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Euroclear Finalises Acquisition of Xtrakter
Following the announcement of its acquisition of Xtrakter in November last year, Euroclear has finally closed the deal. The international central securities depository (ICSD) operator has purchased the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) subsidiary, which operates the Trax trade matching and reporting platform, with a view to creating synergies between Trax and its own OTC…
BISS Research Launches Advisory Service and Training for Corporate Actions Space
BISS Research has launched a new corporate actions advisory service aimed at providing financial services firms and vendors with information and recommendations about investing in the space. Gary Wright, CEO of the firm, says the advice will be based on its benchmarking endeavours and it will also be launching a series of training courses about…
Just in Time: Current Trends in Risk Management Data Supply
By Marc Alvarez, senior director, Reference Data Infrastructure, Interactive Data The global upheaval of the capital markets over the past few years has resulted in a wholesale, industry-wide effort to improve the risk management function. When looked at from the perspective of the data supply chain that services the risk management role, a major shift…
EDM Council Champions Data Management with Regulatory Community
The EDM Council has been busy over the last couple of months championing the cause of data management with the regulatory community. According to the industry organisation’s latest report, it has been working with the European Central Bank (ECB) to engage national and global associations, industry participants and regulators in discussions about data tagging in…
Broadridge Financial Solutions Goes Live on Swift MX Proxy Voting Messaging Suite
Broadridge Financial Solutions has gone live with Swift’s ISO 20022 proxy voting messages, the MX Proxy Voting Messaging Suite, which cover the end to end information and action flows between issuers, their agents and parties holding the right to vote. The messages that involve the announcement, voting and result dissemination process are now available to…
Reval Releases New Version of its Web-based SaaS Offering for Fair Value Developments
Risk management solutions and valuations provider Reval has released a new version of its web-based software as a service (SaaS) offering, which it claims includes enhancements to allow for credit adjusted valuations in accordance with fair value accounting standards. Jiro Okochi, the vendor’s co-founder and CEO, explains that version 9.0 of the solution provides a…
Unnamed French Bank Picks XSP for Corporate Actions Processing
An unnamed “large” French bank has selected XSP’s v5 platform to automate its corporate actions processing, according to the vendor. The bank will be rolling out the data management and scrubbing module, the notifications and responses module and the web-based eTRAN module for automated notifications, response capture and elections processing. Brendan Farrell, CEO of the…
AXA Hedging Services Opts for Price-it Excel for Interest Rate Derivatives Valuations
AXA Hedging Services has chosen Pricing Partners’ flagship pricing solution, Price-it Excel, to value some of its interest rates derivatives. Laurent Bourlard, CEO of the internal service provider subsidiary of AXA, indicates that the firm selected the solution because of its additional analysis functionality. “We were looking for a solution that could support not only…
DTCC Appoints Four New Board Directors: Dan, Daffron, Taggart and Vince
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed four new members to its board of directors: Stephen Daffron from Morgan Stanley; Bernard Dan from MF Global; Richard Taggart of AllianceBernstein; and Robin Vince from Goldman Sachs. Donald Donahue, DTCC chairman and CEO, hopes that the recently appointed members will provide new insight and direction…
Markit Document Exchange Partners with CTI for Tax Documentation
It has been a busy month for Markit’s documentation management platform. Following the signing of partnership agreement with Avox earlier in April, the vendor has now partnered with tax compliance software and consulting company, Compliance Technologies International (CTI). Under the agreement, the vendors are working together to integrate CTI’s electronic W-8 application for the US…