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Lack of Standardisation Remains a Sticking Point for Counterparty Data Management, Says Panel at A-Team Group, Asset Control and Avox Event
The topic of counterparty risk is no stranger to the headlines at the moment but, despite its high profile, counterparty data management has still got a long way to go, according to speakers at a recent event organised by A-Team Group, Asset Control and Avox. Martijn Groot, director of market strategy at EDM vendor Asset…
Corporate Actions Back on the Agenda for Sibos 2009, But Who Will Be There to Listen?
After a brief hiatus last year, it seems that Swift has decided that corporate actions, and for that matter securities industry back office issues, are important enough to be back on the main agenda for Sibos. But, given the current state of the industry, how many delegates can Swift expect to greet in Hong Kong?…
EDI and DPC Sign Marketing Agreement for Bond Reference and Corporate Actions Data
Corporate actions data vendor Exchange Data International (EDI) and DPC Data, a data publishing and business process outsourcing company, have signed a joint marketing agreement, under which both vendors will provide their respective user bases with access to their data offerings. David Moore, EDI fixed income manager, explains that the vendor reckons the combination of…
Rising Costs of Corporate Actions Processing Means Firms Must Move to ISO 20022, Says Aite Group
The industry still has a long way to go towards achieving automation in the corporate actions space, says Phillip Silitschanu, senior analyst with Aite Group and author of its recent report into corporate actions standards. “While I knew from personal experience just how ‘manual’ corporate actions processing can be, I was quite surprised how some…
IndusInd Bank of India Opts for SuperDerivatives for Valuations
IndusInd Bank of India is deploying SuperDerivatives’ multi-asset derivatives pricing service. The implementation is aimed at helping it to provide rich and integrated services to clients, shorten time-to-market of new products and monitor client’s credit risk. The deployment will initially include SuperDerivatives’ interest-rate and foreign exchange modules. IndusInd Bank will use SuperDerivatives’ solution to give…
Siperian Talks up Third Quarter Results, Raises US$9m in Funding
Master data management (MDM) solution provider Siperian claims its third fiscal quarter has been one of its strongest, although the company has not yet released its figures for the period. The company, which offers its MDM solution to 15 industry verticals of which financial services is one, has also recently raised US$9 million in funding….
FASB to Vote on Controversial Fair Value Proposals on 2 April
Following the heavy criticism that has been levelled at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) for its failure to act on issues with fair value accounting standards, the industry body has indicated that it is now preparing for the final vote on its proposals, which were announced on 16 March. The FASB will be carrying…
Fiserv Appoints ex-Bank of America Exec Drummond as New EVP
Fiserv has appointed ex-Bank of America executive Lance Drummond as its new executive vice president in charge of strategic growth initiatives in areas including data analytics, consulting and wealth management. He will report to Jeffery Yabuki, president and CEO of the recently rebranded vendor. Drummond joins Fiserv after more than six years at Bank of…
Omgeo and DTCC Establish Data Feed Between CrossCheck and Trade Information Warehouse
Omgeo and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have added an automated data feed between Omgeo’s centrally hosted, exception management solution, CrossCheck, and DTCC’s post-trade database for OTC derivatives, Trade Information Warehouse. According to the vendors, the link is designed to reduce operational risk by allowing market participants to align their OTC derivatives portfolios…
Pricing Partners Talks up Jump Diffusion Models at MathFinance Conference
Valuations provider Pricing Partners told delegates to this month’s MathFinance Conference in Germany about its recent work towards achieving smart expansion and fast calibration for jump diffusion models. The vendor promoted its recent work on approximation methods using its smart expansion method to calibrate jump diffusion models to attendees to the quantitative finance event last…