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Chris Bannocks Joins Barclays to Head Up Global Reference Data
Chris Bannocks has moved on from the role of managing director, global head of enterprise data management at Nomura International to head up reference data at Barclays. Bannocks joined Barclays in London this week and takes the title managing director, global head of reference data. His responsibility is reference data on a global basis across…
MoneyMate Proposes Solution to Holdings Data Issues of Solvency II
MoneyMate’s introduction of a look-through and reporting utility, which will provide data connectivity between insurance companies, asset managers and third party administrators, is aimed to support insurers that must comply with Solvency II and asset managers that want to protect the investment strategies they are using while providing necessary holdings data to insurers and their…
EDI Adds Bloomberg Open Symbology to Corporate Actions Services
Back-office reference data provider Exchange Data International (EDI) has implemented Bloomberg Global Securities Identifiers (BBGIDs) in its equities reference, pricing and corporate actions data feeds. The London-based provider is planning further implementation in its fixed income corporate actions service and forthcoming mortgage-backed securities service. The company’s decision to adopt Bloomberg’s Open Symbology (BSYM), a free-to-use…
DST Global Solutions Partners XSP to Deliver Corporate Actions Capability
DST Global Solutions has secured a global reseller agreement with corporate actions specialist XSP. The agreement covers both an integrated corporate actions module for the company’s HiPortfolio asset servicing solution and direct sales of the XSP software. DST will initially play on its strength in the Australian investment management market with a view to becoming…
Markit Gains Rights to Distribute Euroclear Bank’s Eurobond Reference Data
Euroclear Bank is transferring all existing and future distribution and commercialisation of its Eurobond reference data to Markit, leaving the bank to focus on core business around settlement and clearing, and giving the financial information services provider rights to distribute reference data covering more than 200,000 Eurobonds. The strategic agreement covers a broader set of…
Risklab Centralises Risk Data Management with Xenomorph TimeScape
Risklab, the investment and risk solutions specialist within Allianz Global Investors, has implemented Xenomorph’s TimeScape to provide a dynamic risk data management platform that can support the risk services it operates on behalf of its institutional clients. The company considered a number of data management solutions before selecting Xenomorph’s TimeScape analytics and data management system….
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney – Back in N.Y.C.
On a conference call the other day chatting about – what else? – LEI, a friend remarked on how ridiculously busy he was. Jetting about the place, flying in to here and there, meeting with clients, risking life and limb for the good of the company. “It’s that time of the year,” he said. “Budget…
S&P Capital IQ Works with Dun & Bradstreet to Build Out Private Company Data
S&P Capital IQ has more than doubled its coverage of private company data in Western Europe and North America following a deal with Dun & Bradstreet to provide raw data that is then cleaned and checked for integrity by S&P Capital IQ. While S&P Capital IQ has offered some private company information for a couple…
OFR’s Blaszkowsky Challenges Industry to Make Data Fit for Purpose
David Blaszkowsky, senior policy advisor at the US Office of Financial Research (OFR), has challenged perceptions of data management in financial markets, saying data is not a conundrum but a business problem that can be tackled in a way that other industries have tackled problems using a rigorous and judicious approach. Speaking at this week’s…
Reference Data Management Takes Center Stage
By Sol Zlotchenko, VP Product Management, Paladyne Systems. Market developments and a host of major regulatory initiatives are forcing the arcane world of reference data into the spotlight. Reference data drives all investment firms’ activities. As Accenture points out, accurate reference and market data are essential for effective investment decisions, trade execution, securities pricing, portfolio…