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As the “credit crunch” blame game plays itself out, some hefty criticism is being meted out to various quarters of the industry, not least the regulators and the ratings agencies for their alleged failure to act sooner to stem the tide of fall-out from the sub-prime crisis in the US. A lot of people are…
Swift Promises Controlled Migration To ISO 20022 CA Messages
ISO 20022 versions of the Swift messages that have been the foundation for much of the industry’s progress in automating corporate actions are to be made available by the end of Q4 2009 at the latest, under plans recently formulated by the co-operative. There will be a period of co-existence of ISO 20022 and the…
Bank of New York Mellon Reviews Legacy Reference Data Assets
The Bank of New York Mellon is currently analysing the reference data assets inherited from both the Bank of New York and Mellon pre-merger, as part of its efforts to create a “best of breed” platform to support its clients going forward. A decision is expected by the end of this year on what the…
Benchmarking the Benchmarks
In the world of low latency, it seems that benchmarks are headline news. Having readily available figures showing xxx microseconds and yyy hundreds of thousands of updates per second is a pretty sure way to get some press coverage for one’s product. Indeed, I find myself asking of vendors who are pushing their new datafeed…
A Low Latency History Lesson
I’m in the green and pleasant land, aka England, trying to partake in some R&R. But I can’t escape work, even when I am in historic Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace and later home of William Shakespeare. It seems the Bard knew a thing or two about low latency, or at least about leveraging it. Indeed, “Make use…
Reuters DataScope Select Adds Complinet Screening Capability
Complinet has signed a global contract with Reuters that will allow Reuters DataScope Select users to screen selected entities against international sanctions lists, watch lists and other information that can help them comply with counterparty and Know Your Customer regulations. The deal follows the recent tie-in between the two companies that established Complinet as Reuters’…
The Chief Data Officer: Here to Stay or Just a Flash in the Pan?
Remember when the acronym CDO referred to collateralized debt obligations, a fancy type of credit derivative? Well, think again. CDOs are now chief data officers, C-level executives charged with the corporate ‘ownership’ of a firm’s data assets (although quite where that leaves chief information officers isn’t yet clear….). The implication is that CDOs sit with…
Telekurs’ Fininfo Buy May Signal Strategy for Non-Organic Growth
Telekurs’ agreement this month to acquire its former redistributor in France, Fininfo SA, may signal a new willingness on the part of the big Swiss reference and market data vendor to explore avenues for non-organic growth after decades of shunning acquisitive ventures. The €217.7 Million purchase seems to be a good fit, with Fininfo more…
Swift Picks Avox for BIC1 Cleanup; First Step in Broader BIC/CIVIC Plan
Swift has signed a deal with Deutsche Boerse-owned counterparty data specialist Avox to help it with the process of cleansing its BIC1 code database of so-called ‘unconnected BICs’. The agreement appears to mark the first step in a broad Swift initiative to extend the coverage of its BIC directory and creating BIC-like codes to identify…
CDO Software Integrates CMA DataVision Feed
CDO Software, provider of tools for users of structured credit products, has integrated the CMA DataVision same day credit default swap (CDS) pricing data into its CDO Tools suite. Sunay Shah, CEO and founder of CDO Software says in today’s market most firms want as much transparency as possible, and that requires taking numerous different…