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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…
Cadis Clients Push Reuters Real-time Data Through EDM Platform
Cadis, a global EDM specialist, has clients pushing fully audited real-time data through its platform. With real-time feeds such as Reuters RMDS already successfully integrated into its EDM suite, Cadis clients are among the few to successfully validate, cleanse and audit their real-time data. “Most firms still push multiple raw real-time data feeds straight into…
XBRL Tagging of Corporate Actions Could Save the Industry US$400m per Year, According to DTCC, Swift and XBRL US Case Study
As promised by David Hands, director of asset services product management at DTCC Solutions, back in April, the group working on the XBRL and ISO mapping initiative has finally published its case study to illustrate why firms should adopt XBRL tagging for corporate actions. And that reason comes in the form of an estimated saving…
Wall Street Reform Bill Debate to Cover Office of Financial Research
Up until now, the proposals for the creation of a reference data utility in the form of the Office of Financial Research have largely passed under the radar during the regulatory reform debates in the US. However, data issues are set to be a key topic of discussion this week with the Office of Financial…
The Market Data Cloud @ SIFMA
Like many of you, I’ll be at SIFMA next week. I have a full schedule of meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, but on Thursday I am at the A-Team booth (#2101) in the Grand Ballroom all morning – from 9am to Noon. So come by and say hello. Also, on Wednesday, I am taking part…
Appetite for Outsourcing has Risen to Due to Concern About Regulation and Reputational Risk, Says MoneyMate’s Brennan
Despite the fear of outsourcing that has dominated the financial services community over the last few years, firms are now increasingly open to discussions about the subject, according to recent research by buy side focused, data quality management solution vendor MoneyMate. The majority of the 40 US and UK-based investment managers involved in the vendor’s…
FinAnalytica Integrates FINCAD Analytics in New Cognity Release for Full Multi-Asset and Multi-Strategy Coverage
FINCAD, a provider of derivatives analytics, today announced that FinAnalytica, a provider of real world portfolio risk solutions for asset managers, hedge funds and multi-manager funds, has expanded its derivatives pricing coverage by embedding the firm’s Analytics Suite into Version 3.2 of Cognity, its flagship platform. Cognity, FinAnalytica’s risk management and portfolio allocation platform, directly…
In the Firing Line
Last week’s MiFID reunion meeting involved both a handy roundup of all the MiFID related proposals coming down the pipe (although it was a speedy roundup, given the number of items to cover) and an opportunity for industry participants to do what they seem to like best of late: vent about regulatory grievances. In the…
MoneyMate Survey Reveals Buy Side Demand for Automation and Outsourcing of Data Management Processes
MoneyMate, a provider of investment data quality management solutions, today announced the results of a survey focused on the data management issues and challenges facing the asset management community today. Fifty percent of survey respondents indicated that manual processes are the greatest challenge in bringing their product data to market. Other challenges include timeliness (37.5%…