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Tradeweb Expands Market Data Availability Through Thomson Reuters
Tradeweb, a leading global provider of online markets for institutional investors and dealers, and Thomson Reuters today announced that their market data has been incorporated into the Thomson Reuters Datascope Real-Time (RDRT) feed offering. Tradeweb data continues to be available via Reuters 3000 Xtra desktop. Thomson Reuters customers are now able to subscribe to Tradeweb…
XSP Continues To Hire Staff in Direct Response to Increased Corporate Actions Automation Demand and Record-Breaking Number of Global Implementations
XSP, the leading global provider of Corporate Actions software, announced today that it has added staff to its Client Support and Technology teams, in response to the growing demand for proven Corporate Actions automation solutions in the global marketplace. Based out of its Birmingham, AL headquarters, the new team members include Taylor Garner, Ryan Plumlee…
BarCap and Citi Veteran Sutton Takes Over Data Management Role at Royal Bank of Canada
FIMA regular and data management veteran, Julia Sutton has completed four weeks in her role at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), where she is now director in charge of reference data for EMEA and Asia Pacific. Speaking at FIMA 2009’s focus day, she explained that she is using her experienced garnered at Barclays Capital…
Alps Improves Client Reporting and Delivers Enhanced Online Service to Customers with Netik Information Portal
Netik, the global financial data management and reporting vendor, is pleased to announce that Alps Fund Services, a provider of asset servicing to the investment management industry, has successfully implemented Netik Information Portal to address their internal and external reporting needs. Since going live with Netik Information Portal, Alps has seen a reduction in the…
PolarLake Signs Unnamed Asset Management Firm Deal
PolarLake today announced it has signed a deal with one of the world’s leading asset management firms to use the PolarLake Reference Data Distribution (RDD) product as part of its strategic enterprise data management (EDM) programme. PolarLake will enable the firm, headquartered in the US with global operations, to distribute instrument, issuer, pricing, ratings, terms…
Thomson Reuters Reports Decrease for Quarter But Strong Performance in Enterprise Division
As predicted by A-Team Group in August, the tough market conditions have caused a dip in Thomson Reuters’ third quarter results. However, the vendor’s Enterprise division has performed well overall in comparison to last year’s figures, which is indicative of the focus on data and risk management solutions in the market. In August, CEO Tom…
Senior Supervisors Group Report Calls Directly for Investment in Risk IT and Data Management
Last month, the Senior Supervisors Group (SSG), which is comprised of 10 regulatory bodies from seven countries, published a report examining the funding and liquidity issues central to the recent crisis. The report explores critical areas of risk management practice that the SSG feel warrant improvement across the financial services industry, including tackling firms’ fragmented…
CFA Institute Survey Highlights Industry Support for Third Party Valuations
The majority of the members of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity believe that alternative investment fund managers should be mandated to appoint an independent third party for the valuation of assets, according to a recent survey by the group. The survey, which examines the fund management industry’s views on…
OCC Completes US Market Tests in Preparation for OSI, But is Enough Data Available?
The February deadline for the launch of the Options Symbology Initiative (OSI) is fast approaching and the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has been conducting a battery of tests over the last couple of months in the US market to test the industry’s level of preparation for the new 21 character codes. According to the OCC,…
UK FSA Creates Data Management Challenge with Single Customer View Reforms
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has recently released a paper discussing the feedback it has received from the market with regards to its proposals around the verification of the single customer view (SCV) for deposit taking institutions. The reforms, which are aimed at facilitation a single, consistent, view of an eligible claimant’s aggregate protected…