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DTCC Adds Three Non-Participant Board Members to its Ranks, Two New Directors
As part of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) bid for the approval of its Trade Information Warehouse as a data repository for OTC credit derivatives, which was finally granted earlier this year, the vendor has been making a bid to prove its stability and independence as candidate for a single market utility in…
Thomson Reuters Strengthens Leadership of its Enterprise Business with Key Executive Appointments
Thomson Reuters today announced the appointments of industry executives David Kelly, Roseann Palmieri and Tanya Ezekiel to the leadership team of the Enterprise business. These strategic appointments demonstrate the investment Thomson Reuters is making to accelerate the existing growth of the Enterprise business and the delivery of its next generation solutions. Thomson Reuters is transforming…
Geithner Testifies on Lehman Failures in Front of US House Financial Services Committee, Again
For those of you that may have been asleep at the back of the room for the last two years, US regulators are doing their level best to hammer home the lessons learned as a result of the failure of Lehman, not least of which is the need to better track entity data across groups….
SEC’s HFT Proposals Could Boost Tech Vendors’ Fortunes
High-frequency trading is high on the agenda of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and two recently proposed rule changes could lead to a boon for technology providers. However, industry insiders caution that the SEC must be careful not to leak any intellectual property data it may gather from its increased surveillance of high frequency…
UK FSA Sends Out “Dear Compliance Officer” Letter for SCV Reforms, Data Testing on its Way
In line with its recent more aggressive approach to ensuring the market complies with its demands, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has this month sent out a letter to compliance officers about the upcoming single customer view (SCV) reforms. According to the regulator, the letter is aimed at providing more information about the new…
Pay Per Click Emerging Markets Yield Curve Data via the FinDataPortal Platform
FinDataPortal (FDP), a financial portal, today announced that Kafafian Emerging Markets (KEM), a provider of treasury research data now offers its Daily Yield Curve data on FDP’s intuitive web-interface. The KEM suite of emerging market yield curves uses relevant market data to construct daily yield curves. It utilises a consistent methodology, which is designed to…
Wall Street Reform Act Includes Key Risk and Data Requirements in Light of Lehman Failure
The US House Committee on Financial Services’ Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which is currently making its way through the US legislative process, is seeking to rectify a number of inadequacies in light of the failure of Lehman, including key provisions around data and risk management. For example, the issue of living wills…
BBVA (Suiza) Optimises the Processing of SIX Telekurs Data with Gain Data Management
Aim Software, a global provider of reference data management solutions to the financial industry, today announced that the private bank BBVA (Suiza) has gone live with the Gain security creation interface for Ambit Apsys from SunGard. The adapter allows the customer to open instruments directly in the banking platform and thus to further optimise the…
Moody’s Experiences Strong First Quarter for Data, Analytics and Risk Business
In line with the relatively strong performance of the data and risk businesses of its peers this year so far, Moody’s indicates that its first quarter global revenue is up by 17% on the previous year’s figures for the period. Moreover, the vendor’s revenue from research, data and analytics increased by 3% from the prior…
Sallie Mae and Société Générale Select SailPoint for Identity Governance and Compliance
SailPoint today announced that Sallie Mae and Société Générale have chosen SailPoint IdentityIQ to automate and streamline their identity related compliance processes. SailPoint IdentityIQ, an identity governance solution, helps corporations of all sizes keep track of who has access to critical applications, data and IT systems while greatly reducing audit and compliance costs. A comprehensive…