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LDV’s Richards Signs Up ReferenceDataFactory to Collaborative Network
Lakefront Data Ventures – the company founded by ex-SunGard man Dale Richards – has signed up ReferenceDataFactory to its network. ReferenceDataFactory, formerly known as Unity, is made up of ex-FTI/GoldenSource people, and provides a data abstraction layer. It boasts as clients a number of mainstream Wall Street banks, according to Richards, who as part of…
EDI Adds GlobeTax Non-Resident Tax Rates to Reference Data Product
Exchange Data International has signed up to StatRate, a new product from withholding tax specialist GlobeTax, in order to include non-resident statutory withholding tax rate data in its securities master file product. StatRate is GlobeTax’s second reference data product. EDI is already a user of its first, e-TaxData Online (Reference Data Review, June 2005), and…
DSTi Integrates Interface To Reuters DataScope Select
DST International will offer an integrated interface to Reuters DataScope Select as part of its investment accounting, performance measurement, risk management and data management solutions. Reuters DataScope Select provides access to global pricing, validated terms and conditions, historical data content and cross-reference data for a range of financial instruments.
SunGard to Leverage Managed Data Services for MiFID
SunGard is exploring opportunities to apply its managed data service capabilities to the requirements for storing pre and post-trade data under MiFID. The vendor is at the business planning stage and is consulting with customers to establish their appetite for such services. As well as offering discrete data services, SunGard intends to team its data…
S&P Finds Opportunity in Custom Linkages for Risk
Standard & Poor’s is investing significantly in the capability to support customised work with clients to meet risk and compliance requirements “at the point of intersection between risk and reference data”, according to Scott Preiss, vice president, securities classifications at the company. These customised offerings are provided in addition to the off-the-shelf products S&P has…
EDM Council Will Announce Business Plan in September/October
The EDM Council is targeting September or October for its “coming out party”, at which it will present to its membership a business plan for implemention based on the findings of the working groups it established earlier in the year. The working groups were created to progress the enterprise data management priorities identified via the…
Analysis: Has Data Management Outsourcing Lost Its Steam?
The zeal for providing outsourced reference data management solutions that we witnessed this time last year appears to have lost steam, with several of the larger supplier firms admitting that take-up is slower than expected, and some vendors shifting the focus of their efforts. Major players, such as Accenture, SunGard, IBM, and Capco – all…
A-Team Expands with Addition to Team of Harris, George
A-Team Group, publisher of Reference Data Review and other titles, has expanded its team to support its ongoing growth. Thea George, a well known and highly respected journalist, joins us from STP Magazine where she was editor for a number of years, to become editor, A-Team Publications. She will be taking over as editor for…
Daiwa Securities Completes Reference Data Project
Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe has completed the reference data phase of its ongoing project to modernise its middle and back office, resulting in a single consolidated data model for counterparty and securities data. The project has been underpinned by the extended use of the GoldenSource data management platform. During the first phase of the three-year…
Thomson Sets Central Role for QAI Platform In Reference Data Delivery Strategy
Thomson Financial’s acquisition of Quantitative Analytics Inc. (QAI), which closed earlier this year, gave the company a product aimed squarely at the quantitative analyst marketplace. But the QAI platform is destined to play a more significant role as the company crystallizes its strategy for distribution of reference data. Thomson Financial has spent the past couple…