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UCITS IV Compliance Requirements are Driving Interest in SunGard’s FastVal Solution, Says Compton
Regulatory change has been kind to the valuations solution vendor community of late, with requirements for increased transparency and independence providing these firms with a perfect ‘in’ to financial institutions’ back offices. Accordingly, SunGard’s FastVal solution has witnessed this uptick in interest as a result of the increased investment in derivatives by the more traditional…
Isbank Reduces Credit Risk by Adopting Fitch Solutions’ Risk & Performance Platform
Fitch Solutions, a division of the Fitch Group, is pleased to announce that Isbank, Turkey’s national bank, has reinforced its credit risk reduction processes by subscribing to Fitch Solutions’ Risk & Performance Platform (RPP), thus expanding its ability to access credit risk measures, CDS pricing and ratings data. Isbank reinforced its extensive credit risk reduction…
NFA in the Frame to Take Over Derivatives Registration from the CFTC, But What of Regulatory Follow up?
Last week, Reference Data Review noted that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is contemplating ceding control over data registration requirements to another body, namely industry group the National Futures Association (NFA). The result of such an action, which itself is being driven by the regulator’s funding woes, could mean that power and influence is back in…
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…