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GlobeOp NAV Transparency Report Offers Independent Governance Data to Hedge Fund Investors
GlobeOp Financial Services, has launched the GlobeOp NAV Transparency Report to help fund managers provide investors with greater visibility into the monthly calculation of a portfolio’s net asset value (NAV). “Fund managers recognise that good governance attracts further investment,” said Tony Glickman, global head of Risk Services at GlobeOp. “Pension funds and other institutional investors,…
FINCAD Responds to Customer Needs for Greater Risk Management and Transparency
With the recent US Senate approved bill that means sweeping overhaul of financial regulation and calls for more transparency and prudent risk management, FINCAD, the industry standard for financial analytics, announced the launch of F3 Excel Edition. In a recent FINCAD survey, financial professionals revealed a greater need for detailed risk management models and better…
PolarLake Announces Partnership with OnixS to Extend Market Data and Front Office Capabilities
PolarLake today announced that it has agreed a partnership with OnixS allowing PolarLake to support a range of OnixS Direct Market Access Market Data and Trading Handlers. The OnixS solutions provide high performance calibrated and certified access to a wide range of exchanges, ECNs and brokers based on FIX standards and proprietary API’s. John Randles…
Markit Adds Commodities to Portfolio Valuations Service
Markit, a global financial information services company, today announced it has extended the range of instruments covered by its Portfolio Valuations service to include commodities. The addition of commodities is a major milestone in Markit’s ongoing programme to develop a comprehensive, independent valuations service. Markit now provides valuations for commodity derivatives such as forwards, swaps…
GoldenSource’s New Data Warehouse Solution Has Already Netted Two Asset Management Clients, Says Meriton
EDM vendor GoldenSource has this week launched its new Data Warehouse solution on the market, pulling together its various data management offerings under the banner of a consolidated repository for a firm’s various data sets. Mike Meriton, CEO of the vendor, explains to Reference Data Review that it has already bagged two asset management clients for…
FactSet Names New Director of Portfolio Risk Research
FactSet Research Systems, a provider of financial information to the global investment community, today announced the appointment of Steve Greiner as director of portfolio risk research. In this role, Greiner will focus on the strategy and development of FactSet’s multi-asset class risk offerings. “We’re pleased to welcome someone with Steve’s experience and research skills to…
Exchange Data International Opens New York Office Reflecting Business Expansion and Appoints Hyland
Exchange Data International Limited (EDI), a specialist provider of global reference and corporate actions data, has opened a new office in New York to service its existing and growing North American clients. EDI at the same time has appointed Michael Hyland, an industry veteran, to advise on strategic matters especially with regard to fixed income…
Philadelphia Fed’s Nakamura Proposes Instrument Database, But What About the Office of Financial Research?
Proof yet again that the US regulatory community might not be aware of the implications of the Office of Financial Research reform proposals comes in the form of recent comments made by Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank economist Leonard Nakamura. Nakamura made proposals last week that an all encompassing instrument database be established to help regulators…
CMA Finally Fills CEO Role with Appointment of Ex-Icap MD Kohler
Following the announcement of the departure of outgoing CEO Laurent Paulhac in September last year, credit derivatives data provider Credit Market Analysis (CMA) has spent the last nine months looking for a suitable replacement. This week, the vendor announced it has finally found such an individual in the form of ex-Icap managing director Antoine Kohler….
Broadridge Acquires City Networks, a Provider of Reconciliation and Process Automation Solutions
Broadridge Financial Solutions today announced that it has completed the acquisition of City Networks, a software and services provider of reconciliation, multi-asset process automation and operational risk management solutions to the global financial services industry. The acquisition further accelerates Broadridge’s international strategic growth, extending its growing range of solutions and competencies to its existing bank-broker…