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Heptagon Capital Goes Live with Thomson Reuters Pricing and Reference Data via Advent
Advent Software, a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, and Thomson Reuters today announced that Heptagon Capital, a specialized investment management firm, can access pricing and reference data from Thomson Reuters via Advent’s new market data interface. This critical and timely information will enable Heptagon Capital to enhance its…
Transparency and Evaluated Pricing
In this paper, we take a look at why transparency in the valuation process is important, which regulations demand that attention is given to your transparency policies, how firms should adapt their evaluations data strategy to meet client and regulatory requirements. We also provide a check list of 10 key things financial institutions need to…
Thomson Reuters Welcomes the European Commission’s Market Test on Market Data Feed Initiatives
Thomson Reuters welcomes the decision by the European Commission to move forward with formal market testing of its proposal to extend usage rights of its Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs). Thomson Reuters believes that the extended usage rights will provide its customers useful support in managing their real-time market data needs in what is an increasingly…
Trillium Targets Data Management Solution at Fatca Compliance
Trillium Software aims to ease the data management burden on financial institutions that must comply with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) with data assessment and management services that will help them identify, gather and manage the data needed to meet the Act’s requirements. For many, compliance will be neither easy nor low…
CMA Launches CMA NAVigate 1.8, Providing OTC Derivatives Valuations On-Demand
CMA, the leading provider of intraday CDS data and OTC market solutions, has launched a new release of CMA NAVigate, its web-based workflow solution which brings transparency and independence to the valuation of OTC positions. CMA NAVigate 1.8 introduces an intuitive user interface that provides the tools, pricing transparency and real-time support that clients require…
Pricing Partners Introduced a Generic Solver to Smoothen Trades Structuring
Pricing Partners, the world leader in OTC derivatives pricing analytics, mathematical models and independent valuations, announced today that its award winning solution, Price-it Excel is now shipped with a generic solver to enable users to structure their trades easily and seamlessly. Leveraging the scripting language that allows pricing virtually any financial derivatives, this solver can…
Opinion: The FSA, ESMA and the Commission – The Markets’ Strictest Parents?
By Matthew Coupe, sales director, EMEA, Redkite Financial Markets When the UK’s streets broke out into mass rioting this summer, the UK government responded with unprecedented force. Officially, the riots were quashed by intelligence-led, nationally mobilised law enforcement, backed by the politicians at the heart of Westminster. Unofficially, of course, the streets were out of…
Phatra Securities Public Company Limited Selects the Charles River IMS to Manage Private Funds in Thailand
Charles River Development, a front- and middle-office investment management solutions provider, today announced that Phatra Securities Public Company Limited, one of Thailand’s leading securities companies for institutions and high-net-worth individuals, has selected the Charles River Investment Management System to support its new project to establish a private fund department in Bangkok. Phatra’s users will benefit…
DataFlux Targets Firms’ Semantics with New Data Management Platform
DataFlux’s release of version 2.2 of its DataFlux Data Management Platform introduces its so-called Business Data Network, a framework that allows data managers to set semantic terms across business areas. By adopting a common set of terms for securities, counterparties and activities, BDN can help institutions take a significant step toward a robust approach to…
London Capital Group Selects ITRS Geneos for its Entire Application and Infrastructure Monitoring
Leading UK retail and professional spread betting provider, London Capital Group (LCG), is to use Geneos from ITRS Group, to monitor and manage all elements of their trading room technology to optimise speed, latency and reliability across their data and trading technology. LCG specialises in providing online trading services for private, professional and institutional customers….