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PolarLake Announces Reference Data Policy Engine Based on Semantics Technology

PolarLake today announced the availability of the PolarLake Reference Data Policy Engine within the PolarLake Reference Data Distribution (RDD) product. The policy engine uses semantics technologies embedded within a business application to enable business operations and technical staff to define reference data usage control policies. This includes: Data access control policies based on user and…

Maples Finance Adopts Paladyne’s Industry-Standard Technology Platform

Paladyne Systems, a solutions provider to the global hedge fund industry, today announced that Maples Finance, an independent global fund services provider with US$30 billion in assets under administration, has successfully implemented the Paladyne product suite as its middle and back office solution. Maples Finance licensed Paladyne’s Application Service Provider (ASP) platform, a comprehensive software,…

Deceval Appointed as NNA for Colombia for ISIN and CFI Codes

The Colombian central securities depository (CSD) Deposito Centralizado de Valores de Colombia (Deceval) has been appointed as the national numbering agency for the country, according to a recent letter from the CSD’s CEO Jorge Hernan Jaramillo Ossa. Deceval will therefore be responsible for allocating six character Classification of Financial Instrument (CFI) codes and 12 character…

Half of Eagle’s Pipeline is Now from ASP Side of the Business, Says Newland

The focus of data management projects may change along with the questions around achieving business buy in, but the answers about the benefits and practical considerations remain the same, says Danielle Newland, product manager of data management solutions at Eagle Investment Systems. What has changed, however, is the level of interest around outsourcing and application…

CEBS Produces Advisory Paper on Liquidity Cost Benefit Allocation to Support New Risk Requirements

In order to assist the European financial services community in its attempts to improve liquidity risk management, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published a new consultation paper on how to go about producing an effective allocation mechanism for liquidity costs, benefits and risks, CP36. The recommendations are aimed at providing firms with…

Voras Capital Management Selects Sophis Value as Technology Backbone for Newly Launched Hedge Fund

Sophis, a provider of cross asset, front to back portfolio and risk management solutions, today announced that Voras Capital Management, a recently launched global hedge fund, has licensed Sophis Value for front to back office portfolio and risk management for its global trading operations. The system will support its planned strategy of investing in a…

Regulation is Driving Force Behind Data Management Change, Agree EDM Council’s Atkin and JWG’s Di Giammarino

They may differ in their opinions in how to go about effecting change, but EDM Council’s managing director Mike Atkin and JWG’s CEO PJ Di Giammarino agreed that the regulatory environment is forcing firms to re-evaluate their data management systems. Both Atkin and Di Giammarino told delegates to TSAM in London earlier this week that…

Data Management Could Learn from Performance Measurement Standardisation, Suggests Robeco’s Reiners

The data management community could potentially learn a lot about standardisation from the world of performance measurement, suggested Corné Reiners, head of both FSC performance measurement and data management at Robeco Asset Management, to delegates to TSAM in London this week. A lot of cooperation has been achieved within the area of performance measurement between…

Industry is Experiencing Second Wave of Outsourcing, Says Netik’s Close

The regulatory scrutiny of data quality is driving firms to join in with the second wave of outsourcing that is sweeping the market, according to Colin Close, CEO of hosted data management solution vendor Netik. Close reckons that firms should not wait for standards to be set, either by the regulator or bodies such as…

DST Global Solutions’ Harries Discusses His New Risk Management and OTC Derivatives Focused Role

Following the appointment of Geoff Harries as the new global head of asset servicing for its Investment Management Solutions (IMS) business earlier this month, DST Global Solutions is hoping that the ex-Fiserv exec will bring his experience to bear on his new OTC derivatives and risk management focused role. Harries speaks to Reference Data Review 20 days…