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Interactive Data Completes €19 million Purchase of Italian Reference Data Supplier Kler’s
Interactive Data Corp. has completed the acquisition of Italian reference data provider Kler’s Financial Data Service Srl. for €19 million in cash. The move is part of Interactive Data’s plan to boost its presence in the European marketplace. Rome-based Kler’s provides corporate actions and taxation information, coverage of Italian and international securities including equities, listed…
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Buys Compliance Online
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has purchased Compliance Online, an online compliance information provider focused on regulatory information, analysis, news and value-added commentary for the UK’s financial services market. Compliance Online provides UK customers with explanatory regulatory information to help the customers understand how to conduct business under the Financial Services…
BCC di Roma Picks SunGard’s Reech FastVal for OTC Derivatives Valuations
Italian bank La Banca di Credito Cooperativo (BCC) di Roma has selected SunGard’s OTC derivatives valuation service, Reech FastVal, for the valuation of its structured products. According to SunGard, the bank has chosen to use the service on an application service provider (ASP) basis to keep costs down and speed up implementation. The vendor says…
Interactive Data Connects to GGY’s Axis for Fixed Income Analytics
Interactive Data Corporation has added an interface to the BondEdge structured finance cash flow engine and library through GGY’s Axis system. The Axis system’s pricing, valuation and modelling tools can now be used for the complex fixed income securities modelled by Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics. According to the vendor, the fully integrated offering is…
SimCorp Integrates Fincad Derivatives Analytics into Dimension
Fincad and SimCorp have entered into an agreement to integrate Fincad’s derivatives pricing software into SimCorp’s investment management enterprise solution, SimCorp Dimension. The global agreement extends SimCorp Dimension’s integrated pricing mechanism to encompass a wider range of derivatives than previously available, including credit derivatives and instruments implemented within the system’s new XpressInstruments framework. Søren Pedersen,…
Markit Appoints Ex-Morgan Stanley MD Rusis as Fixed Income Head
Data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing vendor Markit has appointed ex-Morgan Stanley managing director Armins Rusis as executive vice president and global co-head of fixed income. Rusis will join Markit’s New York office and share responsibility for the firm’s data and analytics products with Kevin Gould, executive vice president and a founder of…
Data Management Still Not on C-Level Radar, Says EDM Council
Although data’s importance to a business is understood at an abstract level, it is not on the strategic radar of the executive management of most firms, according to a recent report by the EDM Council. The report, Finger on the Pulse of Enterprise Data Management, is based on direct qualitative interviews with the heads of…
Interactive Data Names Wolf CTO and Dirks Managed Solutions Head
Interactive Data Corporation has appointed Stephan Wolf, formerly chairman of the executive board of Interactive Data Managed Solutions, as its first company chief technology officer. Carsten Dirks, formerly chief sales officer at its market data division, will succeed Wolf in leading the Interactive Data Managed Solutions business as managing director and chairman of the executive…
FactSet Completes Acquisition of Thomson Fundamentals Database
Following the announcement of its intention to acquire a copy of the Thomson Fundamental database in April this year, financial information and analytical applications vendor FactSet Research Systems has announced the completion of the deal. The vendor paid cash consideration of US$63 million for a copy of the database and related assets, daily database updates…
Interactive Data’s Pricing and Reference Data Business Boosts Second Quarter Results
According to Interactive Data’s second quarter results, which were released yesterday, the vendor experienced an increase in revenue of 9.5% and an increase in net income of 15.1% for the period ending 30 June. The growth in North America and Europe over the second quarter is largely attributed to the performance of its pricing and…