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Kinetic Partners is Focusing on Adding New Modules to its Risk and Valuations Platform
Following her appointment to the London-based risk team of Kinetic Partners two months ago, Isabelle Tykoczinski has been focused on adding new modules to the vendor’s Risk and Valuation Services (RVS) platform. Due for launch in the first half of next year, the new modules focus on extending the platform’s services and reporting tools, such…
Systemic Risk Does Not Just Impact Data Management, Warns Northern Trust’s Skinner
Although a lot has been said about the data management impacts of systemic risk monitoring, data managers must not lose sight of the bigger picture, Nick Skinner, head of data management strategy at custodian bank Northern Trust, warned attendees at this week’s EDM Council and Headstrong event in London. The push by regulators to more…
Even Corporate Actions Processing Needs to Keep up with the Xbox Generation, Says XSP’s Farrell
Corporate actions solution vendor XSP’s recent decision to introduce a mobile application on which clients can view corporate actions notifications and can process responses and elections was prompted by client requests and the ability to keep up with the future requirements of the market, according to CEO Brendan Farrell. The focus has been on allowing clients…
Numerix Continues Expansion Across Asia Pacific; Opens Sales Office in Australia
Numerix, a provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has opened a new regional sales office in Sydney, Australia. The new Sydney office increases the total number of Numerix Asia-Pacific (APAC) offices to seven. The office will be managed by Jack Drewe, regional sales director, who is responsible for the Australian and…
The Waiting Game: Standards in Corporate Actions Processing
There has been some real action of late in the standards space for corporate actions. In the US, the SEC issued a requirement for corporations to report in XBRL, and the XBRL US organisation has announced a project with the DTCC and Swift to tie the standard into ISO 20022, all of which could optimistically…
TIBCO and Trillium Software Agreement to Enhance Mission Critical Enterprise Data Quality
TIBCO Software today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Harte-Hanks Trillium Software to help organisations eliminate information quality errors, become efficient in their business activities, and accelerate critical processes such as a new product launch, vendor on-boarding or customer cross-sell/up-sell. Combining TIBCO’s master data management (MDM) software with Trillium Software’s information quality…
DTCC’S Global Corporate Actions Validation Service Adds Equity Derivatives Coverage
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced that it has expanded its Global Corporate Actions Validation Service (GCA VS) coverage to include listed equity derivatives, effective immediately. Historically, financial services firms had to use manual processes to locate and adjust derivatives contracts to account for the effects of corporate actions (such as stock…
Rumours and Rumblings
Once again, the reference data utility was the talk of last night’s EDM Council roundtable event, but more interesting than the discussions on the stage, were the rumours being discussed amongst attendees. For one, there seemed to be a general consensus that it was only a matter of time before the US government announces the…
Behind the Scenes
One week to go before Sibos and, according to Swift’s figures from today, there are 7,489 delegates signed up so far. Let’s hope at least some of that number care about reference data; otherwise the utility panel on the first day might be a little quiet (apart from the panellists that is). And it is…
Interactive Data adds European Money Market Instruments to its Award-Winning Fixed-Income Evaluated Pricing Service
Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it is adding evaluated pricing for European money market instruments to its global independent fixed-income evaluations coverage. These new evaluated prices will complement the coverage of US and Asian money market instruments already offered by Interactive Data. From…