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Interactive Data Adds Access to Original Fund Prospectuses to PrimeTerminal
Interactive Data Corporation’s Managed Solutions group has enhanced its financial market terminal, PrimeTerminal Professional Edition, by adding access to original fund prospectuses as an optional service for more than 20,000 funds from various European markets. As a result of Interactive Data’s collaboration with Austrian funds data supplier Boersensoftware und Datenbankservice and Italian funds data supplier…
Omgeo Appoints Ex-Eagle VP Hillyer as MD of Client Operations
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Omgeo, the post-execution trade management solutions provider, has appointed Scott Hillyer as managing director, client operations. In this role, he will focus on driving client satisfaction and enhancing the overall client experience by facilitating cross-functional collaboration and acting as an advocate for Omgeo’s clients. According to Omgeo, he will also…
CMA Releases New Version of DataVision with Enhanced Curve Modelling
Credit information specialist CMA has released a new version of its same day price verification service for the OTC credit derivatives market, DataVision. According to CMA, DataVision 2.1 includes enhanced curve modelling and an expanded data set. DataVision provides portfolio and risk managers with independent price verification for CDS, indices and tranches based on a…
SEC Provides Details of Upgrade to Edgar Database
Earlier this week, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Christopher Cox announced the upgrade to its reporting and disclosure system, the Edgar database. According to Cox, the new XBRL-based platform will give investors faster and easier access to key financial information about public companies and mutual funds, when it is introduced over the next three…
Lack of Single Source of Data on Pricing of Credit Derivatives Poses Problem for Clearing House Plan
Following the recent discussions about the launch of a possible central clearing house for credit derivatives later this year, a number of related concerns have been raised in the market. Not least of these is the lack of a single, reliable source for reference pricing data. Although there are a number of derivatives pricing vendors…
OTC Val Expands Derivatives Coverage to Synthetic and Bespoke Products to Meet Growing Client Demand
OTC Valuations (OTC Val), a provider of independent derivatives valuation and risk reports for structured products and exotic derivatives, has expanded its derivatives coverage for credit, inflation, equity, FX, and fixed income products. The vendor has increased its asset class coverage to meet client demands for both vanilla and complex derivatives pricing. OTC Val has…
Counterparty Risk Should be Monitored Daily to Contain Systemic Shocks, Recommends CRMPG
As part of the industry’s drive to contain systemic risk, financial institutions should receive daily end of day counterparty risk reports, according to the Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group’s (CRMPG) recent report. The group was formed in April this year to examine the steps that must be taken by the private sector to reduce the…
The Counterparty Data Management Space is Evolving, Says A-Team, GoldenSource and CounterpartyLink
Senior managers have finally got a handle on counterparty data’s importance with regards to risk and entity exposure and they are now attempting to leverage it as an asset to fuel growth, according to recent research carried out by A-Team Group and sponsored by GoldenSource and CounterpartyLink. The research, entitled Counterparty Data Emerges as a…
Merger Costs Cut Thomson Reuters Profits by 54%
The US$15.9 billion merger of Thomson Financial and Reuters earlier in the year has had a significant impact on the merged entity’s profits as well as on its staffing levels. Substantial integration costs have caused the media group and financial data provider’s second quarter profits to fall by 54%. At the time of the merger,…
Talk of the town
I never thought I’d be saying this, given the glacial pace of change in this particular sector of the market, but it seems that corporate actions has been the talk of the town recently. Not only has the DTCC been forging ahead with its plans for XBRL and ISO, reported in last month’s issue, but…