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NumeriX Releases Version 7.2 of its Solution, Expands Model Coverage

NumeriX has upgraded the platform underlying its solutions by introducing new functionality and greater model coverage. According to the provider of cross asset analytics for derivatives and structured products, NumeriX 7.2 includes additional capabilities for all asset classes covered and new models and functions for credit, inflation and hybrid derivative products. The new NumeriX 7.2…

SmartCo Upgrades EDM Offering to Include Wider Complex Product Coverage

SmartCo has upgraded its centralised enterprise data management (EDM) solution, Smart Financial Data Hub (SFDH), to include functions for modelling and managing the fundamentals of credit derivative products, special purpose vehicles and complex underlying instruments. The vendor says the upgrade is a reaction to the current financial climate and the requirements to deal with the…

Eagle Investment Systems Claims Market Appetite for Data Management Increasing

Despite the market downturn, Eagle Investment Systems has reported a heightened interest in its data management solution, particularly for the ability to manage risk and provide issuer and risk exposure reporting. The vendor claims the main driver for this increased demand stems from recent market volatility that has left many institutional investors scrambling to quantify…

Moody’s Enhances CreditQuotes Pricing, Data and Valuation Service with Credit Risk Measures

Moody’s Analytics has enhanced its CreditQuotes pricing, data and valuation service with credit risk measures from throughout Moody’s. The new CreditQuotes credit dashboard is aimed at enabling fast and effective analysis of debt and credit derivative instruments for relative value and risk management purposes, says the vendor. The CreditQuotes credit dashboard pairs market-based credit risk…

Asian Ops of Tier 1 European Bank Selects SmartStream’s TLM Corporate Actions

The Asian operations of a tier 1 European bank has selected SmartStream Technologies’ Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) Corporate Actions solution with a view to improving processing efficiency throughout the corporate event lifecycle and reduce risk. According to the vendor, the solution allows the bank to achieve automation in previously highly manual processes. The bank’s operations…

Interactive Data Confirms Financial Results for Q3 2008

Following the announcement of its preliminary results last week, Interactive Data Corporation has confirmed that its revenue for the third quarter of 2008 increased 7.7% to US$188.6 million from US$175.0 million in the same period last year. The vendor’s financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2008 also confirm that net income for…

Banque de Luxembourg Implements Aim Software’s Golden Master Solution

Banque de Luxembourg (BDL) has decided to implement Aim Software’s flagship Golden Master solution, with a view to optimising the delivery of validated pricing data and static data from Telekurs, Bloomberg and Wertpapiermitteilungen (WM) into Avaloq. Josef Sommeregger, head of business development and sales at Aim, explains the details to Reference Data Review. In the…

Euro MTFs Form Group to Develop Symbology for Pan-European Stocks

Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Three leading and emerging European multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) have teamed up to boldly go where no man has gone before – that is, to create a common symbology for market data on securities traded across Europe’s suddenly and increasingly fragmented markets. Bats European Markets Division, Chi-X Europe and Nasdaq…

Standard & Poor’s Launches New Business Line for Due Diligence Around Pricing

Standard & Poor’s has launched a new business line aimed at helping investors perform due diligence on the financial instruments in their portfolios, including enhanced analytics and context around asset pricing. The new business, which has been dubbed Fixed Income Risk Management Services (Firms), combines several previously separate business and product lines under a unified…

SEC’s Cox Calls for Merger of CFTC and SEC

Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor The credit derivatives regulatory turf war that has been ongoing for the last couple of months may soon be over if the proposal by the chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a merger between the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is approved. Christopher…