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London Stock Exchange Enters Reconciliation Game With UnaVista
The London Stock Exchange has launched UnaVista, a global data integration, validation, matching and reconciliation service, designed to help firms identify inconsistencies across any data type. The core of the service is a rules-based engine that enables data to be reconciled from any source and across any business function. UnaVista can be deployed in two…
Avox to Offer Collateral Monitoring Service
From September counterparty data specialist Avox began offering monitoring services for collateral used in open market operations in the Eurosystem. Assets eligible as collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy operations must fulfill certain criteria. A bank must avoid so called “close links”, meaning it must not submit as collateral any asset issued or guaranteed by itself…
Swift CEO Campos Favours ‘Cautious But Intelligent’ Ref Data Strategy
Reference data is a challenging business, and while it is part of Swift’s strategy, the co-operative is taking a “very cautious” but “intelligent” approach to the space. So says its chief executive officer Lázaro Campos in a wide-ranging and frank interview with Reference Data Review’s sister title A-Team IQ this month. As has been well-documented…
Siperian Partners with Capco, Integrates with Lombardi for BPM
California-based master data management (MDM) provider Siperian says its effort to penetrate the financial services space is gathering momentum, as it signs new clients applying its solution for client on-boarding, risk management, corporate actions processing and compliance. The vendor has also entered into strategic partnerships with Capco and New Jersey-based business and technology consulting firm…
Aubrey Leaves Thomson for Fitch, Plans End to End Solution for Fixed Income Derivatives Data, Analytics
In a move that has surprised some industry observers, Thomas Aubrey has joined Fitch Ratings as a managing director in its global business development team. Aubrey comes from Thomson Financial, where he had been director of investment management for more than three years. Despite having been tipped for a plum role in the new Reuters…
Citadel Rolls-Out CADIS Version 5, With Structured Products Focus
Citadel Associates, provider of data management solutions to investment managers, has begun the roll-out of version 5 of its CADIS system to clients. CADIS sits at the heart of Citadel’s Investment Solutions Layer proposition. Version 5 contains new functionality for managing data associated with complex derivatives and structured products, and to facilitate more rapid take-on…
Citisoft Says Data Management Key to Client Reporting
Investment management consulting firm Citisoft has published a white paper focusing on client reporting, and exploring the importance of data management in this context. One of its key findings is that the success of new or updated client reporting initiatives is closely related to the strength of investment managers’ data management systems. The Citisoft report…
Downstream Data Distribution a Rich Seam of Opportunity for Vendors, Aite Analyst Says
In its new report, Managing the Rapids of Downstream Data Connectivity, analyst Aite Group predicts spending on downstream connectivity around enterprise data management projects in Europe and the US will exceed $2.5 billion in 2008. The report also finds that EDM projects typically mature an average of three years before firms really start to tackle…
Broadridge and NewRiver Extend Agreement on Disclosure Doc E-Delivery
Broadridge Financial Solutions has extended its agreement with NewRiver to provide a database of disclosure documents to assist Broadridge in electronic delivery of regulatory documents to investors. For the past five years, Broadridge has worked with NewRiver and a select number of Broadridge clients for e-delivery of confirming and first-dollar prospectuses. NewRiver sources 23,000 disclosure…
EDM Evolves to Cover Workflow Orchestration, Study Finds
Enterprise data management (EDM) is entering a new phase, progressing from a goal of collating, cleansing and storing data, and evolving into a broader strategy encompassing workflow orchestration and subsequent distribution to downstream applications. This is one of the key findings in a new white paper produced by A-Team Group and sponsored by Reuters. The…