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Cadis Integrates London Stock Exchange’s Datalect into its EDM Suite
EDM vendor Cadis has integrated the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) Datalect product suite into its EDM Suite, including the exchange operator’s Sedol Masterfile service. According to the vendor, the data has been integrated via a new Cadis adaptor, which it claims will enable clients to maximise the value of the data that the LSE provides…
ICE US Trust Receives Regulatory Approval from Fed, Interdealer Brokers Get Annoyed, Eurex Declares Out of US
Following the announcement of its European ambitions in February, IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has indicated that it has finally received regulatory approval from the board of governors of the Federal Reserve for ICE US Trust to act as a clearing house and central counterparty (CCP) for credit default swap (CDS) transactions in the US. The exchange operator…
Asset Control Adds Language Support for Asian Character Sets in AC Plus
EDM vendor Asset Control has added new localised language capabilities to its AC Plus data management software in order to support users in the Asia Pacific region. The new additions have been built upon the vendor’s AC Plus Desktop platform and allow for the processing, editing and display of multi-byte character sets, such as Han…
Mark to Market Discussions Continue at Financial Crisis Advisory Group, US Government Plans More Talks
The Financial Crisis Advisory Group, which was formed last year by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) to tackle the financial crisis, has this week discussed how best to solve the issues surrounding fair value pricing. The group discussed the problems to do with mark to market accounting…
Buy Side Has a Long Way to go to Catch up to Sell Side in Data Management, TSAM 2009 Delegates Told
The buy side is significantly behind the sell side in terms of progress towards reaching data management nirvana, according to speakers at this week’s TSAM 2009 conference in London. Most buy side firms are lacking in data tsars or relevant executive level champions to push forward change in the area of improving data quality, delegates…
Regulatory Compulsion is on the Cards and ECB is Looking at Data Semantics Repository, Says Atkin at TSAM 2009
The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council has been involved in a “whirlwind” of meetings with regulators over recent months to further the cause of data management, said EDM Council managing director, Mike Atkin, at TSAM 2009 this week. The European Central Bank (ECB) in particular is looking at the area of data semantics adoption in…
Italy’s Interbanca Picks SunGard’s Reech RiskHedge for Complex Valuations
Italian banking group Interbanca has selected SunGard’s risk management engine, Reech RiskHedge, for the valuation of its complex portfolios. Andrea Liso, head of information systems at Interbanca, explains that the firm decided to move to a single risk management platform to simplify the process of calculating the value at risk (VaR) of its positions. The…
SmartCo Launches New, Faster Version of Smart Financial DataHub
Following on from its upgrade in October last year, EDM vendor SmartCo has released yet another new version of its Smart Financial DataHub (SFDH) solution, which it claims provides its clients with faster and more comprehensive market data management capabilities, additional security features and enhancements to key financial modules. Patrick Archer, SmartCo’s UK and US…
Poll Results: Operational Risk and Cost Top List of Concerns for RDR Readers
Operational risk and the desire for greater cost savings are the key issues driving financial institutions to invest in their data management infrastructure, according to the latest results of our reader poll. This result is unsurprising really, given the focus on doing ‘more for less’ in the current financial climate. What is perhaps more surprising…
SuperDerivatives Promotes Sela to FX and Cross Asset Product Manager
SuperDerivatives has promoted current pre-sales director, Udi Sela, to the position of FX and cross asset product manager. Sela, who has been with the vendor since 2005, will now lead the company’s FX and cross asset product functions and will report directly to Ravit Mandell, vice president for products. Prior to SuperDerivatives, Sela worked in…