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Reuters Says Detail Will Differentiate Counterparty Service
The counterparty data service under development at Reuters will be differentiated from others in the market by its scope, the level of detail of its information and its ease of integration, according to the vendor. As exclusively reported in Reference Data Review last month, Reuters is currently building the service in conjunction with a third…
S&P Finds Opportunity in Custom Linkages for Risk
Standard & Poor’s is investing significantly in the capability to support customised work with clients to meet risk and compliance requirements “at the point of intersection between risk and reference data”, according to Scott Preiss, vice president, securities classifications at the company. These customised offerings are provided in addition to the off-the-shelf products S&P has…
CB.Net Adds Routing BICs to Directory to Aid SEPA Compliance
CB.Net is adding Swift-enabled routing BICs to its international payments directory BankSearchPlus, part of the CB.Net Payments Reference Data Service. The new capability, supported by the addition of an extra field to allow the identification of the routing BIC, is available as part of a standard upgrade to users of the vendor’s web-based service and…
Chasen Purchase Bolsters Markit’s Pricing Models
Aiming to reinforce its structured finance services, Markit Group, provider of pricing, reference data and portfolio valuations, has acquired Peekskill NY-based Chasen Enterprises. Chasen provides modelling of structured securities, notably agency and non-agency collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) and asset-backed securities (ABSs). The company, founded in 1989, has modelled more than 18,000 CMO and ABS structures…
IT Spend in Derivatives to Soar; Pricing and Analytics a Key Driver
It will come as no surprise to learn that Wall Street made more money from derivatives products and structured instruments in the first quarter of 2006 than ever before. Into the growing hype about derivatives wades TowerGroup this month, with a raft of reports on the subject, including predictions of annual growth rate in derivatives…
A-Team Analysis: Does Swift Have A Role in Securities Ref Data?
Bank owned co-operative Swift believes the industry should enter “A new age for reference data – collaboration”. One of the opening sessions at this year’s Sibos conference in Sydney, from 9-13 October, will be an interactive panel discussion on this very topic. Based on its 30 years of managing the BIC Directory Service, Swift believes…
EDM Council Taps Institutions For Membership Fees For 2007
In a move that may go some way towards countering criticism that its vendor-funded status stands in the way of its ability to establish industry standards for enterprise data management, the EDM Council is beginning a planned shift from a vendor-funded model to a membership model. Its base of vendor sponsors is already expanding. BearingPoint…
Ex-Interactive Data Man Smith Returns to Market Data Industry at Valuelink
Valuelink Information Services, UK provider of validated data solutions, has appointed Ashley Smith business development manager, reporting to CEO Stephen Choate. Smith spent 14 years at Interactive Data Corp, leaving in 2002.
ADP Strengthens its Commitment to Proxy Processing with Two New Hires
ADP Brokerage Services Group has appointed two new business development managers to focus specifically on its specialised proxy processing service. Ania Breuksch and Dogan Sevil become senior representatives for international business development and sales, reporting to Hakan Benito Sapmaz, director of international business development, ADP International Shareholder Communications.
Howarth Joins Thomson Financial from Instinet, as MD Asia-Pacific Operations
Thomson Financial has named Mark Howarth managing director of Asia-Pacific operations based in Hong Kong. Howarth comes from a nine year stint at Instinet, where he was most recently managing director, Asia ex-Japan. He reports to Donal Smith, president, Europe and Asia, Thomson Financial.