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London Stock Exchange Picks Volante Designer for Swift Message Integration into UnaVista
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has selected Volante Designer for the integration of Swift messaging into its UnaVista engine. According to Mark Husler, head of business development for UnaVista, the integration of Volante will enable LSE to automate the processing of Swift message standards and thus reduce project implementation timescales and associated costs. LSE moved…
Investit to Investigate Sound Practices for Fair Value Pricing with New Working Group
Following requests from its investment management forum, consultancy firm Investit has indicated that it is to embark on an investigation of sound practices in pricing securities, property, OTC derivatives contracts and whole portfolios. Accordingly, the firm and the Investit Intelligence forum have established a fair value pricing working group to examine the issues around pricing…
LakeFront Data Consulting and ReferenceDataFactory to Demerge to Avoid Confusion
Despite its announcement in May last year that it would be merging with data integration vendor ReferenceDataFactory (RDF), data management consultancy LakeFront Data Consulting has indicated that both firms will instead remain as separate entities. Dale Richards, who was previously president and CEO of the merged company and is now taking a back seat, explains…
Contango Capital Advisors to Move from In-house Installation to Eagle’s ASP Service
As proof positive of Eagle president John Lehner’s prediction earlier this month, one of the vendor’s existing wealth management clients has taken the decision to move from an in-house installation to the ASP version of Eagle’s solution. Contango Capital Advisors, the wealth management arm of Zions Bancorporation, will therefore move from its current installation of…
Trillium Software Appoints Bailey as Director of Financial Services Strategy
Trillium Software has appointed Stephen Bailey as director of financial services strategies, as the vendor ramps up its data management offering in the sector. Bailey joins from Edgewater Technology’s financial services practice, where he was vice president of the firm’s consulting arm. The vendor hopes Bailey will provide thought leadership and direction for the lifecycle…
No ‘One Size Fits All’ Maturity Level for Data Management Projects, Says LakeFrontData
There is no ‘one size fits all’ maturity level for data management projects and firms must consider factors including size, focus, core expertise, business requirements and constraints before embarking on such a projects, according to the latest white paper from LakeFrontData. Different capability levels are therefore appropriate for different business requirements and firms must be…
Valuations and Risk Management Feature Prominently in PWG’s Best Practices
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Areas such as valuations, disclosure, risk management, business operations, compliance and conflicts of interest are highlighted as critical areas for the adoption of best practices, according to the two private sector committees tasked with establishing best practices for the fund management industry. The committees, which were established in September 2007…
DTCC Expands Data Published by Deriv/SERV on CDSs
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is to, later this month, expand the data its Deriv/SERV unit publishes on credit default swaps (CDSs) registered in its Trade Information Warehouse to show additional detail on weekly transaction activity. In November last year, DTCC first indicated is would be providing more information on derivatives registered in…
JPMorgan’s Implementation of Cama is One of Highest Volume Corporate Actions Applications in World, Says Information Mosaic’s Byrne
Reference Data Review speaks to John Byrne, CEO of Information Mosaic, about the implementation of its Cama solution at JPMorgan Chase’s global custody unit in the UK. The project, which was completed in November, was the core part of the bank’s decision to consolidate its corporate actions processing with one vendor. The deal also represents…
S&P Under Investigation by European Commission for Pricing of ISINs
All eyes will be on the European Commission as it investigates Standard & Poor’s pricing practices concerning International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs). The EC launched its inquiry this month, and many will see the outcome as a precedent for numbering agencies’ future ability to charge consumers and redistributors for the identification codes it administers. The…