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South Africa’s Prescient Selects Eagle Investment Systems’ Access ASP
Eagle Investment Systems, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon, has been selected by Prescient to deliver its integrated investment management suite via its application service provider (ASP), Eagle Access. Prescient, with R60 billion under management in South Africa, selected the Eagle suite to streamline its growing local and global operations. Eagle will…
EuroMTS Adds More Data and Functionality to Reference Data Platform
European fixed income securities marketplace, EuroMTS, has added more data and functionality to its online reference data platform, which it launched in collaboration with Exchange Data International (EDI) in October last year. The offering, aimed at providing descriptive, non-real-time information relating to all bonds listed on the MTS Markets, now features MTS Time Series data,…
Volante Launches Annual Subscription Pricing Model for Data Management Offering
Volante Technologies has released a new enterprise pricing model for its tools for integration, data management and data governance. In addition to perpetual licenses, Volante enterprise tools are now available by annual subscription incorporating all maintenance and upgrades. According to the vendor, the result is dramatically reduced upfront costs for financial institutions seeking a unified…
Xignite and Broadridge Financial Services Enter Corporate Actions Arena
If further proof was needed that corporate actions is big news for the vendor community at the moment, the entry of new contenders into the market is a sure sign that there are more profits to be squeezed out of the sector. Earlier this week, Broadridge Financial Services announced that it is launching a new…
Euroclear Nederland Plans Launch of Shareholder Identification Service
Euroclear Nederland, the central securities depository (CSD) for all Dutch securities, is proposing to offer a service to help equity issuers identify the ultimate holders of their shares. As a result, investors would be able to more easily exercise their rights and duties as shareholders, and issuers would be in a better position to communicate…
SmartStream Expands Partnership with Syscom to Chinese Market
SmartStream Technologies has expanded its relationship with existing partner Syscom to sell the full suite of SmartStream’s Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) solutions throughout China. Syscom, a Taiwanese company, provides software applications and solutions to the Chinese financial services sector. It also delivers specialised professional consulting, testing services and technical support to clients including the Shenzhen…
XSP Welcomes Ex-ISITC Co-chair Martinez Back into the Fold
Following a brief stint outside the financial services industry, Laura Martinez has rejoined XSP as a senior product manager for its flagship solution, the XSP platform. Martinez, who held a co-chair position on the ISITC Corporate Actions Working Group during her tenure at XSP, will report to Jennifer Bush, senior director of product innovation and…
Interactive Data Adds New Market Data Report to Assist FAS 157 Compliance
Interactive Data’s Pricing and Reference Data business has broadened its Evaluated Services capabilities for clients with the launch of a new monthly market data report. The new offering is aimed at helping clients prepare for fair value measurements under the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Staff Position (FSP) FAS 157-4. FSP FAS 157-4 provides additional…
BNY Mellon Launches New Service to Manage Derivatives Transactions
The Bank of New York Mellon has introduced Derivatives360, an integrated investment servicing lifecycle solution to help clients efficiently execute and manage derivatives transactions. According to the bank, Derivatives360’s flexible modular design allows clients to select some or all of the components offered by the new platform, allowing them to focus resources and management time…
DST Global Solutions Appoints Schneier as Sales Executive in NYC
DST Global Solutions has appointed Nancy Schneier as sales executive. Scheier’s primary role will be to direct sales activities in the metropolitan New York region. Prior to joining DST Global Solutions, Schneier ran the North American operations for Kurtosys Systems. Previously, she served as business development executive in Accenture’s Capital Markets Industry Solutions group, where…