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Oversight Committee of the Global LEI System Moves Common Data File Forward
The Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the Global Legal Entity Identifier System (GLEIS) has published the second part of a common data file format for pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs). This follows the introduction in February 2014 of a first common data file format for pre-LOUs to use in publishing LEI data or communicating with other…
Vulpes Cuts Costs with Markit’s Expanded Portfolio Valuations Service
Vulpes Investment Management has increased data accuracy and decreased vendor and technology costs by deploying valuations, risk and straight-through-processing (STP) provided by Markit. The Singapore-based investment manager was using different vendor systems to support portfolio management, execution, evaluation and risk across asset classes including exchange traded derivatives, private equity and illiquid debt holdings, but wanted…
IFRS & AIFMD – Managing the Pricing and Transparency Paradigm
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) present the market with a broad and complex range of obligations. In many cases these are the first set of common obligations that will impact Fund Managers, Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, Fund Administrators & Custodians all at the same time! Going…
The Role of Technology in Data Management
Data managers are tackling the issues of managing and distributing accurate and timely data across their organisations with the assistance of highly automated technology solutions. While technology plays a leading role in data management, there are other issues to consider, including product selection, procurement, project management and ongoing business development. MJC Data Management Solutions suggests…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Feeling the Collars of the Libor Traders
Financial institutions are bracing themselves for further regulatory clampdown on market pricing on the wake of the LIBOR and FX market manipulation scandals. As regulators draft new guidelines for benchmark data contributions, and UK Chancellor George Osborne signals increased scrutiny of the London FX market’s pricing procedures, data managers and compliance officers are assessing their…
Azul and C24 Offer Compact In-Memory Storage Solution for Zing
Java specialist Azul Systems and messaging provider C24 Technologies have combined their expertise to deliver an in-memory storage solution compromising C24’s Simple Data Objects (SDO) message compaction technology integrated with Azul’s Zing Java virtual machine (JVM). The solution supports the Financial Products Markup Language (FpML), as well as FIX and ISO 20022 corporate actions messaging…
Markit Integrates MarkitSERV and Valuations Service to Increase Efficiency and Decrease Cost
Markit has connected its MarkitSERV trade processing service for OTC derivatives to its portfolio valuations service, allowing trades processed by MarkitSERV to be captured as they are confirmed, portfolios to be updated and valuations made without the need for a separate trade feed. As well as increasing operational efficiency, the connectivity is expected to reduce…
Charles River Shrink Wraps Compliance Solution to Offer Compliance as a Service
Charles River has packaged the compliance module of its Investment Management Solution to offer Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) to asset managers seeking economic and efficient start-of-day portfolio compliance. The service is cloud based and integrates software, data and advisory services that include writing and maintaining compliance system rules. It is designed to help small and medium-sized firms…
Markit Integrates Datasets to Deliver Enhanced iNAV for ETPs
Markit has integrated its fixed income evaluated pricing and fair value data services with exchange traded fund data to deliver an enhanced intraday net asset value (iNAV) service for exchange traded products (ETPs). The service is available immediately and is designed to improve transparency around ETP pricing. The company has offered an iNAV service for…
Markit and Genpact Release KYC Service
Markit’s tie-up with business process specialist Genpact, which was made back in September 2013, has come to fruition in a Know Your Customer (KYC) service designed in conjunction with Citi, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Morgan Stanley. Called Markit | Genpact KYC Services, the companies’ KYC offering is based on Markit’s Counterparty Manager service and Genpact’s…