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Fame Teams Up with ClariFi to Enhance Back-Testing Capability
Fame Information Services has forged a marketing alliance with ClariFi, developer of the ModelStation back-testing platform. Under the arrangement, Fame will market ModelStation alongside its own reference and historical data solutions. ModelStation allows investment managers and researchers to perform ‘what-if’ scenario tests on returns and evaluate portfolios at each rebalancing to determine risk.
SS&C Unveils Servers for Handling Reference Data
Trade and portfolio management software provider SS&C Technologies has been quietly developing a pair of server products that can be used to manage data flows into its own applications and those of other application providers. The company is now marketing Pricing Server and Market Data Server alongside its existing Camra, Antares and Altair products. According…
Asset Control Develops Entry-Level Service for Data Management of Single Feed Set-Ups
Asset Control has released AC SmartFeed, an entry-level feed-handler aimed at providing financial institutions with a quick and low-cost way of implementing a single-feed solution. The system performs all data enrichment, storage and distribution functions, allowing the user firm to link its chosen feed to risk, trading room, asset management and STP/security master applications. AC…
XcitekSolutionsPlus Scores XSP Wins At UMB, Oppenheimer
XcitekSolutionsPlus has announced two deals this month involving its corporate actions automation platform. UMB Bank, based in Kansas, has licensed the software company’s web-based eTran module, while Oppenheimer & Co. has agreed to license its XSP software. The deals follow hot on the heels of a win at Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) in late October….
It’s Been an Eventful Month
It most certainly has. Busy, yes. But chock full of industry events, indeed more than we can realistically keep up with. The Mother Of All Events, though, has to be Sibos, and this year’s was a great success. We used Sibos’s handy Singapore location this year to make a trip east and make the most…
Financial Technologies International Hires Flynn to Lead Professional Services
Financial Technologies International has named Stephen Flynn senior vice president with responsibility for global professional services and systems integrator alliances. Flynn previously spent 20 years at Accenture, most recently with the consulting giant’s STP, integration management and security offerings practice teams.
Threadneedle Asset Management Deploys DataNet Based on Eagle Investment Systems’ Product Suite
U.K. investment manager Threadneedle Asset Management is implementing a one-stop data hub for corporately shared data, under its Investment Information Services (IIS) business unit. The system – to be called DataNet – will use a range of Eagle Investment Systems Corp.’s reference data and portfolio management solutions. The DataNet project is aimed at establishing a…
Netik Releases Low-Cost Matching/Reconciliation Module for InterView
Netik has launched Intermatch 2.0, which adds matching and reconciliation capabilities to its InterView investment and accounting hub system. Among the features are a multi-sourced reference data cleansing facility, with the ability to construct a ‘golden copy’ for distribution throughout the enterprise. The firm is pricing Intermatch at $20,000.
RDUG Lists Executive Committee Membership
In its latest update to members, the Reference Data User Group (RDUG) listed the membership of its executive commitee, which comprises 12 executives involved in the reference data area. They are: Alan Plom (chairman), Gartmore Investment Management; Anthony Kirby (secretary), Deutsche Borse; Iman Szeto, Northern Trust; Stuart McKinlay, State Street; Michael Atkin, Reference Data Coalition…
European Central Securities Depositories Association Group to Study Corporate Actions
The European Central Securities Depositories Association has established a working group to look at how to meet clearing and settlement recommendations issued by the Giovannini Group, including one regarding corporate actions. The group – headed by Michael Kempe, a manager at U.K. depository Crest – expects to report on its findings in the fourth quarter…