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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…
Rolfe & Nolan Adds Parker to European Sales Team
Rolfe & Nolan has added Gavin Parker to its European sales team, with a focus on order management solutions. He was previously managing director at Real Time Trading Systems and was IT director at Fortis Bank. Parker will report to Bill Herder, senior vice president, order management, and will be based in London.
SEI Taps Rodgers for Institutional Sales in Europe
SEI Investments has named Greg Rodgers director, institutional sales, for Continental Europe, based in London. The appointment marks the company’s continuing expansion in Europe. SEI recently opened offices in Germany and the Netherlands, and has offices in the U.K. and France. Rodgers will work with Bart Heenk, managing director for the Netherlands, and Stephan Romer,…
S&P Risk Solutions Hires Bar-Or, Davies for Product, Business Development
Standard & Poor’s Risk Solutions has named Yuval D. Bar-Or global head of product management and development, and Darren K. Davies managing director for North American business development, based in New York. Bar-Or will be responsible for the evolution and deployment of credit risk products, and will report to Roy Taub, executive managing director of…
Outsourced Data Management Services: Will This Be the Year? By Tim Lind, Senior Analyst, Investment Management, TowerGroup
Although discussions surrounding the economics of outsourcing have only increased over the past three years, creating inertia in the securities industry for business process outsourcing has been a frustrating experience. Entrenched attitudes take time to change, and outsourcing decisions continue to be driven more by political considerations than by the bottom line. The biggest hurdle…
LSE, FT Interactive Data Go Live With Corporate Actions via Swift
With the opening up of the Swift network to vendors for delivery of their corporate actions data, several data vendors have grabbed the opportunity and are in the process of launching ISO 15022-compliant data services. These developments are helping move the industry towards standardization and greater automation of corporate actions. FT Interactive Data last week…
FTI StreetEnterprise Release 6.3 Upgrades StreetReference, Actions
Financial Technologies International’s release last month of the latest edition of its StreetEnterprise securities processing solution features substantial upgrades to both its StreetReference reference data module and StreetActions corporate actions automation platform. According to FTI, the new release – version 6.3 – refines the StreetReference module “to improve the quality of data received from vendors.”…