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Syn~ Scalability Benchmark
Summary This document describes an exercise to measure the scalability and performance of the Syn~Settlements application upon a Linux/HP platform. The results recorded include: ~ demonstrated scalability consistent with a linear model; ~ peak throughput of the scalable system at 77K trades per hour; ~ demonstrated efficacy of quad-core processor architectures as a means of…
Slovakia’s Tatra Bank Deploys SuperDerivatives
Tatra Bank, one of Slovakia’s highest rated banks and a member of the Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG (RZB) Group, is deploying SuperDerivatives’ platform for commodities derivatives. SD-CM, SuperDerivatives’ benchmark system for commodity options, provides real-time market prices, risk management and analytics for options on any traded commodity including energy products, metals, and agriculture commodities.
Patent Pending Ref Data Utility Offers Risk Mitigation, Seeks Backers
The inventors of an ambitious plan to create a risk mitigating Reference Data Utility for the securities industry are entering a new phase of marketing for their business venture in the belief that financial institutions can be galvanised by the lure of reduced capital and collateral requirements into solving once and for all the age-old…
‘Assume Role of Vendor’ to Ensure Rigour in Applying Data Licences, State Street’s John White tells FIMA
A clear and thorough understanding of precisely how data is utilised within investment firms, tied to “differentiating” data usage, is essential before data licensing can be effectively and successfully embarked upon, John White, principal data management, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), has contended. Knowing “upfront” what is explicitly covered within contracts signed with data vendors…
Now is the Time for Reference Data Collaboration, TowerGroup Says. But is it Really?
When it comes to reference data, TowerGroup has something of a reputation for spotting a trend just as it is about to become a major industry focus. Statistics from the analyst’s first major report on the subject in 2001 and its updated iteration in 2005 are still liberally cited by industry commentators in print and…
Keep Your Data Vendors Close and Your Users Closer, Deutsche Bank EDM Head Says
Success in enterprise data management (EDM) programmes is dependent on education – of internal users, of data vendors and of the EDM team itself. So said Jim McCarthy, EDM programme manager at Deutsche Bank, speaking at FIMA 2007 in London earlier this month. “It’s a constant for us to ensure we can describe our data,…
Citi’s Bottega Pitches Office of Data Management as Solution to EDM Organisational Challenge
Enterprise data management (EDM) is “real and here”, but is there enough understanding of how to organise EDM programmes within firms to ensure they can be successful at it? This was the key question raised by John Bottega, chief data officer at Citi Markets & Banking, during his now regular keynote slot at FIMA, which…
CB.Net Adds SCT Data to BankSearchPlus
The European Payments Council (EPC) SEPA Credit Transfer Adherence Register of Participants is now available in CB.Net’s BankSearchPlus and in The S€PA Directory service it launched in partnership with LogicaCMG. CB.Net was chosen by the EPC to provide and manage the centralised repository for the EPC SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) and SEPA Direct Debit (SDD)…
We’re loud and we’re proud
In preparing for our excellent and very well received Reference Data Review @ FIMA online daily news service for the FIMA 2007 event in London earlier this month, we interviewed some of the data management movers and shakers who were set to speak at the conference to find out how they were feeling about the…
DIFC Bags SmartStream Technology For Hosted Data, Processing Offering
The acquisition of UK mid and back office systems vendor SmartStream for £200 million by the Dubai International Financial Centre (DFIC) – owner of the Dubai Stock Exchange – made headlines for a number of reasons. Not the least of these was the fact that the acquisition came just a month after SmartStream was forced…