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Thunderhead Updates Customer Communications Platform with Two New Modules
Document management system vendor Thunderhead has released an updated version of its customer communications platform, Thunderhead Now. Version 5.0 of the solution features two new modules: Contribute Now for the updating of content by non-technical users; and Analyse Now, which includes a set of new analytical tools. Glen Manchester, CEO of the vendor, explains that…
SIX Telekurs Adds Data from Moody’s Analytics and Mergent for US Municipal Securities
SIX Telekurs has added two new data feeds to its US fixed income market coverage from Moody’s Analytics and Mergent. The vendor is now receiving daily municipal securities pricing data from Moody’s and reference and descriptive data on these bonds from Mergent. “The combination of Mergent’s rich terms and conditions content with Moody’s sophisticated, modern…
Pricing Partners Adds New Methods for Valuation Calculations in Times of Volatility
Valuations provider Pricing Partners has added new perturbation methods to its solution in order to provide quick calculation of analytical formulas for stochastic volatility models with time dependent parameters. The vendor claims this new offering is significantly faster than traditional, or Fourier, calculation methods for stochastic volatility models. Pricing Partners reckons the calculation method is…
Petra Financial Signs Reseller Agreement with EastNets for Vortex Solution
Petra Financial has signed a partnership agreement with compliance and payments solution provider EastNets, under which the latter will resell Petra’s Vortex solution to the Middle East and North Africa markets. Enrique Clemente, sales manager for the Middle East for Petra Financial, explains that the vendor hopes the backing of EastNets will ease its expansion…
Valuation Function in Need of Repair to Increase Transparency, Says Celent
Firms and solution providers involved in the valuation function need to go back to the drawing board to revisit the often piecemeal approach to pricing, according to a recent report by analyst firm Celent. The current market conditions have heightened the need for transparency and firms must now re-evaluate their valuation solutions to make sure…
China Life Asset Management Implements DSTi’s HiPortfolio/3
Chinese institutional investment firm China Life Asset Management Corporation (CLAMC) has completed its implementation of DST International’s (DSTi) HiPortfolio/3 investment accounting solution. The migration of CLAMC’s back office operations included the handling of complex valuation methodologies specific to the China market, explains Tom Abraham, CEO of the vendor. The firm has automated its previously manual…
NewRiver Releases Summary Prospectus Index for Tracking on SEC’s Edgar
NewRiver has released a new tool that tracks all summary prospectus filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Edgar database. Dubbed NewRiver Summary Prospectus Index, the new offering tracks fund families, fund names and the number of filings for both standalone summary prospectuses filed via Form 497K and filings of statutory prospectuses that include…
Thomson Reuters Extends Pricing and Reference Data to Thai Market via WMSL Alliance
Thomson Reuters has made its international pricing and reference data services available to the Thai market via its partnership with Wealth Management System Limited (WMSL). Alfred Lee, business head of South East Asia at Thomson Reuters, explains that the alliance with WMSL is aimed at increasing the vendor’s footprint in Southeast Asia. “Our alliance with…
Deutsche Börse Launches New Data Service for Upcoming Corporate Actions
Deutsche Börse has launched a new service aimed at providing bundled data about upcoming corporate actions and their impact on the exchange operator’s own indices. Dubbed Index Corporate Action Forecast, the service aims to offer customers information on upcoming corporate actions such as dividend payments, stock splits and spin-offs, including currency information, which may impact…
US Markets on Course for Sweeping Changes to OTC Derivatives Regulation
The US government has this week released a set of proposals to reform the regulatory regime governing the OTC derivatives markets. The proposals, which were tabled by Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner, would mandate that all derivatives deemed to be “standardised” are cleared via designated clearing houses and they are aimed at increasing transparency in these…