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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…
Heptagon Capital Goes Live with Thomson Reuters Pricing and Reference Data via Advent
Advent Software, a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, and Thomson Reuters today announced that Heptagon Capital, a specialized investment management firm, can access pricing and reference data from Thomson Reuters via Advent’s new market data interface. This critical and timely information will enable Heptagon Capital to enhance its…
Transparency and Evaluated Pricing
In this paper, we take a look at why transparency in the valuation process is important, which regulations demand that attention is given to your transparency policies, how firms should adapt their evaluations data strategy to meet client and regulatory requirements. We also provide a check list of 10 key things financial institutions need to…
Trillium Targets Data Management Solution at Fatca Compliance
Trillium Software aims to ease the data management burden on financial institutions that must comply with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) with data assessment and management services that will help them identify, gather and manage the data needed to meet the Act’s requirements. For many, compliance will be neither easy nor low…