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FTI Uses External Partner Volante to Attain ISO CA Standards

In a bid to move closer to standardization and greater automation of corporate actions data, Financial Technologies International is utilizing technology from financial messaging provider Volante Technologies. The technology will initially incorporate Volante’s message modelling solution into FTI’s StreetActions corporate actions service enabling it to utilize the Swift network – in particular the Swift message…

Netik Implements InterView Data Management at Investec

Netik is implementing its data warehouse service Netik InterView at Investec Asset Management in both its Cape Town and London operations. InterView is the company’s so-called Investment Hub, which provides a data-centric transaction management and investment reporting solution for use within asset management firms, private banks, hedge funds, prime brokers, fund administrators and custodians.

What do you think of the reference data services out there?

After a refreshing couple of weeks on a European break, we’re back in the full swing of things. And boy, are things swinging! As well as producing our fine publications, A-Team has embarked on a commissioned survey to understand what reference data managers really think about the information services out there, and how various firms…

Deutsche Bank Taps Cicada, DSL for Global Know Your Client Compliance Project

As part of its global reference data management initiative, Deutsche Bank has contracted with Cicada Cos. to provide advisory and cleansing services to ensure compliance with Know Your Client (KYC) regulatory requirements. The German bank has adopted a risk-based approach to KYC compliance, which it believes has yielded many operational efficiencies and benefits as a…

TD Securities Prime Brokerage Selects Eagle Platform

TD Securities’ Prime Brokerage group has selected Eagle Investment Systems Corp.’s Pace data hub and portfolio management system as part of an overhaul of its systems to support hedge fund and institutional asset management customers. Aside from Pace, TD Securities will also implement Eagle’s Star investment accounting system and its Performance investment performance measurement suite….

J.P. Morgan Investor Services Unveils Valuations for OTC Derivatives

J.P. Morgan Investor Services has launched a valuation service for over-the-counter derivatives. The new service will allow the custodian’s clients to value instruments ranging from vanilla interest-rate swaps to the most exotic structured derivatives. The service is based on Reech FastVal, a derivatives valuations and risk management system from SunGard Reech.

GSTPA Technology Assets to Be Auctioned Off Next Month

The technology assets of the failed GSTPA post-trade processing consortium are to be auctioned by liquidators in Switzerland on September 10. The auction will be handled by Buergi & Naegeli, and interested parties are invited to contact the firm’s Zurich offices. Developers of centralized trade processing utilities, including Financial Models Co., Omgeo and SunGard have…

ValueLink to Offer EuroMTS Delayed Price Data

ValueLink Information Services is to offer delayed price information from the EuroMTS trading platform for European benchmark government bonds. The company has become the first to secure a delayed data license for from EuroMTS.

NFS Unveils Data Interface for Pricing Services

Nordic Financial Systems (NFS), a provider of technical and business integration services to the treasury industry, has launched Market Information Interface, which allows users of its Finance KIT to receive end-of-day pricing data from vendors including Reuters and Bloomberg for portfolio valuation and risk measurement purposes. According to NFS, MII – developed in conjunction with…

Pool-Side Reading for Reference Data Ravers

Your publisher and editor are honoured this issue to be carrying contributions from two of the leading lights of the reference data community. In what will become a regular feature, Tony Kirby, founder of the Reference Data User Group (RDUG) brings us completely up to date with the workings of the various standards working groups….