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SimCorp’s Schröter Elaborates on Decision to Partner with Aim Software for Data Heavy Lifting
SimCorp’s recently announced decision to partner with data management solution provider Aim Software was based on the desire to better support its clients’ requirements around golden copy record production, explains Marc Schröter, SimCorp’s senior vice president and head of strategic research. Up until now, the vendor has left its clients to deal with the process of…
DST Global Solutions Appoints New Business Development Manager
DST Global Solutions, a provider of technology solutions to the financial services industry, has appointed David Tryon as new business development manager. David’s primary remit is to drive new sales of AWD, the company’s business process management (BPM) solution. He is also responsible for growth of the Business Process Solutions (BPS) division of the company….
IBM and Norkom Technologies Sign Agreement with VTB
Bank VTB has signed an agreement with IBM to provide the bank with an integrated anti-money laundering system, based on a solution from Norkom Technologies. The new system will help the bank better manage risks associated with suspicious transactions. The project will be developed and implemented by IBM Global Business Services and Norkom Technologies. As…
DVS Publisher Suite Boosts Support for the Key Investor Information
DVS Publisher Suite, Princeton Financial Systems’ investment reporting solution, boosts support for Key Investor Information documents (KII), also called Key Investor Disclosures (KID). These standardised information sheets will replace the current Simplified Fund Prospectus in line with the implementation of the UCITS IV guidelines (UCITS: Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities). KII’s standardised content…
CFTC’s Gensler Highlights Some of the Incoming Data Requirements for Swaps Repositories
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is working towards defining rules for the data that must be submitted to the new swaps data repositories, which are due to be established as part of the Dodd-Frank Act. Speaking at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) regional conference last week, CFTC chairman Garry Gensler explained that…
Interactive Data Names Alex Goor Chief Information Officer
Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that Alex Goor has been appointed chief information officer, effective immediately. Mr. Goor, 38, is responsible for development and operations across Interactive Data globally. He is based in New York and reports to Mason Slaine, Interactive Data’s chairman, president…
Data Management is in its Awkward Teenage Years, Says EDM Council’s Atkin
Data management has progressed beyond its infancy and is now well into its awkward teenage years, where the industry is standing at the point of delivery, moving from planning to execution, according to Mike Atkin, managing director of data management industry group the EDM Council. As part of its recent industry benchmarking exercise, which involved…
Pricing Partners Releases the Miri Benhamou Gobet Model
Pricing Partners announced today that it has released the Miri Benhamou Gobet model in its analytics suite, entitled Price-it. The Miri Benhamou Gobet model as explained in seminal publications is a combination of local volatility and jump model. Thanks to its local volatility feature, it can capture and calibrate very effectively smile volatility surface. But…
Global Benchmarking Survey by EDM Council and Headstrong Reinforces Importance of EDM for Regulatory Compliance
The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council and Headstrong, an IT consulting company for financial services, today announced results of their 2010 industry benchmarking survey on the current state of data management among global financial institutions. Sponsored by Headstrong and with analysis completed by the EDM Council, the survey demonstrates the rising importance of EDM as…
Data Quality Takes Priority Over Speed in the Risk Management Challenge, Says Mizuho’s Tweddle
Speaking at this week’s A-Team Insight Exchange conference in London, Mizuho International’s risk management chief operating officer Simon Tweddle explained to delegates that although timeliness of data is becoming much more important from a risk management perspective, this must not come at the cost of data quality. “When talking about this area, one must recognise…