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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…
Fiserv’s Third Quarter Results Down on Last Year, Vendor Focusing on Asset Management Community for Corporate Actions Solution
Fiserv has just released its figures for its third quarter results and it seems revenues are significantly down on last year: total revenue for the period was US$992 million compared with US$1.04 billion in 2008. However, although it has also been a quiet year for the vendor on the corporate actions solution side of the…
Eagle Investment Systems Teams Up with Interactive Data to Control Cost of Data Integration
Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services technology and wholly owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, together with Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business, today announced the availability of a packaged set of data interfaces. This agreement makes Interactive Data’s reference data available via Eagle’s data management solution. It…
Principia Standardises Integration, Ongoing Surveillance and Management of Collateral Performance Data
Principia Partners, a solution provider for the management and administration of structured finance portfolios, today announced the launch of Principia Structured Finance Platform (Principia SFP) Version 6.2. The latest upgrade helps financial institutions and investment managers to track, monitor, analyse and report on the collateral pool performance of any fixed income asset, including asset backed…
Fitch Solutions Partners with Pricing Partners on CDS Data Distribution
Fitch Solutions, a division of the Fitch Group focusing on the development of fixed income products and services, and Pricing Partners, an independent valuation, today announced a strategic partnership allowing users of Pricing Partners’ Price-it Solution with Fitch Solutions market data license to access seamlessly Fitch Solutions’ market data on OTC credit derivatives. The partnership…
FTSE Group Extends Implementation of XSP v5 Corporate Actions Platform to Hong Kong
Following its rollout in both London and New York last year, FTSE Group has gone live with the XSP v5 Corporate Actions platform in a new location: Hong Kong. The corporate actions processing platform now covers the indices provider’s Asian operations and Neil Sheppard, managing director and chief operating officer of EMEA for XSP, reckons…
Issuers’ Group Campaigns for Regulators to Reduce their Reliance on Ratings
Ratings agencies are really getting a battering from all sides this month. Not only is the banking sector and the regulators scrutinising their every move, now issuers have added their two pennies’ worth to the debate. This week, issuer association EuropeanIssuers indicated that it believes references to credit ratings should be completely removed from European…