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LakeFront Data Ventures and ReferenceDataFactory merge to form LakeFrontData
Data management consultancy LakeFront Data Ventures (LDV) and data integration vendor ReferenceDataFactory (RDF) have merged to form EDM specialist firm LakeFrontData. LDV founder and former SunGard EDM man Dale Richards has become president and CEO of the new company and fellow colleagues and ex-SunGard veterans Marc Odho and Rob Ord have been appointed head of…
Eagle Premieres Version 9.0 with Improved Workflow and Data Management
Eagle Investment Systems is planning a new release of its software aimed at improving workflow and usability in its data management offering. Eagle Version 9.0, details of which were presented at its annual client conference in Florida this week, will be available later this month. John Lehner, president of Eagle, explains: “Many of the new…
Liverpool Victoria Asset Management (LVAM) Selects Cadis Software
Liverpool Victoria Asset Management (LVAM) has signed a deal to implement Cadis Software’s EDM Suite. Due to go live in less than three months, Cadis will serve as the backbone of LVAM’s new technology infrastructure and play an instrumental role in the company’s growth strategy, according to the vendor. This client win is the latest…
Eagle and Thomson Reuters Connect Data Management Systems
Eagle Investment Systems and Thomson Reuters have created a standard interface between Eagle’s data management solution and Thomson Reuters DataScope Select. The new standard interface allows clients to import DataScope Select security data into Eagle’s data management platform; both equity and fixed income securities are supported. “Eagle remains focused on delivering standardized interfaces to many…
Brewin Dolphin Opts for Zoomix Accelerator for Instrument, Client Data Management
UK private client investment manager Brewin Dolphin has implemented Zoomix’s Accelerator enterprise data management platform to automate the matching, standardization and classification of hundreds of thousands of customer and financial data records. Accelerator is a so-called ‘self-learning’ data management platform that analyzes the relationships and meanings relevant to any data domain by observing decisions made…
F&C Becomes Latest To Join In Live Implementation of Cadis EDM Suite
Cadis Software’s flurry of client announcements continued this month with the news that F&C Investments had completed its implementation of the Cadis EDM Suite in support of its Charles River Development trading platform. The F&C news follows hot on the heels of last month’s announcement that Principal Global Investors had installed Cadis EDM to create…
FactSet Acquires a Copy of Thomson Fundamentals Database
Thomsom Reuters is to sell a copy of the Thomson Fundamental database to FactSet Research Systems, provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications to the global investment community. The deal will include copies of the database, source data, collection software, documentation and collection training materials, as well as the potential for FactSet to acquire…
Invesco PowerShares Utilises Interactive Data
Invesco PowerShares is using Interactive Data’s Fair Value Information Service and Basket Calculation Service as inputs to the valuation processes for its exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Basket Calculation Service provides the IOPVs for Invesco PowerShares’ new municipal bond ETFs. It uses Interactive Data’s real-time fixed-income valuations, real-time equity pricing and interest rate data to calculate…
LakeFront Data Ventures (LDV) Adds Richard Bennett as LakeFrontData Associate
Richard Bennett has joined the LakeFrontData Partner Program as a LakeFrontData Ventures (LDV) associate partner. Bennett, most recently, was working with Standard & Poor’s, assisting the data vendor with its global equity index platform environment. In his new role Bennett will be concentrating his efforts on expanding and supporting the LDV enterprise data consulting business.
Benelux’s Petercam Goes Live with KEYdata from Sterci for Centralised Data Management
Switzerland-headquartered STP software vendor Sterci says Benelux-based private banking and asset management institution Petercam has been using its KEYdata solution for reference data management since January 2008. Sterci is known less as a reference data specialist than as a provider of trade process automation solutions – though it also boasts Euroclear Bank as a KEYdata…