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Pricing Partners to Present its Latest Work on Variable Annuities (GMxB) at the Paris Finance International Meeting
Pricing Partners announced today that Pierre Gauthier will be presenting the company’s latest work on Impact of Stochastic Interest Rates and Stochastic Volatility on Variable Annuities at the 7th Finance International Meeting in Paris on December 17 and 18, 2009 at the Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci. During his presentation, Gauthier, co-head of quantitative research…
France’s Banque Accord Opts for Joint Informatica and Teradata Offering
French bank Banque Accord has rolled out a joint solution from data integration software vendor Informatica Corporation and data warehousing vendor Teradata. The bank, which is a subsidiary of the Auchan Group, decided to implement the joint solution to replace its fragmented data management systems architecture and therefore increase its efficiency and expedite its decision…
Experian and S&P’s FIRMS Partner for Securitised Loan Market
In yet another addition to its portfolio this month, Standard & Poor’s Fixed Income Risk Management Services (FIRMS) business has partnered with credit data and analytics solution provider Experian Capital Markets to provide investors with more data on the individual loans backing US mortgage backed securities (MBS). The two vendors have established a strategic alliance…
Bloomberg’s BSYM Open Symbology Seeks Gain from Rivals’ Regulatory Travails
To suggest Bloomberg’s introduction this month of its Bloomberg Open Symbology (BSYM) initiative is in no way connected to the recent regulatory activity in this space would be naive. Bloomberg clearly has one eye on the travails of rivals Standard & Poor’s and Thomson Reuters, both of which are having trouble with EU anti-competition investigators….
XBRL US On the Hunt for Partners to do Legwork Around Corporate Actions Taxonomies
Given that it’s being touted as the next big thing for the financial services community, it’s no surprise that XBRL US is looking for partners to lend a hand in covering some of the groundwork for its spate of new projects. The not for profit consortium is currently working with Swift and the Depository Trust…
Video: Data Quality & Risk Management Panel at FIMA 2009
A-Team Group CEO Angela Wilbraham leads a panel discussion at FIMA 2009 titled, “Leveraging Data Quality to Build an Effective Risk Management Strategy”. Panelists include: Matthew Cox, Head of Securities Data Management, BNY Mellon, and Guy Leroux, Operational Risk Manager, Global Banking & Markets, RBS. Video of 7688823
Video: John Randles from PolarLake Talks to RDR at FIMA 2009
John Randles, CEO of PolarLake, talks to Reference Data Review. Video of 7724504
Video: John Mason from SmartStream Presents at FIMA 2009
John Mason, CEO for DClear Utilities at SmartStream, delivered a presentation titled “The Next Wave of Outsourcing: Taking operational efficiency to the next level” at FIMA 2009 in London. The entire presentation is embedded below, divided into three video segments. Click the play buttons to view them now. Video of 7726224
European Commission Finally Releases S&P ISIN Fees Judgement, Considers Vendor to be Abusing its Dominant Position
Following 10 months of deliberation, the European Commission has finally released its preliminary findings on its inquiry into Standard & Poor’s pricing practices concerning International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs). According to its recent memo, the Commission considers the vendor to be “abusing its dominant position” as the sole appointed National Numbering Agency (NNA) for US…
Majority of Reference Data Review Readers Facing Staffing Freezes or Job Cuts
Our November Reference Data Review reader poll indicates that times are tough for data management teams out there, with the majority facing either a moratorium on hiring new staff or job cuts. Despite the increased market volatility and its knock on impact on data volumes, most data managers are being forced to make do with…