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Oracle to Buy Data Integration Vendor GoldenGate Software
Oracle has agreed to acquire GoldenGate Software, a provider of real-time data integration solutions. The addition of technology from GoldenGate extends Oracle’s capabilities with a heterogeneous real-time data integration solution and adds functionality to maintain uptime of business critical applications during migrations and upgrades. “The need to improve operating performance in a global 24×7 environment…
CFTC’s Gensler Calls for Interoperability for OTC Derivatives Clearing Market
Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has this week elaborated on his desire for more competition to be introduced to the OTC derivatives clearing environment. Gensler testified before Congress to encourage the US government to introduce greater levels of standardisation within the market and the ability for market participants to be…
Buy Side Participation for ICE Trust to be Enabled in October
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), an operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and OTC markets, has developed a solution that provides segregation of customer funds and positions in credit default swap (CDS) clearing. The solution, which will enable buy side participation in CDS clearing, is expected to be introduced in October 2009, subject to regulatory approval….
As BClear Bows Out, Clearnet Steps into the Ring for CDS CCP Round One
European regulators have for months been championing the launch of a European-based clearing central counterparty (CCP) for the credit default swap (CDS) market and it seems their prayers may have been answered in the form of Paris-based Clearnet. The joint venture between Liffe and LCH.Clearnet has taken over the mantle of viable CCP contender, following…
GoldenSource’s Vanlint Discusses Kedrios Partnership for Italian Market
This month, EDM vendor signed a partnership agreement with SIA-SSB Group’s outsourcing subsidiary Kedrios to launch a new hosted data management service for the Italian market: Kedrios Data Management (KDM). Neill Vanlint, managing director of EMEA for GoldenSource, explains the details to Reference Data Review. The two vendors have been in discussions for over a…
Kedrios Launches EDM Offering for Italian Market with GoldenSource
Kedrios, a SIA-SSB Group company specialising in back office products, services, IT and administration outsourcing for Italian financial institutions, has signed a strategic agreement with GoldenSource Corporation, a global provider of enterprise data management (EDM) solutions, to provide a hosted data management service to banks, investment managers and brokers in Italy. The new service, called…
Majority of CDS Products Will Never be Centrally Cleared, Says Tabb Group
In new research published today, Tabb Group says the majority of credit default swaps (CDS) products blamed for adding significant systemic risk to the global financial markets will never be centrally cleared in the United States and Europe. According to the report’s authors, Larry Tabb, founder and CEO, and Robert Iati, partner, global head of…
Concerns Raised About Asian CCP for OTC Derivatives
The rise of the clearing counterparty (CCP) seems unstoppable at the moment. Not only are efforts being made in Europe and the US to move OTC derivatives onto central clearing platforms with a view to reducing counterparty risk, Asia has got in on the act too. This news has not been welcomed by all parties…
Eurex and ICE Aim for European CCP Launches by End of the Month
Against the background of a shifting regulatory framework, the European central counterparty (CCP) race for the derivatives market is heating up. NYSE Liffe is considering dropping out of the race altogether, whereas Eurex Clearing and IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) are planning to launch their offerings by the end of the month deadline, which was set by the…
Fascet Partners with Hosting Vendor Rackspace to Support SaaS Offering
US-based enterprise data management (EDM) solution vendor Fascet has signed a partnership agreement with hosting specialist Rackspace to support its new software as a solution (SaaS) offering. Accordingly, the vendor has been enabled to offer its Fascet Trade Communicator, a post-trade notification solution that processes any asset type including complex OTC derivatives, in a SaaS…