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Kate Toumazi Switches Role to Become Head of Risk and Data Services at Thomson Reuters
Kate Toumazi has moved from the role of global head of front office in the Enterprise Content leadership team at Thomson Reuters to take up the new role of global head of risk and data services in the Pricing and Reference Services leadership team within the company’s risk division. The new role has been designed…
Opinion: From Lehman to Amazon – Rethinking Financial Data Management
By Richard Petti, CEO, Asset Control The tide of regulation is rising inexorably, swamping the financial services sector with ever more prescriptive disclosure requirements; from Dodd-Frank to Basel III and Solvency II, the regulatory response to the enduring financial crisis continues to evolve but the direction of change is constant. It’s widely acknowledged that the…
Broadridge Details Rollout of Collateral Management Modules
Broadridge Financial Solutions has beaten its deadline to bring collateral management products based on Lombard Risk Management’s technology to market and set out plans covering development of the product line. The company made its alliance with Lombard Risk public at the end of March 2014 and said products would follow at the end April or…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Data Utility – Inflexion Point?
For me, one of the most entertaining and informative sessions at our Data Management Summit in London last month was the panel on utilities. Yes, it was a little busy – with no fewer than six (count ‘em!) panellists – but the discussion certainly got the blood flowing. The utility panel session at our DMS…
Talking Reference Data With Andrew Delaney: Being There
In the month or so since our Data Management Summit in London, we’ve been quietly developing the programme for its sister conference in New York on May 13. Due to circumstances arguably beyond my control (we’re expecting twins – yes, twins – in May), I won’t be making the trip, instead leaving my usual MCing…
Misys Builds on Existing Technologies to Deliver EMIR Reporting Service
Misys has responded to customer demand for help with trade reporting under European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with Regulatory Reporting Service, a stand alone software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, and an extension to its Confirmation Matching Service (CMS). The company had previous experience of Dodd-Frank and EMIR reporting with its Opics banking product that is usually used…
Interactive Data Upgrades Feed Handler for TREP with Added Content and Symbology Mapping Functionality
Interactive Data’s upgrade to its feed handler for the Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform – or TREP – adds both content and functionality. The version 2.0 release of the software adds market data content with an emphasis on Level 2 equity markets and functionality including a generic symbol remap that allows users to map existing symbology…
Interactive Data Bases Managed Data Service on SAP Sybase RAP
Interactive Data has deployed SAP’s Sybase Real-time Analytics Platform (RAP) as the basis of a managed data service that combines securities, pricing and corporate actions data, and delivers data on demand to Microsoft Excel and other front and middle office proprietary and packaged applications. Marc Alvarez, senior director of reference data at Interactive Data, explains:…
Xenomorph Adds R to TimeScape and Plans More Integration with Scripting Languages
Xenomorph has integrated the R language and environment with its TimeScape analytics and data management platform, and plans to integrate more scripting languages as they gain popularity among quantitative traders and risk managers. The integration of R, an open source data analysis platform, allows users of the language to access validated datasets managed within TimeScape…
AIM Software Extends Market Reach with Business Applications for Data Management
AIM Software is challenging competitors in the enterprise data management (EDM) space with a business approach to data management that includes fixed price, packaged applications covering market data, reference data and corporate actions data. The Vienna, Austria based company says these solutions, plus a ‘Go West’ strategy focused on expansion in the US and UK,…