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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…

Euclid Opportunities Invests in Model Two Zero

Euclid Opportunities, ICAP’s early stage financial technology project, today announced the completion of an investment in London-based software firm Model Two Zero. Model Two Zero is an early-stage company pioneering the next generation of innovative matching, reconciliation and data-translation technologies. A growing number of Model Two Zero clients are now using this technology to validate…

Outsourced Corporate Actions Validation

Industry leading financial institutions are reaping operational benefits and avoiding significant unnecessary financial exposures by ensuring the quality and the timeliness of their corporate actions data. As well as minimising costs from operational disruption caused by incorrect or incomplete data, these firms are able to reduce the risk of litigation and compensation claims arising from…

Markit Adds Sensitvities Data to CDS Pricing

Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced it is supplementing its end-of-day prices for credit default swaps (CDS) with a new sensitivities report that will give clients valuable information about the relationship between a CDS price and other market variables. The new Markit CDS Sensitivities service gives clients the ability to understand…

Q&A: Joshua Walsky of Broadway Technology on Functional Scale and “Build and Buy”

Any trading technology firm that is co-headquartered in New York City and Austin, Texas, gets my attention, even when it’s been flying under the radar for the past few years.  Now, Broadway Technology is taking investment from its clients – including Goldman Sachs – to accelerate its rate of growth. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com caught up with the…