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Torstone Tackles Post-Trade Processing, Risk and Reference Data with Inferno
Torstone Technology has launched a new post-trade processing platform, using the software-as-a-service model. Torstone’s Inferno system aims to reduce middle and back-office costs while improving risk and reference data management with a solution tried and tested at Belgian banking group KBC. The software behind Inferno was originally developed and is used by KBC Group, and…
Rainier Investment Management Live on Charles River Data Service
Charles River Development (Charles River), a front- and middle-office investment management solutions provider, today announced that Rainier Investment Management (Rainier), an employee-owned investment firm with headquarters in Seattle, is live on the Charles River Data Service for reference data and real-time equity and fixed income market data. Rainier’s portfolio managers and traders receive data that…
1View Proposes Ref-Data.com as a Solution for Consistent Reference Data
Data management specialist 1View Solutions is offering financial data managers a short cut to clean and consistent reference data that avoids the pursuit of a single golden copy. Instead it provides an outsourced service that matches internal data with reference data from vendors including Thomson Reuters, Interactive Data, SIX Telekurs and Exchange Data International (EDI)….
Thomson Reuters Launches Fixed Income Global Snapshot to Provide Greater Transparency and Flexibility to Investors
Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of a new evaluated pricing capability, the Fixed Income Global Snapshot (FIGS). By re-evaluating all non US fixed income securities with updated benchmark curves and credit spreads at both 3pm and 4pm, Eastern Daylight Time. FIGS will provide investors with updated, accurate fixed income evaluations and transparency they need…
EDI Collaborate with 1View Solutions to Publish Comprehensive Reference Data
Exchange Data International (EDI), the well-established provider of Security Reference and Corporate Actions data, today announced the availability of its extensive range of global data through a new and radically different Reference Data service called Ref-Data.com. Ref-Data.com is a professional data network which allows Financial organisations to significantly reduce maintenance overheads, improve consistency and quality…
Asset Control Adds DTCC Corporate Actions Data to AC Plus Platform
Asset Control has extended data provision for risk management with the integration of direct access to DTCC Solutions’ Global Corporate Actions Validation Service (GCA VS) in its AC Plus data management platform. The service went live late in 2011, adding to other corporate actions data options available on the AC Plus platform, but offering a…
CITIC Bank Selects Pricing Partners to Reduce Risks of Structured Products
Hong Kong-based CITIC Bank International has implemented Pricing Partners’ Price-it Excel derivatives pricing library to give its risk management team and derivatives business a clearer understanding of pricing and valuation around foreign exchange structured products. The bank – a subsidiary of CITIC International Financial Holdings with 31 branches in Hong Kong, four in China and…
Industry White Paper Urges Firms to Outsource Corporate Actions Validation Function
Financial institutions that require accurate, timely and cost-effective corporate actions information could derive significant benefits from outsourcing some functions to independent firms that offer high-quality global corporate actions information and validation services. This view is expressed in a white paper – Building the Business Case for Outsourced Corporate Actions Validation – that was prepared for…
Interactive Data Expands Relationship With FactSet Research Systems
Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of independent pricing and evaluation services, today announced the expansion of its relationship with FactSet Research Systems, a leading provider of integrated global financial information and analytical applications for the investment community. Interactive Data now provides daily independent evaluations for international bonds within the FactSet workstation, in addition to…
CITIC Bank International Selects Pricing Partners for Structured Products Portfolio Pricing
Pricing Partners, the world leader in OTC derivatives pricing analytics, mathematical models and independent valuations, announced today that CITIC Bank International, a Hong Kong based full-service commercial bank, has chosen Price-it Excel, the advanced derivatives pricing excel solution for its risk management team. The agreement was signed through its regional partner Belatos. CITIC Bank International…