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LBBW Chooses Xenomorph for Data Management in Risk Control

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) has selected Xenomorph’s TimeScape data management system for use within its group risk control department. TimeScape was chosen to meet LBBW’s need for greater data transparency, higher data quality and faster access to ever-increasing volumes of market data. “We had a requirement for a data management system that would give us much…

StatPro Confirms 19% Increase In Revenue for First Half of Year, Adds Ex-Interactive Data CEO Clark to Non-Exec Board

Portfolio analytics and data solution vendor StatPro has experienced a positive start to 2009, with the posting of a 19% increase in revenue on last year’s figures for the first half of the year. At a time when so many other vendors are struggling, it seems that strong renewals and new sales have buoyed the…

FactSet Research Systems’ DiChristina to Step Down as President and COO

FactSet Research Systems, a provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications to the global investment community, today announced that Michael DiChristina will be stepping down from his role as president and chief operating officer effective 1 October 2009. DiChristina, who has been with FactSet since 1986 and has been in his current role since…

Asset Control’s New AC Plus Desktop Tool Aimed at Helping Business Users Get to Grips with Data, Says Enfield

In keeping with its current focus on the valuations space (as discussed in last month’s issue of Reference Data Review), enterprise data management (EDM) vendor Asset Control has released an upgrade for its AC Plus Desktop solution aimed at providing more transparency around pricing data. Rick Enfield, product business owner of the AC Plus solution,…

DocGenix Implements MarkLogic Server for XML Content Delivery

DocGenix, a supplier of legal risk management, has implemented MarkLogic Server as the delivery mechanism for XML content generated by its inSight service. Mark Logic Corporation is a provider of software for information centric applications. The DocGenix inSight service utilises proprietary legal data sequencing technology to translate and represent as XML the complex legal, credit,…

Interactive Data Enhances Cost Basis Service for Multiple Tax Lots

Interactive Data’s Pricing and Reference Data business has enhanced the capabilities of its web-based Cost Basis service. This service is designed to help automate the calculation and delivery of cost basis information and enable firms to more effectively monitor their customers’ securities cost basis over time. Interactive Data has broadened the capabilities of the service…

European Parliament Introduces New Legal Framework for Ratings Agencies

Last week, the European Parliament approved the introduction of a new regulatory framework for the region’s ratings agencies as part of its post-crisis overhaul of the oversight of the financial services sector. The new regulation is aimed at ensuring that credit ratings used in the EU for regulatory purposes are of the “highest quality” and…

ICE Clear Gets a Good Start Off the Blocks, Eurex Expects to Build Momentum

Last week saw the launch of the first two contenders in the credit default swap (CDS) clearing counterparty (CCP) race: IntercontinentalExchange’s (ICE) ICE Clear Europe and Eurex’s Eurex Credit Clear. According ICE’s figures, its first week of operation has been a busy one, clearing €5.9 billion (US$8.4 billion) in CDS indexes since its launch on…

Quantifi Releases Version 9.2 to Support Evolving Global Credit Markets

Quantifi, a provider of analytics and risk management solutions to the global credit markets, has announced the release of Version 9.2 (V9.2) of the firm’s pricing, hedging and risk analysis software. Quantifi has released V9.2 as part of its ongoing commitment to keep customers up to date with the market’s rapidly changing regulatory and operational…

DST Global Solutions Appoints Sarwal as Chief Exec of its Investment Management Solutions

DST Global Solutions has appointed Arun Sarwal as Chief Executive of its Investment Management Solutions business. Sarwal, who has been advising the company on its strategy since September 2008, will head a business division comprising around 800 employees across some 16 locations with responsibility for solutions strategy, application development and delivery, client support and consulting…