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Check Out the New Intel fasterFS Website
The timing could not be better for the relaunch of Intel’s financial services website – IntelfasterFS.com. Not only is it going live just in time for the Sifma show, where Intel will be holding both breakfast and evening events focused on low latency technologies, but it also has the latest Intelligence in Finance newsletter for…
Eaton Vance Selects Eagle to Build Investment Systems Data Warehouse
Boston-based investment management firm Eaton Vance has implemented Eagle Investment Systems’ data management and mutual fund performance solution in order to build an investment systems data warehouse. The selection of Eagle’s offering is to support the investment manager’s plans to outsource the servicing of its institutional business to Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon)…
APG Investments US Picks Fidelity ActionsXchange for Corporate Actions Processing
The US subsidiary of Dutch asset manager APG Algemene Pensioen Groep NV, APG Investments US Inc, has signed up for US domestic fixed income corporate actions information from Fidelity ActionsXchange, via its ActionService product. APG Investments US Inc is the wholly owned subsidiary of APG Algemene Pensioen Groep NV, which provides asset management services to…
XSP’s Fullam Appointed Co-chair of ISITC Corporate Actions Working Group
Paul Fullam, principal consultant at XSP, has been appointed as a co-chair of the ISITC Corporate Actions Working Group. In this position he will collaborate with the group’s members to review ISO 15022 standards and direct enhancements to message content that promote the straight-through processing of corporate actions. Fullam has been an active participant of…
SuperDerivatives Appoints Ex-ICAP CEO Jeffery as COO
SuperDerivatives has appointed ex-CEO of ICAP Electronic Broking, Jack Jeffery, as chief operations officer as part of its plans for global expansion. Prior to joining ICAP, Jeffery was CEO of EBS, which was subsequently acquired by ICAP. He was also employed by Citibank in Australia and the UK, most recently as managing director for European…
Asset Control Expands Tapmaster’s Instrument and Securities Coverage
Asset Control has enhanced its data management product Tapmaster by introducing support for portfolios, swaps and money market derivatives, as well as support for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) reporting data. Phil Lynch, Asset Control’s president and chief executive officer, says: “The need to provide support for a firm’s own portfolio data is becoming…
Misys Integrates Markit’s Loan Pricing Service into Loan IQ
Misys has achieved certified alliance partner status under Markit’s certification programme and has integrated Markit’s loan pricing service into Misys Loan IQ, its commercial lending solution. The combined offering will enable mutual clients of the two companies to automatically price loans from the Misys Loan IQ platform. As a result of the integration mutual clients…
Carnegie Bank Picks SuperDerivatives for Equity Derivatives Valuation
SuperDerivatives, provider of options pricing and a multi-asset derivatives platform for revaluation and risk management, has been chosen by Nordic bank Carnegie Investment Bank AB to perform independent valuation services for its equity derivatives portfolio. Per Jutemar, group operational risk manager at Carnegie, says the choice to use SuperDerivatives Revaluation Center is part of a…
LakeFrontData adds former Capco Reference Data Executive to Advisory Board
Former executive vice president of Capco Reference Data Services, Predrag Dizdarevic, has joined LakeFrontData’s advisory council and his company, KonsultLab LLC, has joined LakeFront Data Ventures’ Data Management Partner Program. LakeFrontData has stated that it is collaborating with Dizdarevic, who is currently an independent consultant, on “a number of data management market opportunities and client…
DIFC’s DClear Releases Plans for Reference Data Utility
DClear, the wholly owned subsidiary of the investment arm of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has released plans for a reference data utility for the global financial market. The aim of the project is to provide a shared copy of reference data among financial market participants on both the buy and sell sides. It…