warned attendees at this week’s EDM Council and Headstrong event in London. The push by regulators to more…
Data Management is Now Partnering with Risk and Compliance, Rather than Being a Poor Second Cousin, Says RBC’s Sutton
The increased attention being focused on data management by senior execs has resulted in the function being viewed as more of a partner to risk or compliance teams within financial institutions, according to Julia Sutton, global head of customer data and onboarding at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Speaking at the recent EDM Council and…
Even Corporate Actions Processing Needs to Keep up with the Xbox Generation, Says XSP’s Farrell
Corporate actions solution vendor XSP’s recent decision to introduce a mobile application on which clients can view corporate actions notifications and can process responses and elections was prompted by client requests and the ability to keep up with the future requirements of the market, according to CEO Brendan Farrell. The focus has been on allowing clients…
Numerix Continues Expansion Across Asia Pacific; Opens Sales Office in Australia
Numerix, a provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has opened a new regional sales office in Sydney, Australia. The new Sydney office increases the total number of Numerix Asia-Pacific (APAC) offices to seven. The office will be managed by Jack Drewe, regional sales director, who is responsible for the Australian and…
Software AG Acquires Data Foundations for Process Driven Master Data Management
Software AG today announced the introduction of process-driven Master Data Management through the acquisition of New Jersey-based Data Foundations Inc. Data Foundations is a provider of Master Data Management (MDM) software, used to optimise an organisation’s business performance. MDM gives organisations consistent and reliable information from differing data sources which can be utilised by virtually…
IOSCO Forms Coordination Task Force for OTC Derivatives, Data Standards on the Agenda
The Technical Committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has formed a new Task Force on OTC Derivatives Regulation in order to coordinate securities and futures regulators’ efforts to work together in the development of supervisory and oversight structures for these markets; one aspect of which will be defining data standards for regulatory…