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Asset Control Adds Language Support for Asian Character Sets in AC Plus
EDM vendor Asset Control has added new localised language capabilities to its AC Plus data management software in order to support users in the Asia Pacific region. The new additions have been built upon the vendor’s AC Plus Desktop platform and allow for the processing, editing and display of multi-byte character sets, such as Han…
Buy Side Has a Long Way to go to Catch up to Sell Side in Data Management, TSAM 2009 Delegates Told
The buy side is significantly behind the sell side in terms of progress towards reaching data management nirvana, according to speakers at this week’s TSAM 2009 conference in London. Most buy side firms are lacking in data tsars or relevant executive level champions to push forward change in the area of improving data quality, delegates…
SmartCo Launches New, Faster Version of Smart Financial DataHub
Following on from its upgrade in October last year, EDM vendor SmartCo has released yet another new version of its Smart Financial DataHub (SFDH) solution, which it claims provides its clients with faster and more comprehensive market data management capabilities, additional security features and enhancements to key financial modules. Patrick Archer, SmartCo’s UK and US…
G2systems Signs Reseller Agreement with IBM for EDM Solution Optim
Software integration and implementation services vendor G2systems has signed a reseller agreement with IBM for its enterprise data management (EDM) product Optim. Under the agreement, G2systems will offer the IBM solution to its client base of hedge funds, investment firms and fund administrators. The deal is indicative of the current trend within the data management…
Asset Control Expands Coverage of Fitch Solutions Data to Credit Risk Ratings
EDM vendor Asset Control has expanded its Fitch Solutions data coverage as part of its AC Plus data management software solution. According to the vendor, the Fitch Solutions Ratings Delivery Service (RDS) data feed, which provides credit ratings and related information on corporate, structured finance and public finance issues and issuers, is now available as…
Banca Euromobilare Goes Live with Aim’s Gain Data Management Solution
Switzerland-based private bank Banca Euromobilare (Suisse) has gone live on Aim Software’s Gain Data Management in order to manage the capture, processing and distribution of pricing and static data from the SIX Telekurs Valor Data Feed (VDF). This data is fed into the bank’s implementation of SunGard’s Apsys III via the Gain standard interface, which…
Interactive Data Experienced Strong Growth in Q4 2008, Says Exiting CEO Clark
Despite the downturn in the markets, it seems that Interactive Data had a good end to 2008 in terms of financial results. The data vendor’s fourth quarter results for last year indicate that its revenue was up 6.6% on previous year’s figures to US$194.1 million from US$182.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. “Despite…
Solix Technologies Partners with Oracle to Embed EDMS in Flexcube
EDM vendor Solix Technologies has entered into a global partner agreement with Oracle Financial Services Software, under which Oracle will offer Solix EDMS as embedded functionality in Oracle Flexcube. The combined solution is aimed at automating archive and purge processes by classifying data, configuring and executing archiving and data migration routines, explains Shekhar Dasgupta, president…
Reference Data Getting its Day in the Sun, Marcus Evans Delegates Told
Reference data management is no longer at the fringes of an organisation in terms of the perception of its strategic importance by senior management, said Sean Taylor, director at Deutsche Wealth Management, to the delegation at Marcus Evans’ recent Reference Data conference on 12 February. Taylor, who was chairing the event, indicated that increased regulatory…
Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg Remain at the Top for Data Provision, Says Burton-Taylor
The market share of the top two data giants, Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg, increased yet further still last year, according to Burton-Taylor International Consulting. Although the spend on data vendor solutions was flat from 2007 to 2008, Thomson Reuters garnered 34% of the market and Bloomberg was a close second at the top of the…