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Interactive Data Expands Integrated Derivatives Portal Solution for Bank Sarasin
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that its Managed Solutions business has expanded the derivatives portal of Bank Sarasin & Cie, a Swiss private bank, to provide an integrated solution for the management and distribution of structured products. The portal, at www.saraderivate.ch, is designed to provide…
RDR Poll This Month: How Has the Recession Impacted your Headcounts?
It is no secret that times are tough for most in the financial services community: budgets have been slashed and there have been many casualties of cost cutting exercises. But how has this impacted your data management teams and how does this compare to other firms out there? Much has been made of the importance…
XSP CTO Retzer Will Present as Workshop Keynote Speaker at the SDPS Conference for On Integration: Software as a Product of Transdiscipline
XSP has announced that Dan Retzer, the company’s managing director and chief technology officer, will present as workshop keynote speaker at the Society of Design and Process Sciences (SDPS) 2009 Conference on Wednesday, 4 November 2009 at Auburn University at Montgomery in Alabama. Retzer will be speaking on the integrated approach to software build, test…
Factbook Opens London Office
Factbook, a specialist provider of fund reporting, marketing and data management solutions to the investment community today announces the opening of their London office. The office was opened to facilitate closer links to current and potential clients of Factbook. Commenting on the opening, Derick O’Brien, director of business development, said: “As Factbook continue to win…
Bloomberg Decides to Provide its Codes for Free: Regulators 1, Data Vendors 0?
Given the regulatory investigations into data rivals Thomson Reuters and Standard & Poor’s owned Cusip Service Bureau, it is no wonder that Bloomberg has felt compelled to offer its proprietary codes to the market for free. The data vendor has indicated that it will be providing its own proprietary financial instrument codes to the market…
More Ratings Regulations Progress in US with House Financial Services Committee Vote
This week more progress has been achieved in the US with regards to the regulatory crackdown on credit ratings agencies: the House Financial Services Committee has thrown its support behind the bill to increase oversight of this corner of the market. The bill, which was first proposed by Paul Kanjorski, chairman of the House subcommittee…
First Derivatives Acquires Reference Data Factory for US$10m
It has certainly been a confusing year for clients and staff at New York-based reference data management solution vendor Reference Data Factory (RDF). Not only were they subjected to a demerger with data management consultancy LakeFront Data Consulting in January, they are now have an entirely new management team from First Derivatives to contend with….
Formicary Adds Focus on Back Office Requirements to Pricing Verification Solution
Technology integration solution vendor Formicary has released the latest version of its price verification solution, RiskSeer, with a view to improving its offering for the back office as well as those users in the front office. The vendor has traditionally pitched its solution at consumers of market data focused on pricing in the front office…
Interactive Data Extends Its Interest Rate Swap Valuation Service
Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business has broadened the capabilities for its interest rate swap valuation service. This service assists clients by providing information they can use to help efficiently value their portfolios containing these OTC derivatives. The service now covers Canadian dollars and New Zealand dollars. It has also been expanded to…
Markit and DTCC Link up to Create Comprehensive Solution for Syndicated Loan Trades
Markit and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced plans to bring together key services for the loan market in order to offer a comprehensive solution for the processing of syndicated loans. The initiative aims to increase efficiency and help reduce counterparty and operational risk in the multi-trillion dollar syndicated loan market. DTCC…