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Back on the agenda
If recent discussions, announcements and reports are anything to go by, corporate actions automation is back in the industry spotlight. Despite the continuing economic troubles in the financial markets, firms are still concerned about the threat posed to their bottom lines as a result of errors in corporate actions processing. Both Aite Group and Celent…
Interactive Data Launches New Weekend Pricing Service for Middle Eastern Exchanges
Interactive Data’s Pricing and Reference Data business has introduced a new weekend market close pricing service for 13 Middle Eastern and North African exchanges. The service, which is available via Interactive Data’s FTS securities administration tool, provides end of market prices for the exchanges in the region where trading occurs during weekends, explains Bob Cumberbatch,…
S&P Upgrades ABSXchange Platform for Loan Level Stress Testing and Portfolio Analytics
Standard & Poor’s structured finance platform, ABSXchange, has undergone a number of upgrades this month with a view to allowing users to conduct more robust analysis of their structured finance transactions. The platform, which the vendor bought in August 2007 and is part of its Fixed Income Risk Management Services (Firms) business line, now features…
FISD and LakeFront Data Ventures Launch Data Management Salary Survey
The Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) Financial Information Services Division (FISD) has partnered with Lakefront Data Ventures (LDV) to launch a survey of data management and financial information professionals to ascertain salary trends for the sector. The survey, which can be accessed from the LDV site, is confidential and results will be posted in…
Fincad Updates Analytics Suite 2009 for Excel to Support CDS Big Bang
Following the introduction of the new credit default swap (CDS) standard protocol last week, financial analytics and valuations provider Fincad has updated its Fincad Analytics Suite 2009 for Excel to support the new pricing models. Accordingly, the solution now includes a workbook that implements the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) CDS model, says Bob…
Pricing Partners Launches Source Code Version of Flagship Price-it Solution
Valuations vendor Pricing Partners has launched a new source code solution and development platform for its flagship derivatives pricing and risk management solution Price-it. According to the vendor, the new solution is aimed at expediting the creation and development of a user’s quantitative pricing library, as well as reducing the project risk involved in such…
Bi-Sam Appoints Ex-Reuters Exec Xavier Piquot as Regional Sales Manager for Continental Europe
Analytics software, client reporting and data management solution provider Bi-Sam has appointed ex-Reuters executive Xavier Piquot as its new regional sales manager for continental Europe. The vendor hopes Piquot’s experience within the financial markets and contacts book will allow it to strengthen its presence in the region. Piquot has been in the financial technology market…
S&P Adds Non-US Fixed Income Data from EDI to Securities DataManager
In keeping with its longstanding collaboration with data vendor Exchange Data International (EDI), Standard & Poor’s has added EDI-provided global terms and conditions data on more than 200,000 non-US fixed income securities to its Securities DataManager product. The vendors worked closely together to develop the non-US data offering, which is aimed at allowing customers to…
DTCC and Markit Partner for Automation of Syndicated Loan Reconciliation
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is establishing a link between its Loan/SERV Reconciliation Service and Markit’s Wall Street Office (WSO) loan management system. The two vendors are working together to establish the link, which they claim will facilitate the automation of syndicated loan reconciliation and thus reduce the operational risk involved in the…
Point Nine Launches New Real-Time Counterparty Risk and Collateral Management Module
Middle and back office service provider Point Nine has added a new real-time counterparty risk and collateral management module to its service offering. The module, which has been dubbed Ellipse, was created in response to client requirements for increased automation for collateral management and greater analysis capabilities for counterparty risk measurement, claims Yannis Matsis, CEO…