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Accuity Enhances SSI Presentment in the Global Banking Resource
Accuity, a provider of payment routing data, AML screening software and services is pleased to introduce new enhancements that have been made to its industry leading online payment look up tool, the Global Banking Resource (TGBR). The Correspondents page on TGBR has been reconfigured to allow users to more easily associate correspondents with specific beneficiary…
UK FSA Pledges Commitment to Support Vendor Community in Data Space
There may be troubles ahead for the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) with the impending departure of current CEO Hector Sants in the summer, but, in the meantime, the regulator has pledged to support the data vendor community in adapting to the new regulatory order. To this end, the regulator is strengthening its efforts around…
SuperDerivatives Boosts Global Strategic Sales Group
SuperDerivatives (SD), the derivatives benchmark, has strengthened its global strategic sales team with the appointment of financial systems and derivatives expert David Collins. Collins joins SD as European head of strategic sales, reporting to Zohar Hod, vice president of strategic sales and business development, and will draw on his extensive expertise in the implementation of…
CESR Contemplates Extending Transparency Notifications to More Instruments, Additional Data Reporting Required
As part of its review of the Transparency Directive, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has indicated it may extend transparency requirements to include instruments that create a similar economic effect to holding shares. This would mean that more data would be required in the effort to disclose entitlements to acquire shares as part…
Raising the Practical Challenges of CEBS’ Risk Related Proposals
Next month, industry practitioners will have four opportunities to provide feedback to the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) on its risk related proposals, including those around concentration risk and stress testing. The regulatory body has organised four separate hearings at its London premises to garner feedback on a number of its recent consultation papers,…
Pricing Partners Opens New Office in Singapore
Pricing Partners announced today the opening of its new regional office in Singapore to provide global distribution of its products and services suite across Asia and respond the requirements in independent revaluation. After already signing a distribution agreement in Hong Kong, Pricing Partners continues to more effectively provide permanent local support to its Asian client…
Korea Bond Pricing to Market Interactive Data’s Bond Evaluations
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has signed an agreement with Korea Bond Pricing (KBP), an agency appointed by the Korean government to provide valuations for fixed income and derivative instruments to the Korean market. KBP will provide local…
CetrelSecurities and Aim Software Extend Partnership to Delivery of Cleansed Reference Data
Last year, data management solution provider Aim Software signed a partnership with Luxembourg-based, application service provider (ASP) specialist CetrelSecurities, which the vendors have now extended to the provision of cleansed reference data. The vendors are now working together to provide the Luxembourg market with an ASP platform based on the Gain data management platform, says…
Counterparty Risk Managers Need Greater Access to Credit Risk Data Within Buy Side Firms, Says Fitch Solutions’ Di Giambattista
There is a clear need within the counterparty risk manager community for more tools and better access to data related to credit risk analytics, according to Jonathan Di Giambattista, managing director of risk and performance analytics at Fitch Solutions. Di Giambattista bases his judgement on a recent survey of 85 counterparty risk managers in buy…
SimCorp Proves Readiness to Process Swift ISO 20022 MX Messages
Swift and SimCorp have together successfully completed a proof of concept, which demonstrates that SimCorp Dimension, SimCorp’s solution for investment management businesses, can accept, process and transmit Swift ISO 20022 MX messages. MX messages are increasingly used in the securities industry, with adoption extending beyond Europe to Asia and the US. MX messages offer more…