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Interactive Data Provides Evaluated Pricing for INTEXcalc and Pushes on with Vantage Transparency Platform

Intex Solutions, a provider of structured securities deal models and cashflow analytics, has selected Interactive Data to provide independent evaluated prices on a range of securitised bonds for use in its INTEXcalc cashflow analysis application. The application is designed to offer transparency, ease of use and speed in analysing structured financial securities. The Interactive Data…

Euroclear Bank and SmartStream Plan Central Data Utility for Reference Data

Euroclear Bank’s partnership with SmartStream, announced early this week, will deliver a centralised reference data utility service designed to deliver high-quality data from a neutral source, reduce mismatches in reference data, cut back-office costs and provide an intra-day view of markets. The first service dedicated to Eurobond data will be available towards the end of…

Thomson Reuters Calls on Industry to Solve Issues of Standards Coexistence in Corporate Actions

Thomson Reuters is working with leaders in the corporate actions industry to drive a decision on how the coexistence of two standards in the discipline should be tackled to stem uncertainty in the market and help participants avoid the costs of implementing systems using both standards. The company has brought together the thoughts and opinions…

Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: The Humpty Dumpty Factor

Humpty Dumpty famously said: “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” I think he was on to something. As I move within reference data circles – recently in London, Zurich, Frankfurt and New York – I find that the term reference data can be applied…

EDM Council Plans to Show Semantic Solution for LEI at Next Week’s FSB Meeting

The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council will throw its weight behind a semantic solution for the proposed global legal entity identifier (LEI) system at next week’s Financial Stability Board (FSB) meeting of the LEI Private Sector Preparatory Group (PSPG) in Basel. Managing director of the EDM Council, Michael Atkin, who is also a member of…

Thomson Reuters and BlackRock Partner to Deliver Fixed Income Derived Analytics

Thomson Reuters and BlackRock have joined forces to deliver fixed income derived analytics based on security indicative data and prices from the market data vendor and proprietary fixed income models designed by BlackRock Solutions. The models are used by BlackRock itself, as well as by customers of BlackRock Solutions’ Aladdin enterprise investment system. Thomson Reuters…

A-Team LEI Debate Calls Firms to Action on Issues of Complexity, Control and Cost

Development of a global legal entity identifier (LEI) system designed to curb systemic risk is making progress under the auspices of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), but major challenges remain as the industry and individual firms tackle the complexity of implementing the LEI, consider control mechanisms to maintain its integrity and find budget to fund…

Interactive Data Adds Fixed Income to Fair Value Services

Interactive Data’s release of fair value information services for international fixed income securities initially covers sovereign and corporate bonds in the EMEA region, but the company plans to extend coverage to fixed income securities in Asia and Australia, and also has plans to build out the real-time fair value information service it introduced in March…

Recorded Webinar: What the LEI Means for your Firm

This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. This A-Team Webinar looks at the implications of the emerging legal entity identifier (LEI) for financial institutions as they address how to implement the new standard, and offers suggestions on best practices as the LEI becomes available. The industry initiative to develop and promote…

Chris Bannocks Joins Barclays to Head Up Global Reference Data

Chris Bannocks has moved on from the role of managing director, global head of enterprise data management at Nomura International to head up reference data at Barclays. Bannocks joined Barclays in London this week and takes the title managing director, global head of reference data. His responsibility is reference data on a global basis across…