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Regulators are Cracking Down on Counterparty Identifiers in Line with the MiFID Review
The UK Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) recent fining of German bank Commerzbank for its transaction reporting failures is just one instance of the regulator’s current focus on the data details of a firm’s business. One of the underlying problems in Commerzbank’s case was the incorrect allocation of counterparty codes and the use of proprietary codes for…
StatPro North America Expands Sales Leadership Team
StatPro, a global provider of portfolio analysis and asset valuation software for investment professionals, today announced the expansion of its North American sales team with the addition of Holli McCaffery and David Meister. Both McCaffery and Meister bring years of finance and technology experience to StatPro from leading companies such as Morningstar, Thomson Reuters and…
Aim Software and SIX Telekurs Launch 7th Edition of the Aim Global Reference Data and Risk Management Survey
Aim Software today announced the launch of its 7th international reference data and risk management survey which is designed to provide insights into the challenges, trends and planned investments for reference data automation and risk management in the financial industry. This year’s survey is sponsored by SIX Telekurs. In the dramatically changing world of finance,…
Private Equity Wins the Day with US$3.4bn Acquisition of Interactive Data; Breakup on the Cards?
As predicted by Reference Data Review back in January, the likeliest candidate out of Interactive Data’s array of potential suitors has stepped up to acquire Pearson’s stake in the business and the common stock from shareholders for a total of US$3.4 billion. Private equity houses Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus are equal equity partners in…
Euroclear Welcomes Ben Rais to its Single Platform Management Team
Euroclear announces today that Karim Ben Rais will join Euroclear as managing director and head of Euroclear’s Single Platform Modules division, one of four IT Project Delivery divisions within the Euroclear group. Effective 5 May, he will also become a member of the Euroclear Group management team. Prior to joining Euroclear, Ben Rais worked internationally…
What the Industry Wants the Regulators to Know About Reference Data…
As noted in my previous blog, a regulatory driven reference data utility is on its way for the US market, but it seems that not many of you out there are convinced this is the right step to be taking. My fellow panellists at a recent corporate actions focused event in London indicated that they…
Asset Control Launches AC Connect to Reduce the Cost and Operational Risk of Data Integration
Asset Control, the world-wide leader in financial data management solutions, has released AC Connect, a single integration platform that helps firms achieve faster time to market and return on investment on their data management and business application projects. As a new module of Asset Control’s AC Plus data management software solution, AC Connect simplifies integration…
S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies Expands Coverage Beyond Rated Universe with Quantitatively Derived Corporate Credit Health Assessments
S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies, an independent and analytically separate business unit within Standard & Poor’s that provides users with market intelligence and analytic insight for risk-driven investment analysis, announced the launch of a new credit evaluation benchmark on its Global Credit Portal investor analytics platform. Called the Credit Health Panel, the new feature provides…
US Republican Senator Shelby Attacks Idea of Office of Financial Research as Waste of Time and Money
Given the political wrangling going on over the proposed US Financial Services Bill that is making its way through the Senate at the moment, it was only a matter of time before discussions turned to the proposed data utility in the form of the Office of Financial Research. At the end of last week, US…
Thomson Reuters Experiences 3% Increase in Revenue for Enterprise Division in First Quarter 2010
Following a fairly positive end to last year, Thomson Reuters’ Enterprise division has once again proved to be a bright spot for the vendor’s Markets division for the first quarter of 2010 with a 3% increase in revenue on the same period last year. This increase is set against a decline in the overall revenues…