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Taylor Discusses Why LCH.Clearnet Has Invested in its Data Architecture
UK-based clearer LCH.Clearnet is mid-way through a significant project to revamp its internal data architecture, according to Martin Taylor, group chief information officer at the clearer. Taylor told attendees to last week’s Thomson Reuters organised data management roundtable that the clearer is six months into a project that will deliver a more standardised approach to…
Paying Lip Service to Data Quality is on its Way Out, Says Deutsche Bank’s Fletcher
The days of paying mere lip service to the goal of improving data quality and living with “spaghetti-like” data infrastructures are soon to be gone, said Deutsche Bank’s head of reference data services, Neil Fletcher, to those in attendance at last week’s Thomson Reuters event. His own firm is much more aware of the importance…
Tullett Prebon Expands into Valuations Services with Acquisition of OTC Valuations Ltd
Tullett Prebon plc, an inter-dealer broker, today announces the acquisition of OTC Valuations Ltd, a provider of independent derivatives valuation services. In an environment of increasing compliance and corporate governance requirements, OTC Valuations delivers a highly valuable service to clients, providing accurate, complete, timely, and independent pricing of derivatives portfolios. OTC Valuations, with its significant…
ISDA Indicates Commitment to OTC Derivatives Repositories and Greater Data Standardisation
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has this week pledged its support for the establishment of global central repositories for OTC derivatives data and its commitment to the provision of relevant transaction data to supervisory authorities. The promises were made in a letter that has been sent to the heads of the primary supervisory…
Thomson Reuters’ Robson Highlights Rise of CDO and Regulatory Focus on Data
Data’s position as a critically important subject in the financial markets has finally been recognised by both the regulatory community and the industry at large, said Jon Robson, president of Thomson Reuters’ Enterprise division, to attendees to the vendor’s data roundtable event in London earlier this week. “The financial markets are all about content and…
Huge Number of Ad Hoc Regulatory Requests is Adding to the Data Challenge, Says BarCap’s Bhattacharjee
Financial services firms are being faced with a huge number of on the hoof ad hoc reporting requirements from the regulatory community and this is putting significant pressure on their data infrastructures, said Kris Bhattacharjee, global head of regulatory policy and reporting at Barclays Capital. He explained to attendees to Thomson Reuters’ roundtable earlier this…
Kinetic Partners Recruits Szylar from RBS, Focuses on Modular Approach to Enterprise Risk Management
Kinetic Partners has added a new face to its team, ex-RBS Portfolio Risk Services MD Christian Szylar, to lead the vendor’s efforts in the risk modelling and valuations space. The vendor has been stepping up its approach to the market by touting its modular approach to risk management as a more practical way to meet…
Firms Being Forced to Invest in Counterparty Risk Systems Due to Business Concerns, Says Algorithmics
Rather than pressures related to regulation, the business concerns of the front office are driving a spate of investment into revamping firms’ counterparty risk systems, according to a recent survey conducted by risk solution vendor Algorithmics. The investments are focused largely on credit value adjustment (CVA), which allows for more dynamic pricing of counterparty credit…
CetrelSecurities Announces Today its First Customer in Asia
CetrelSecurities, a specialist in providing ASP services to financial institutions with more than 20 active clients using the service announced today that it has acquired its first customer in Singapore. Being a regulated company controlled by the Luxembourg Financial Markets Authority, CetrelSecurities, a subsidiary of the Luxembourg based Cetrel, focuses on the provision of outsourced…
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
When we first heard the latest theory on the succession plan for the former Reuters – that is to say, the market data vendor now known as Thomson Reuters Markets – we thought it was just so much tittle-tattle. It was back in October or November, and the integration of Reuters with Thomson Financial had…