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Advantage Asset Managers Scores a World First with DST Global Solutions
DST Global Solutions today announced that Advantage Asset Managers (AAM), one of South Africa’s multi-managers, has become the first company worldwide to implement DST Global Solutions’ new unit pricing workbench software, the latest addition to its HiPortfolio suite of products. David Wakerley, chief technical officer of AAM, said: “We needed an application that would enable…
Political Distractions Getting in the Way of Data Progress for the ECB?
With the ongoing global regulatory overhaul and the planning for the launch of its Target2-Securities (T2S) project well underway, it’s no surprise that the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to put its reference data utility plans on a backburner for the time being. The central bank will continue to gather feedback about the idea…
Ask the Experts: How will the ECB’s T2S Project Impact Data Management?
The European Central Bank’s (ECB) proposed Target2-Securities (T2S) project has faced more than its fair share of controversy since it was first announced in 2006, but what will be its likely impact on the data management community? Reference Data Review decided to ask a few industry participants about how they feel T2S will alter the…
Stop Press: Thomson Reuters Acquires Moody’s Muni Bond Pricing, Adding to Enterprise Data Arsenal
Thomson Reuters has acquired Moody’s Investor Services’ municipal bond pricing service. The transaction, in which Thomson Reuters effectively takes over Moody’s distribution agreement with U.S. muni bond data supplier Mergent Inc., rounds out the offerings of Thomson Reuters’ Enterprise data business line. Details of the transaction weren’t available at press time. In response to questions,…
Regulators Continue to Raise Profile of Derivatives Data Challenge, Market Fights Back
In keeping with this year’s regulatory focus on data challenges within financial institutions, this week, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Mary Schapiro has been discussing the importance of accurately tracking derivatives data. She has been stressing the critical need for regulators to gain more access to information on derivative transactions in order to…
Point Nine Actively Targeting More Traditional End of Buy Side, Says CEO Matsis
Following the announcement that it has added an interface for corporate action data from FactEntry earlier this month, Point Nine CEO Yannis Matsis spoke to Reference Data Review about how IT investment such as this is reflective of its future client focus. The vendor has traditionally pitched its various solutions, which include a corporate actions…
DTCC Provides Further Market Transparency on OTC Credit Derivatives
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today has brought further transparency to the global credit default swaps (CDS) market, worth more than US$31 trillion, by expanding its public release of CDS data maintained in its Trade Information Warehouse to include historical information on those contracts. The warehouse is a comprehensive global repository for the…
DTCC Replaces Hilly with Ex-Lehman CIO O’Connor as New CTO
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has indicated that when its current chief technology officer, Vincent Hilly, retires in July next year, ex-Lehman Brothers chief information officer, Bridget O’Connor, will assume his role. Until that time, the two will be working together to ensure a smooth handover, says the vendor, which is currently ramping…
CME Group Poaches CMA Subsidiary’s CEO Paulhac for OTC Focused Role
CME Group has transferred the CEO of one of its subsidiary companies, credit derivatives data provider Credit Market Analysis (CMA), to its own executive management team. Laurent Paulhac has been appointed as managing director of OTC products and services for CME Group and will be responsible for leading the development, execution and management of CME…
Latest Version of StatPro Complex Asset Pricing System Takes Mystery Out of Pricing Financial Products
StatPro, a provider of portfolio analytics and data solutions for the global asset management industry, announced today that the latest version of its Complex Asset Pricing (CAP) service has been updated to provide an even greater degree of accuracy and transparency for asset managers seeking to price complex financial products. First launched in late 2008,…