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The Derivatives Service Bureau Calls for Responses to 2023 OTC ISIN Consultation Paper
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has published the 2023 industry consultation paper related to 2024 OTC International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) and Classification Financial Instrument code (CFI) service provision. The consultation paper focuses on the next steps for the security operations centre investigated as part of the 2022 industry consultation. It also looks at the…
Datactics and Solidatus Integrate Data Quality and Lineage Tools to Manage Data Quality in Motion
Datactics and Solidatus have made a ground-breaking technology alliance that integrates the former’s data quality and latter’s data lineage tools to manage data quality in motion. The integration helps data practitioners visualise where data quality issues are occurring, understand the business impact of poor data quality, and quickly locate and fix quality issues wherever the…
SSImple Unveils SaaS DLT Platform to Transform Standing Settlement Instructions Management
SSImple, a SaaS DLT platform, has launched a post-trade offering aiming to revolutionise the way standing settlement instructions (SSIs) are stored, shared, and enriched across the financial services industry. With incorrect SSI data or usage accounting for 30% of settlement failings according to industry estimates, the platform aims to mitigate risk, create efficiencies, and reduce…
Exchange Data International Adds Email Alerts to Worldwide Corporate Actions Service
Exchange Data International (EDI) has introduced corporate action email alert files to accompany its worldwide corporate actions service for upcoming effective and ex-dates. The alert files provide clients with a customised alert up to 30 days before a required corporate action becomes effective, providing investors with time to make informed trading or investment decisions. Additionally,…
Omba Advisory & Investments Selects FINBOURNE
Omba Advisory & Investments, a London-based investment management firm, has selected FINBOURNE Technology’s SaaS-native modern financial data stack as its operational data hub. The firm selected FINBOURNE after a market review, and will use the vendor’s LUSID PMS and Luminesce for portfolio management and improved data consolidation to help scale investment operations. Omba serves family…
CUSIP Global Services Enhances Products and Services to Improve Market Efficiency and Transparency
CUSIP Global Services (CGS) has implemented a series of product and service enhancements designed to improve the efficiency and transparency of financial markets. Provided at no additional cost to CGS customers, these improvements include an expansion of the standard CUSIP data field, the introduction of a series of counterparty risk reports, and infrastructure improvements to…
FCA Sets Out Next Stages of Data Strategy
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is advancing its data strategy after publishing an update in 2020, which set out a five-year plan designed to make the FCA smarter in its use of data and analytics. It has also established a joint programme with the Bank of England to transform how it regulates, with the aim…
S&P Global Market Intelligence Enhances APAC Corporate Events Data
S&P Global Market Intelligence has enhanced its APAC corporate events data and transcript coverage through the acquisition of SCRIPTS Asia Inc’s Asia, ex-Japan, database. The acquired Mandarin, Cantonese and Korean databases are available through S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Capital IQ Pro, Xpressfeed and Snowflake delivery channels, and allow the company to provide coverage of Asian…
FIX Protocol Includes Digital Token Identifier
The Digital Token Identifier (DTI) ISO standard has been added to the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol, the industry-standard messaging protocol for electronic communication. The addition means financial institutions will be able to use the FIX Protocol to send messages with DTIs both internally and externally. The DTI standard is increasingly being used as it…
Bloomberg Uses Native Connectivity to Make Data License and B-PIPE Content Accessible to Microsoft Azure Clients
Bloomberg has released a service providing high-performance data to Bloomberg Enterprise Data customers using Microsoft Azure. The service offers access to both real-time trading data and reference, pricing, regulatory and point in time historical datasets via native connectivity to the Azure Virtual Network (VNet). The service includes content from B-PIPE, which was initially made available…