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StatPro Signs GIPS Compliance Deal with MFC
StatPro Group, a provider of portfolio analytics and asset evaluations services for the global asset management industry, today announces that MFC Global Investment Management (MFC GIM) has signed a contract for its GIPS compliance software. MFC GIM is the institutional asset management business of Manulife Financial Corporation. Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) are a set…
Lehner Named President and CEO of Eagle Investment Systems
Eagle Investment Systems, a provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, today announced that John Lehner, the firm’s president, will be expanding his responsibilities to assume the additional role of CEO effective January 1, 2010. Lehner will continue to report to Lou Maiuri, chairman of Eagle Investment Systems and global head…
UK Insurer Chooses Pricing Partners for the Independent Valuation of its Interest Rate and Equity Structured Products
Pricing Partners announced today that one of the largest UK insurers has selected Pricing Partners’ online independent valuation platform, Price-it Online for its interest rates and equity structured products. This UK insurer, which wishes to remain anonymous, develops and offers tailored investment solutions to its clients. The firm needed an extremely sophisticated and accurate solution…
EDM Council Publishes its Naughty and Nice List for 2010: Some Possible Points of Contention?
There can be no doubt that systemic risk is ‘in’ for 2010; regulators will make sure it’s a key focus for financial institutions via key legislation such as that around concentration risk. But has the concept of a reference data utility really replaced the idea of managed data services? A few vendors may disagree with…
SmartCo Teams up with CounterpartyLink for New Entity Data Solution
Given the intense focus on counterparty risk in the post-Lehman world, it is no surprise that various members of the vendor community are teaming together to tackle the entity data space. One such partnership has resulted in the integration of EDM vendor SmartCo’s DataHub solution with CounterpartyLink’s issuer, client and counterparty data. James Redfern, head…
Top Broker-Dealers Choose DPC Data’s MuniPoints To Streamline Compliance While Improving Client Service
DPC Data, a provider of municipal bond disclosure data, research and data services, today announced that six top-tier and large regional broker-dealers and wealth management firms have adopted MuniPoints for rapid bond research and disclosure to investors. In an average week, tens of thousands of MuniPoints summaries are being accessed by dealers and risk managers…
Union Bank Live on Broadridge’s International Proxy Processing Services To Manage Its International Proxy Business
Broadridge Financial Solutions, today announced that Union Bank has commenced live operations on Broadridge’s Global Proxy processing solution across its Institutional Trust & Custody Services group. Union Bank, already a user of Broadridge’s domestic proxy processing services in the US, is now using Broadridge’s Global Proxy outsourcing solution for international proxy management. Union Bank’s institutional…
Datanomic Appoints Gaved to Board of Directors
Compliance screening and data management specialists, Datanomic, today announced the appointment of Matthew Gaved to its board of directors. As a co-founder and former director of Datanomic, Gaved is a specialist in the field of corporate governance and has conducted extensive research into the role of institutional investors in the control of public companies. Gaved…
Principia Supports Standardisation of Bond Issuance Data for Structured Finance
Principia Partners, a solution provider for the management and administration of structured finance portfolios, has enhanced its platform to help investors standardise the ongoing integration of structured finance bond trustee data. As a result, investment managers can better define, analyse and report on bond level information for RMBS and other structured credit asset classes, supporting…
CEBS Outputs Another CP, This Time on Risk Stress Testing Best Practices
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has added another document to the industry’s Christmas reading list with the publication of its revised guidelines on stress testing, otherwise known as CP32. The new guidelines, on which the industry has until 31 March to comment, include details of the scale of the data management challenge posed…