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Fancy a Data Related Job at a Regulator…?
Part of the unlucky few facing job and spending cuts in the data management sector? Employee at a data management solution vendor or ratings agency that has fallen on hard times? Why not trade it all in for a (potentially) more secure job and a guaranteed pension by applying for a data focused role at…
Principia Deploys Web Platform for Independent Valuation and Risk Surveillance of Investments and Derivatives
Principia Partners, a provider of software for the management and administration of structured finance investments today launched a software as a service (SaaS) version of Principia SFP. The valuation, investment analysis and risk surveillance platform is now accessible as an integrated web-based service to manage vanilla and structured derivatives, as well fixed income and structured…
Cusip Global Services Plans Q4 Launch for Hedge Fund Identifiers, Focuses on Building up New Offerings
Following the announcement back in June last year that it would be teaming up with HedgeFund.net to develop entity identifiers for the hedge fund community, Cusip Global Services (CGS) has said that it is planning the launch of its Cusip for hedge funds service for the fourth quarter of this year. Darren Purcell, director of…
Opinion: Comply or Compete? Data Governance Delivers the Balance
By Norbert Boon, global head of solutions at PaceMetrics While the liquidity requirements of the impending Basel III financial reform have been pared back, the regulatory reporting demands on banks remain a vast challenge – especially in terms of data management. In this article, Norbert Boon, global head of solutions at PaceMetrics, looks at how…
Volante Expands Operations into EMEA
Volante today announced the opening of a City of London office for sales and customer support across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Heading the office will be Fiona Hamilton with Christopher Taylor and Mark Chapman as sales directors. “The inquiries we are fielding from the EMEA markets clearly indicate a desperate need for high…
Quantifi Releases Version 9.4 to Address Market, Operational and Regulatory Changes
Quantifi, a provider of analytics, trading and risk management solutions to the global capital markets, today announced the release of the latest version of its pricing and risk analysis software. Version 9.4 (V9.4) includes several groundbreaking new features. Rohan Douglas, CEO of Quantifi, says, “With the passage of the Dodd-Frank bill in the US and…
DTCC Releases First Drafts of ISO 20022 Corporate Actions Lifecycle Messages, Kirby Urges Firms to Provide Input
Following on from the release of its business case for the introduction of XBRL to the world of corporate actions last month, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has finally released the first set of drafts for its new corporate actions messages, which are based on the ISO 20022 standard. The work is all…
Fitch Solutions Appoints BNY Mellon’s Smith to Head its Research Services Group and Boost US Presence
As part of its wider push into the world of financial data services, Fitch Solutions has added ex-BNY Mellon fixed income head Neil Smith to lead the efforts of its Research Services group. Smith, who joins as managing director of the group, will be based in New York and report to Fitch Solutions head Thomas…
CESR Clarifies New UCITS Document Requirements in Latest CP, Data Workflow Challenges Ahead
Following on from its technical advice on the management of cross border data for UCITS earlier this year, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has just published a series of new consultation papers that provide guidelines for the selection and presentation of data for the new Key Investor Information (KII) documents, which will require…
DTCC Releases New ISO Messages to Help Automate Corporate Actions Processing
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced the release for public comment of the first drafts of its new corporate actions messages to support the processing of the entire lifecycle of a corporate action including entitlements, elections and payments. In 2009, DTCC processed more than US$3 trillion in corporate actions, and the release…