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OTC Val Expands Coverage to Illiquid Mortgage and Asset Backed Products
OTC Valuations (OTC Val) has expanded its securities coverage to address valuation for illiquid mortgage, credit card, and bank loan related products. The vendor claims the extension to these products will accommodate audit and internal risk compliance requirements for securities with no market observable prices. Under liquid market conditions, the fair value of these asset…
Department of Finance Canada Picks Reval Centre for Derivatives Valuations
The Department of Finance Canada has selected Reval Centre for independent derivatives valuations from financial risk management solution and service provider Reval. The government body will use the solution to provide option fair values for its Canada Savings Bond (CSB) and Canada Premium Bond (CPB) retail bonds. The vendor has an existing relationship with the…
Hyundai Securities Selects Teradata for Next Gen Data Warehouse
Korean brokerage firm Hyundai Securities has selected Teradata to provide it with a data warehouse, which will include Teradata 12 Database and the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse 5550. The firm, which has been using Teradata’s data warehousing technology since 1999, is planning to use the new technology to build a real-time enterprise data warehouse….
BAFT and Bankersalmanac.com Collaborate to Extend Due Diligence Repository
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Bankersalmanac.com and the Bankers’ Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) have agreed to collaborate on promoting and extending the coverage of the reference data vendor’s Due Diligence Repository, which was launched in 2004. The repository has been set up by Bankersalmanac.com as an industry utility and BAFT will be engaged…
XSP Picks Tier 3 to Host Data Centre and Technology Infrastructure Requirements
XSP has selected Tier 3, which calls itself an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provider, as a strategic partner to host and maintain its data centre and technology infrastructure requirements. According to the vendor, Tier 3 will also provide an environment for hosting its User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and software automation labs. The corporate actions…
Interactive Data Appoints Webster to Replace Adami as Head of Fixed Income Analytics
Interactive Data Corporation has appointed Keith Webster managing director of its fixed income analytics business, following the departure of Laurie Adami who will be leaving the company due to health reasons. In his new role, Webster will have direct responsibility for business strategy, financial performance, and business and product development for Interactive Data fixed income…
A Closer Look at Achieving Low Latency in Real-Market Environments
In the new era of microsecond latency, is the quickest path between two points a straight line? Traditionally, messaging implementations aim to move information between publishers and subscribers by the most direct means possible, which often becomes the argument against legacy centralised, middleware messaging and queuing systems. Proponents of direct-connect, peer-to-peer messaging systems contend that…
BISS Research Grants Information Mosaic’s Cama 2008 CA Accreditation
BISS Research has bestowed its 2008 CA Accreditation on Information Mosaic’s Cama corporate actions system in all three market sectors of asset manager, broker-dealer and custodian. Gary Wright, CEO of BISS Research, explains: “The benchmarking has highlighted value added features of Cama and other services provided by Information Mosaic, which are described in this years…
SuperDerivatives Appoints Ex-Citi Head Mandell to Lead Product Management
Front office derivatives solutions and valuations provider SuperDerivatives has appointed ex-Citi global head of rates Ravit Mandell to lead the vendor’s product management function. Mandell joins SuperDerivatives as vice president for products based in the New York office and will lead the group to develop solutions covering all derivatives asset classes under the SuperDerivatives portfolio….
Carne Global Financial Services Appoints Ex-Citisoft Ramsey as Principal Consultant
Fund management advisory firm Carne Global Financial Services has added to its London team with the appointment of Paul Ramsey as a principal consultant. The firm is hopeful that Ramsey’s experience on numerous alternative investment and traditional asset management projects in the front, middle and back office will allow him to service the needs of…