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IOSCO Elaborates on Data Template for Hedge Funds Risk Monitoring Purposes
Last month, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) Technical Committee published the details of the new agreed template for the global collection of hedge fund data in order to better manage systemic risk. These new data requirements are aimed at bringing a new level of transparency to the traditionally opaque sector but will, in…
GoldenSource Releases Market Data Solution for End-to-end Data Transparency
The ability of risk managers to adapt to changing regulatory environments and achieve more up to date and accessible views of immediate risk positions, has long been held back by the siloed treatment of market and reference data. Today at FIMA NY, GoldenSource announced the release of the GoldenSource Market Data Solution (GSMDS) allowing chief…
PolarLake Announces Reference Data Policy Engine Based on Semantics Technology
PolarLake today announced the availability of the PolarLake Reference Data Policy Engine within the PolarLake Reference Data Distribution (RDD) product. The policy engine uses semantics technologies embedded within a business application to enable business operations and technical staff to define reference data usage control policies. This includes: Data access control policies based on user and…
Half of Eagle’s Pipeline is Now from ASP Side of the Business, Says Newland
The focus of data management projects may change along with the questions around achieving business buy in, but the answers about the benefits and practical considerations remain the same, says Danielle Newland, product manager of data management solutions at Eagle Investment Systems. What has changed, however, is the level of interest around outsourcing and application…
Industry is Experiencing Second Wave of Outsourcing, Says Netik’s Close
The regulatory scrutiny of data quality is driving firms to join in with the second wave of outsourcing that is sweeping the market, according to Colin Close, CEO of hosted data management solution vendor Netik. Close reckons that firms should not wait for standards to be set, either by the regulator or bodies such as…
DST Global Solutions’ Harries Discusses His New Risk Management and OTC Derivatives Focused Role
Following the appointment of Geoff Harries as the new global head of asset servicing for its Investment Management Solutions (IMS) business earlier this month, DST Global Solutions is hoping that the ex-Fiserv exec will bring his experience to bear on his new OTC derivatives and risk management focused role. Harries speaks to Reference Data Review 20 days…
SunGard Acquires Hosting 365
SunGard has acquired 365 Hosting Limited, a Dublin, Ireland-based cloud computing and data centre services company which trades as ‘Hosting 365’. The acquisition, the terms of which were not disclosed, is not expected to have a material impact on SunGard’s results. Privately-owned Hosting 365 has built a strong presence in Ireland delivering both data centre…
Strong Governance and Audit Trail is Key in the Data Management Endeavour, Says UBS’ Lux
The challenge of getting a whole firm “into the same boat” and understanding the true benefits of a data management project requires strong leadership and governance from the outset, said Hans Lux, enterprise data architect at UBS Global Asset Management, to the delegation in attendance at TSAM 2010 earlier this week. The importance of data…
Schroders’ Walsh and MoneyMate’s Brennan Discuss Collaboration for Data Quality Improvement
Since its decision to sign up for the MoneyMate investment data management solution in October last year, Schroders has been working closely with the vendor to control the aggregation and cleansing of their product information for presentation on websites. Gerard Walsh, head of change management for the web and customer relationship management (CRM) at Schroders,…
Landesbank Berlin Investment Goes Live with DVS Fund Warehouse
Princeton Financial Systems (PFS), a solution provider to the global investment industry, reports a successful project completion. The Landesbank Berlin (LBB) and the Landesbank Berlin Investment (LBB-INVEST) have chosen the fund-specific data management platform DVS Fund Warehouse (DVS) together with PFS’ reporting solution DVS Publisher Suite for their fund reporting. They went live with both…