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Swift Renames Second Edition of ISO 15022 Standard
To avoid confusion, Swift plans to rename its planned second edition of the ISO 15022 messaging standard, which is used in many corporate actions and other financial applications. The new edition – which will be offered alongside the original – will be called UNIFI (for Universal Financial Industry messaging scheme) and will be designated a…
FTI Launches StreetConsolidator to Centralize Reference Data Management
Financial Technologies International (FTI) has launched StreetConsolidator, a data management platform that offers a centralized view of an institution’s reference data and market information, including proprietary data. The system combines FTI’s existing reference data and financial data management solutions. It allows users to centralize and consolidate data across business units. The aim is to offer…
Thomson Financial Adds Worldscope to Thomson ONE Banker
Thomson Financial continues to add content from its broad array of assets to the new ONE platform. This time, it’s added the Worldscope historical database to the Thomson ONE Banker service, aimed at the investment banking community. Worldscope is a major fundamental database containing financial statements, ratios, pricing and descriptive information.
Xcitek Enters Alliance with Financial Information Network
Corporate actions data vendor Xcitek has entered a strategic alliance with Financial Information Network, provider of accounting and trading solutions. The deal calls for Xcitek to provide FIN clients with corporate actions data and cost-basis information. According to Xcitek managing partner Joseph Carvalhido, “By combining FIN’s complete global portfolio management system with Xcitek’s renowned data,…
Reuters to Offer Barra Risk Models to Australian Fund Managers
Reuters is adding Barra’s risk analytics to the information services it offers to fund managers in Australia. The move will allow portfolio managers to obviate the traditional delay in getting risk information on a portfolio. Instead, managers will be able to derive this information from their core market monitoring systems using the integrated Barra models.
FT Interactive Data Signs with Absreports.com for Evaluations Data
FT Interactive Data will make its asset- and mortgage-backed securities evaluations data available via Absreports.com, which provides contact, transaction and performance data for the European securitization industry. Under the arrangement, visitors to absreports.com can click on a link to access FT Interactive Data’s FTS desktop portfolio administration tool, which can be used to view more…
Raft International Names Millar to Head U.K. Operations
Raft International, a supplier of risk management software, has appointed David Millar as managing director of its U.K. operations. Millar was most recently an independent consultant, but earlier worked for Logica and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. At Raft International, Millar’s focus will be on operational and credit risk products.
London Stock Exchange Goes Live with Sedol Master File Service
The London Stock Exchange’s widely anticipated Sedol Master File (SMF) service went live on March 15 in the hopes of exploiting what it sees as an opportunity to supply more detailed identity information particularly in the area of cross-border trading. After the first week of operation, around 50% of the LSE’s users had accessed the…
… As Foster Joins as Vice President of Sales
At the same time, IDS announced Barrett Foster has been appointed as vice president of sales. Foster has spent time at Brown Brothers Harriman, NBD First Chicago, Credit Lyonnais and Thomson Financial’s Investext Group.
Integrated Decision Systems Taps Christiansen for Relationship Management …
Integrated Decision Systems has hired Stephen Christiansen as senior director, relationship management. Christiansen joins the U.S. provider of portfolio management systems following stints in client-facing roles at ADP, Reuters and Quotron Systems. Don Totter, who joined as CEO recently, also spent time at ADP.