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Swift to Consult with Marketplace On Eleminating Barrier 1 Gaps
Securities reference data is a key area where there are gaps in existing ISO message coverage which will need to be filled if ISO messaging is to provide a complete solution for removing Giovannini Barrier 1, a gap analysis exercise recently completed by Swift has concluded. Barrier 1 refers to the inefficiencies created by the…
LSE Collaborates with FOW TRADEdata to Automate, Expand Allocation of Sedols for Futures and Options
The London Stock Exchange has entered into a strategic collaboration with FOW TRADEdata, aggregator and distributor of reference data for exchange traded derivatives, with the aim of bringing Sedol instrument codes fully into the futures and options market. As a result of the relationship, Sedol codes, in addition to other identification codes used within the…
Strategic Evolution of Reference Data Well Under Way, Data Management Attracting Board Level Attention
Proof of the long-predicted evolution of reference data management into a strategic concern for financial institutions comes this month in a new A-Team research paper commissioned by SunGard Data Management Solutions. The research, the result of a Buyer Persona Study carried out by A-Team Group during Spring 2007, finds that the strategic evolution of reference…
Avox Signs Up Nomura International
Deutsche Boerse-owned counterparty data specialist Avox has added Nomura International to its roster of clients, where it joins the likes of Citigroup, Dresdner Kleinwort, Barclays Capital, Bank of Scotland and Standard Bank. Nomura International also entered into a three-year deal with Avox competitor CounterpartyLink last year (Reference Data Review, October 2006).
Helaba Invest and HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt Pick Telekurs Financial’s Intraday Pricing Service
Helaba Invest and HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt have opted to install Intraday Pricing Service (IPS) from Telekurs Financial in their organisations. Intraday Pricing Service delivers real-time snapshots at times defined by the customer. It facilitates the updated, individual valuation of portfolios and securities holdings several times a day. In combination with the Intraday Pricing Service,…
Interactive Data Expands Analytics Content to North America, Following European Launch Last Year
Interactive Data Corporation is making available analytics content, powered by its BondEdge service, to evaluated pricing clients in North America. The new Analytix Direct service, introduced in Europe in 2006 (Reference Data Review, November 2006) “delivers a range of option-adjusted measures including duration and convexity, option-adjusted spread (OAS) and key rate durations”, according to the…
Asset Control Appoints Misys’ Bennfors CFO; IBM’s Katsoff Head of Services
Asset Control has appointed two new executives to its senior management team. Peter Bennfors joins the company from his role as operations director with the treasury and capital markets group at Misys as chief financial officer, and Rich Katsoff joins from IBM, where he was associate partner within the business consulting/financial markets group, in a…
Swift AGM Approves New Regulators Category
Swift has received unanimous approval at its AGM for the addition of Financial Market Regulators as a new participant category on the network. Admitting regulators to Swift will make it easier for Swift members and users to meet regulatory transaction reporting obligations, while facilitating the development of global regulatory reporting solutions, Swift says. The approval…
Reuters Testing Equity Derivatives Pricing Capability, Will Make Prices Available to All Clients in Q3
In a bid to keep up with customer requirements for prices across a broader range of instrument types, Reuters is currently testing a capability to price equity derivatives, with a view to making equity derivatives prices available to all clients in the third quarter. Increasingly, consumers of evaluations have a growing abundance of sources to…
Markit Launches Daily CDS of ABS Spread Service…
Markit has launched a daily consensus spread service for CDS of ABS. CDS of ABS, also known as ABCDS, are credit default swaps referencing asset-backed securities. Markit’s CDS of ABS spread service receives daily feeds from market makers’ books of record. Spreads are cleaned and validated overnight before publication the following morning. Clients of the…