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Asset Control Appoints John Mitchell for US Sales
Asset Control has appointed John Mitchell as North American sales director based in New York. Mitchell will be responsible for generating new business and expanding Asset Control’s regional presence. Previously, Mitchell was vice president of sales at Fortent, provider of risk and compliance solutions, and before that he was vice president of global sales and…
Mike Powell to Head Reuters Enterprise Information
As more details emerge of key roles post the Thomson/Reuters merger, it has been decided that Mike Powell will head up Enterprise Information, the position previously occupied by Kevin Bradshaw who departed last year.
FISD Releases MDDL Open Source Licence in Further Bid to Encourage Take-Up
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software and Information Industry Association has released a new MDDL 3.0 Open Source licence for the financial information industry. MDDL, or Market Data Definition Language, is an open industry standard XML dialect for securities market data. The announcement of the new licence aims to remove possible ambiguity…
EastNets Enters into Distributor Agreement with CounterpartyLink to Carry Counterparty, Entity Data
Dubai-headquartered EastNets has signed a distributor agreement with CounterpartyLink (CPL) under which EastNets will make CPL’s legal entity reference data available via its portal or for direct distribution to its clients. EastNets privides payment and security solutions for the financial, corporate and government sectors in EMEA. EastNets has been supporting the entry of counterparty data…
Entity Data, EDM Vendors Ally, as Golden Copy Logic Finds its Place in the Counterparty Data World
Two alliances this month between providers of counterparty data and suppliers of data management systems indicate that counterparty data’s role in the bigger enterprise data management (EDM) picture continues to mature and more closely resemble that of security master data. As Reference Data Review went to press, Standard & Poor’s and Siperian (which already has…
Asset Control Adds Telekurs VDF Content to Centralised Data Management Solution
Asset Control has expanded its global data coverage by adding Telekurs Valdordata Feed (VDF) content to its centralised reference and financial data management solution. Several clients have already licensed the new capability and are in the process of implementing it, the vendor says. VDF provides reference data, corporate actions information and price data on more…
Paladyne Integrates Reuters DataScope Onsite into Hosted Hedge Fund Suite to Meet Demand for ABS Data
Reuters and Paladyne Systems, provider of onsite and hosted hedge fund solutions, have completed the integration of Reuters DataScope Onsite with the Paladyne suite of products. The aim is to meet increased demand within the alternative investment industry for comprehensive data on asset-backed securities. Reuters DataScope Onsite carries more detailed data on these instruments and…
NYSE Euronext Acquires IVRS, Launches Prime Source To Capitalise on Market’s Transparency Focus
LIFFE (Holdings), a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext, has acquired Independent Valuation and Risk Services (IVRS) for some £700,000, plus a deferred consideration element. Hard on the heels of this acquisition, NYSE Euronext has also launched Prime Source, a new independent valuation service. IVRS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lombard Risk Management, provider of software and…
Reuters Aims to Price 100% of Customers’ Derivatives Holdings
Reuters’ recently announced service for delivering bespoke valuations for derivatives and complex securities (ReferenceDataReview.com, January 28 2008) formalises an activity the vendor has been testing for a couple of years, and reflects a recognition that firms increasingly want to offload the valuations burden on to a third party. Reuters has been providing bespoke evaluations to…
Credit Crunch Pushes Industry Mood in Favour of Third Party Valuations, OTC Val’s Blance Believes
The credit crunch may have put pressure on spending decisions by financial institutions, but the need for external sources of evaluated prices, particularly for asset backed securities, has been “starkly portrayed”, and the “mood is definitely swinging in favour” of making greater use of third party sources, believes Ian Blance, who recently joined derivatives specialist…