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FTI Upgrades StreetEnterprise Suite
Financial Technologies International (FTI) has upgraded its StreetEnterprise suite of securities processing applications. Among the enhanced features is improved data management designed to ease the selection, implementation and use of reference data throughout an organization.
Telekurs, Soliton Team Up to Release Time Square VDF Interface
Swiss reference data vendor Telekurs has teamed up with Soliton to introduce an interface between its Valordata Feed (VDF) and Soliton’s Time Square data management system. VDF is being added to Soliton’s library of Vendor Data Acquisition Workflows, allowing firms to manage reference data workflow, from acquisition to distribution, through an automated process.
London Stock Exchange to Use Telekurs Data for Sedol Expansion
The London Stock Exchange has signed up to receive international securities data from Telekurs Financial in support of the exchange’s impending expansion of its Sedol security identifier set. The deal aims to close gaps in the exchange’s coverage as it brings the newly expanded Sedol to market next month, in the first step in establishing…
Mark-It Partners to Acquire LoanX Credit Price Supplier
U.K.-based Mark-It Partners, a provider of credit pricing information, plans to acquire LoanX, a U.S. supplier of syndicated loan data. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mark-It says it plans to integrate LoanX’s data offerings with its own to create a multi-asset offering, including market valuations on corporate bonds, credit default swaps and syndicated…
Xcitek’s Winning Spell Continues with U.S. Bancorp Deal
Continuing its run of contract wins, Xcitek has sealed an agreement with U.S. Bancorp, which will use the XcitekSolutionsPlus (XSP) corporate actions processing platform. The multi-year agreement also covers U.S. Bancorp’s use of eTRAN, Xcitek’s web-based module for automated notifications, and access to Xcitek’s corporate actions data. U.S. Bancorp, parent of U.S. Bank, is the…
Much to Mull Over, Little to Whine About During Festive Period
The ‘happiest time of the year’ described by the famous song will be a welcome breather for the industry as it comes to terms with the fact that things are busy again. Like a limbering athlete coming back to the track after a spell out with injury, the past three months have been akin to…
SunGard Plans Two-Pronged Reference Data Foray Based on Acquisition of Fame Information Services
SunGard’s agreement to acquire Fame Information Services, announced this month, will initiate an aggressive, two-pronged foray into the reference data management business. Not only will SunGard use Fame to standardize the handling of historical and reference data among its many operating units and product lines, but it will also promote Fame’s ReferencePoint solution as an…
Fame Teams Up with ClariFi to Enhance Back-Testing Capability
Fame Information Services has forged a marketing alliance with ClariFi, developer of the ModelStation back-testing platform. Under the arrangement, Fame will market ModelStation alongside its own reference and historical data solutions. ModelStation allows investment managers and researchers to perform ‘what-if’ scenario tests on returns and evaluate portfolios at each rebalancing to determine risk.
Asset Control Develops Entry-Level Service for Data Management of Single Feed Set-Ups
Asset Control has released AC SmartFeed, an entry-level feed-handler aimed at providing financial institutions with a quick and low-cost way of implementing a single-feed solution. The system performs all data enrichment, storage and distribution functions, allowing the user firm to link its chosen feed to risk, trading room, asset management and STP/security master applications. AC…
It’s Been an Eventful Month
It most certainly has. Busy, yes. But chock full of industry events, indeed more than we can realistically keep up with. The Mother Of All Events, though, has to be Sibos, and this year’s was a great success. We used Sibos’s handy Singapore location this year to make a trip east and make the most…