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FT Interactive Data Rolls Out Markit Independent Loan Valuations
FT Interactive Data has entered the third phase of its roll-out of data from Markit Group to its clients, under its established partnership with the vendor. FT Interactive Data clients can now access independent valuations of syndicated bank loans via its FTS online portfolio administration service. Markit’s single name CDS and CDS indices data is…
The low-down on Sibos Down Under
As reported in the last issue of Reference Data Review, in the build-up to Sibos in Sydney bank owned co-operative Swift had some pretty big ideas about the role it could play in the reference data world. During the event itself, it sought feedback on these plans, and the responses garnered may not have been…
EDM Council Sets its Agenda
The EDM Council has set the agenda by which it proposes “to advance enterprise data management as a core operational infrastructure”. There will be four primary work streams. Under business metrics, the two focuses will be data quality and performance measurement. The council has launched an evaluation project covering the security description data elements included…
Tap Solutions Expands its Datafeed Services
Tap Solutions has expanded its data coverage with the introduction of new feed managers for the TAPMaster suite. The addition of Reuters Estimates and Reuters Fundamentals from Reuters Knowledge Direct and FT Interactive Data’s FTS portfolio administration tool to the TAPMaster feed manager library enables Tap to offer access to 21 different datafeed services from…
Bloomberg Bolsters Credit Capabilities with CMA DataVision…
Bloomberg has added CMA’s same day closing credit default swap (CDS) prices – CMA DataVision – to the Bloomberg Professional service. CMA DataVision provides data for more than 2000 single name CDSs, indices and tranches, delivered by 5pm London and 5pm New York time. Bloomberg believes that the integration of CMA DataVision with existing credit…
AMF Releases CA Recommendations
The Asset Managers Forum (AMF) of the Bond Market Association has released an exposure draft of recommended best practices for processing corporate actions. One recommendation is that custodians use at least two sources for corporate actions information and cross-check them for accuracy. The comment period for the draft ends on November 30.
…While Reuters Adds CDS Prices from Bear, Stearns
Reuters clients will now be able to receive credit default swaps and interest rate swaps pricing evaluations from Bear Stearns Pricing Direct. The addition of PricingDirect evaluations to Reuters Pricing and Reference Data is, says Reuters, the first step of a broader strategy to provide its customers with independent credit derivatives pricing based on a…
LSE Defends New Pricing Model For Corporate Actions Data
The London Stock Exchange refutes the suggestion that its new pricing policy for subscriptions to its corporate actions data by distributors is simply an attempt to extract more revenues from data vendors. According to Mark Husler, head of reference data at the exchange, the new policy, due to take effect in April 2007, is the…
Swift Not Fast Enough For Reference Data Role
Swift’s core strengths of security and resilience are also the major impediments to it fulfilling its aims in the securities reference data space, where it is speed that counts. This was one key message delivered during a panel session entitled “A new age for reference data – collaboration”, which took place on the first day…
CicadaRisk in Transition To Independent Entity
An announcement is expected within weeks concerning the repositioning of CicadaRisk, provider of risk management solutions based on Algorithimics’ risk technology and Cicada’s data management technology. The objective is to enable CicadaRisk to operate more as an independent entity within the financial markets vertical of its principal financial backer Investors Guaranty. CicadaRisk has operated as…