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BNY Mellon Picks GFI Fenics FX for Pricing Services in NYC, London and Tokyo
Bank of New York Mellon has signed a three-year license for GFI Fenics FX, pricing and risk management software from GFI Group, for use in its offices in New York, London and Tokyo. The banking and asset management firm says it will primarily use GFI Fenics FX for central pricing and risk management and global…
McCreevy Adds His Voice to Debate on CDS Clearing Counterparty
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor European Union internal markets commissioner Charlie McCreevy has added his two pennies worth to the debate on the introduction of a clearing counterparty for the credit default swap (CDS) market by urging European players to get involved. McCreevy is concerned that Europe may be left behind in the race to…
Broadridge Financial Solutions Offers Proxy Statement Data in XBRL Format
Broadridge Financial Solutions has introduced an open source format for interactive proxy statements to XBRL US. Following the announcement earlier in the year by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that financial reporting statements should be made available in XBRL, the vendor has accordingly adapted its architecture in order to meet the requirements. The proxy…
Knight Capital Enters CDS Clearing Counterparty Race
Knight Capital Group is the latest contender in the credit default swap (CDS) clearing counterparty race, joining players such as CME Group and Eurex. The brokerage and asset management firm says its NetDelta electronic settlement platform has been in development for over a year. The platform is available to both the buy side and the…
Interactive Data Says Q3 2008 Revenues to Increase by 7.7% on Last Year, But Net Income Down by 7.1%
Interactive Data Corporation says that it expects its third quarter revenues to be approximately US$188.6 million, which would represent a 7.7% increase over third-quarter 2007 revenue of US$175.0 million. However, according to its preliminary financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2008, net income will be down 7.1% on last year’s results to…
DTCC’s Donahue Joins XBRL US Board of Directors
Following the agreement between XBRL and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) earlier in the year to cooperate on corporate actions standards, Donald Donahue, chairman and CEO of DTCC, has joined XBRL US’s board of directors. XBRL US, the non-profit consortium for XML business reporting standards in the North American marketplace, says that DTCC…
Quantifi Releases Version 9.1 with New Models for Pricing CDOs
Quantifi, a provider of analytics and risk management solutions to the global credit markets, has released version 9.1 of its software, which it says is aimed at allowing customers to more closely track the market. The updated version includes new models for pricing collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) and a flexible interface that enables users to…
Standards: Speaking the Same Language Worldwide By Frank Träxler, international sales manager, WM Datenservice
Due to the increasing complexity of its fields of activity and the relevant regulatory framework, the financial industry is faced with ever greater challenges in managing its systems, processes, data and information. The international environment, subject to diverse regulations (for example, EU Prospectus Directive, EU Savings Tax Directive, EU Transparency Directive, and MiFID), is fraught…
US-based Bank Picks SmartStream TLM Corporate Actions
An unspecified US-based banking institution has selected SmartStream Technologies’ Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) Corporate Actions solution to create a global utility for corporate actions processing. According to the vendor, the bank is already an existing SmartStream TLM customer and will use TLM Corporate Actions for its global wealth management and institutional business units. At the…
Financial Information Forum Highlights the US$250m Cost of New Options Symbology, Finds Industry Dissatisfaction with Lack of Agreed Standards
The majority of industry participants are disappointed and frustrated that an agreement has not been reached on an alternative standard to the Options Price Reporting Authority (Opra) code, according to a recent study by the Financial Information Forum (FIF). Mary Lou Von Kaenel, managing director, management consulting at New York-based consultancy Jordan & Jordan, which…