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…While Rumours Persist of Reuters’ Purchase of Ecowin
Rumours have been circulating that Reuters is in negotiations to acquire Swedish data vendor Ecowin, with whom it recently entered a third-party distribution deal to integrate DataScope data into the Ecowin database (Reference Data Review, June 2005). Reuters is already a distributor of Ecowin’s economic data, and fees between the two vendors are essentially netted…
Accenture Partners with Nikko Systems Solutions in Japan
Accenture has signed a five-year deal to work with local firm Nikko Systems Solutions to establish joint sales and support teams to market and implement capital markets solutions based on the two companies’ service offerings within the Japanese market. A key aspect of the service will be the promotion of Accenture’s Managed Reference Data Services…
FT Interactive Data Adds MTS Bond Pricing Data to FTS
FT Interactive Data Europe is now providing intraday and end-of-day pricing from the European government bond MTS markets. MTS data covers euro-denominated government, agency and covered bond prices in real-time or delayed services for portfolio valuation purposes. It is being made available via FT Interactive Data’s FTS online portfolio administration tool. It will be priced…
AIM Secures Clariden Bank For Ref Data Interfaces…
AIM Software has secured another client in Clariden Bank for its reference data management platform Gain DataDesktop. At Clariden, the software is being used to integrate financial data from Telekurs Financial’s Valor Datafeed (VDF) and Bloomberg’s Data License into the banking application Avaloq. Michael Hochstrasser, vice president at Clariden Bank says, “By consolidating the data…
…While AIM Forms Alliance with DTS Latin
Meanwhile, AIM Software has also entered a strategic partnership with DTS Latin, enabling it to enter South and Central America with its reference data management software Gain DataDesktop, as well as its Gain Risk Management software. DTS Latin operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.
Dublin’s Dexia Rolls out Telekurs iD for Data Access
Dexia Fund Services Dublin has rolled out Telekurs iD, the intelligent display product from Telekurs Financial to its fund accountants. They will now be able to verify prices and corporate actions as well as static and cross-reference information on security master files from its existing implementation of Telekurs’ Valor Datafeed (VDF).
Mondas Interfaces with the DTCC’s Corporate Actions Service
Mondas has built an interface between its Radica CAPS corporate actions solution and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC’s) Global Corporate Action (GCA) Validation Service.
Volante Technologies Partners with Vitria
Volante Technologies has combined its data-centric solutions, including management of Swift, ISO 15022 and ISO 20022 messaging standards, with the business process integration solution BusinessWare offered by Vitria. The combined offering has already been deployed at three financial institutions. Volante’s technology enables the rapid identification of errors at the source, enhancing BusinessWare’s capacity to manage…
Aegon Purchases Citadel Data Management Platform Cadis
Aegon Asset Management UK has purchased Citadel Associates’ Cadis data management platform. Aegon employs around 250 people in its Edinburgh head office. This deal follows similar data management implementations with Russell/Mellon (Reference Data Review, April 2005), Newton and Insight Investments (Reference Data Review, August 2005).
Markit Adopts and Enhances ICB Codes for Credit Markets
Markit is adopting the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) from Dow Jones Indexes and FTSE Group. ICB will be implemented across Markit’s entire range of entities across all asset classes. Markit’s involvement will also help to enhance ICB’s coverage of the current 40,000 equities by expanding into around 5,000 credit default swap reference entities and bond…