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CFTC Meeting Highlights Funding Concerns, Might the Foot be Taken Off the Data Standards Pedal?
It may have appeared to be business as usual during the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) ninth meeting on the Dodd Frank rulemaking this week, with position limits and swaps documentation requirements up for discussion, but comments by staffers indicate that pressing concerns about funding persist and may hold back key data standardisation initiatives. One…
Two Data Managers Provide Feedback on Bloomberg’s BBGID
Bloomberg may be making a big song and dance about its open symbology initiative (BSYM), but it’s the data vendor’s Bloomberg Global ID (BBGID) that has caught the attention of many Reference Data Review readers. Two intrepid data managers have provided their feedback on the identifier’s potential for the market, which (rumour has it) Bloomberg has promised…
SIX Exfeed to Launch New Real-time Data Service for Non-display Information Usage
As a result of the SIX Swiss Exchange and SIX Exfeed consultation on reference markets and the principles of real-time reference data pricing, published on 3 November 2010, SIX Exfeed will replace the annual distribution fee for execution venues with a new license fee for non-display information usage. The decision has been taken based on…
SEI Focuses on Providing Valuations Transparency and Independence to the Buy Side, Says Oakes
Middle office outsourcing solution provider SEI has recently upgraded its pricing and valuation offering for the buy side by adding more third party data feeds and a new online Manager Dashboard tool . June Oakes, solutions director in SEI’s Investment Manager Services Division, explains to Reference Data Review that the upgrade is aimed at ensuring its…
Princeton Financial Systems Releases PAM for UVT 2011
Princeton Financial Systems has released a new version of its unit value pricing and trading solution, PAM for Unit Value Trade (UVT). PAM for UVT has been supporting leading insurance and annuity companies throughout the United States and Canada for over a decade. The all new PAM for UVT 2011 offers significant technical enhancements. PAM…
Stop Press: Markit Enters Risk Systems Business with QuIC Acquisition
Credit pricing and valuations specialist Markit Group has acquired QuIC, a risk analytics firm that allows institutions to test market and credit risk scenarios. The move will give Markit a set of analytical applications to complement its data and valuations offerings, particularly in the credit area. Markit positions the transaction as an entre into the…
DTCC Publishes Updated ISO 20022 Specifications for Corporate Actions Processing
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today published updated drafts of new ISO 20022 corporate action announcement specifications, which will be used in a pilot test with custodian banks, broker-dealers and other corporate actions users beginning this April. While the pilot of the DTCC system using ISO 20022 announcement messages will involve a limited…
Interactive Data Significantly Expands Global Content For Wealth Managers And Financial Advisors In Europe
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it has significantly expanded the depth and breadth of global content available to wealth managers and financial advisors via PrimeTerminal Professional, its customisable financial desktop solution. PrimeTerminal now offers access to a vast wealth of independent fixed income evaluated…
Bertin Departs Swift for Pastures New, De Boe to Take Over Asset Servicing Responsibilities
After two years as Swift’s global head of Asset Servicing and Custodians, Sophie Bertin Hadjiveltcheva is departing for pastures new. Michèle De Boe, who is currently senior market manager for Funds at Swift, will take over Bertin’s Asset Servicing responsibilities following her departure. Since November 2008, Bertin has headed the Asset Servicing and Custodian groups…
FinDataPortal Enhances its Services with the Feed Manager Capability
FinDataPortal, a financial data portal with a new approach to data provision, announced today the release of its Feed Manager feature, enabling subscribers to create their own customised feed. FinDataPortal (FDP) is a platform through which clients can access datasets from different financial data providers in a way that is tailored to their specific needs….