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To Centralize or Not to Centralize
It’s always better to end with a bang than a whimper. So we were happy this month’s FIMA event in London gave the reference data community real pause for thought. Many industry events don’t deliver; this one did. Central to the three days of industry debate was the subject of, erm, centralization. In other words,…
Standard & Poor’s Streamlines Sales, Data As Part of New Reference Data Strategy
Standard & Poor’s European group is streamlining its sales organization for reference and securities pricing services in a bid to provide clients with a single point of contact for many of its products. It is also working to integrate its data sets with the ultimate long-term aim of providing modular options on a common platform….
Asset Control Interfaces to Swiftnet
Asset Control last month introduced Swiftnet functionality to its data management services. The functionality will enable Swiftnet users to aggregate data, such as corporate actions and vendor-provided market data delivered over that network into the AC Plus survey, alongside other data sources, in both industry standard and proprietary formats. It will also simplifies the process…
OPERS Shortlists Eagle and DST For Data Management System Purchase
The Ohio Public Employee Retirement System (Opers) has narrowed down the list of vendors it is considering to provide a centralized data management and portfolio accounting solution. Eagle Investment Systems and DST International are said to have made the shortlist. Opers, which has $60 billion in assets under management, currently maintains multiple securities master files…
FTI’s StreetEnterprise Disappears In GoldenSource Rebranding
Financial Technologies International (FTI) last month rebranded its entire product suite from StreetEnterprise to GoldenSource in an aim to emphasize its data management capabilities. According to FTI, this is in recognition of the fact that firms are facing significant regulatory and compliance challenges, as well as considering opportunities to drive new revenue streams with new…
Cusips Adopted as Numbering Scheme In New Syndicated Loan Service
The Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) has teamed up with Standard & Poor’s to launch a new service that provides Cusip and Cusip-based ISIN numbers along with core descriptive data for syndicated loan deals and facilities. Currently the syndicated loan market uses different IDs to represent in the same credit in proprietary systems used…
Due Diligence Repository to Provide KYC Data for Compliance
A new Due Diligence Repository has been created to provide banks with ‘know your client’ data needed to carry out compliance checks. The service has been developed by Bankersalmanac.com and in association with the Wolfsburg Group – a group of twelve global banks working towards standards for various regulatory requirements. It aims to provide a…
XSP Signs Up First European Hedge Fund Polygon; Licenses to BB&T
XcitekSolutionsPlus has signed up its first hedge fund client in Europe as Polygon Investment Partners licenses the XSP software system for corporate actions processing. The global hedge fund advisor will interface XSP’s service across its London and New York offices through its already-installed FundManager portfolio management system from Beauchamp Financial Technology. Says Manuel Guerrero, head…
CB.Net Enters Raft of Partnerships With Omicronn, ACE, Azdex, iMeta
CB.Net has entered partnerships with a number of software providers in the past month including Omicronn, ACE Software Solutions, Azdex and iMeta Technologies. Omicronn will be integrating CB.Net’s international payments directory service BankSearchPlus into its Trax STP Enrichment Software for use within its corporate and banking clients. ACE Software Solutions will be integrating the data…
Soliton Signs Joho Capital; Expands Telekurs Fixed Income Interface
We’re certainly hearing more and more about outsourcing utilities for managing reference data coming onto the market. Just a quick flick through this issue will show SunGard planning their new Fame-based rMDS, and Accenture set to launch their MRDS service based on Asset Control’s platform. Capco also recently outlined its MDS plans following the acquisition…