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XSP and Decillion Group Has Been Selected by Daiwa Capital Markets for Global Corporate Actions Processing
XSP, the global leader in automated end-to-end Corporate Actions software, announced today at SIBOS 2010 that Daiwa Capital Markets has selected the XSP v5 solution to automate its Corporate Actions processing via the Decillion Group platform. Decillion Group, a banking software solutions provider and operator of the largest SWIFT Service Bureau in the APAC region,…
SIX Telekurs Corporate Actions Available Through ValueLink
ValueLink Information Services Ltd. and SIX Telekurs are pleased to announce the extension of their data partnership relationship to include corporate actions information. SIX Telekurs and ValueLink have enjoyed a long and successful history providing price validation services to major fund managers and fund administrators. Adding industry-leading corporate actions data into the service builds on…
And So it Begins…
Sibos 2010 kicked off this morning to a rather drizzly but promising start; with around 8,000 odd delegates registered for the annual Swift user conference in Amsterdam, it’s set to be a busy week. The securities market infrastructure session began proceedings by debating the benefits of competition versus consolidation in the evolving global market: a…
More Buy Side Firms Turning to Third Party Valuations Than Ever Before, Indicates A-Team Group Valuations Benchmarking Study
More and more buy side firms are turning from proprietary and broker-supplied pricing to third party valuations and this is set to rise even further, according to a recent A-Team Group benchmarking study. The majority, at 82%, of the asset management and securities services firm respondents indicated that they rely on third party external sources…
SIX Telekurs Enhances Fund Transparency with Morningstar Holdings Data
SIX Telekurs recently announced the availability of fund constituent data on over 70,000 global funds from Morningstar, giving customers another channel through which to leverage Morningstar’s longstanding expertise in the procurement, analysis and management of fund information. The fund holdings data is a significant enhancement to SIX Telekurs’ Valordata Feed (VDF), which offers reference data…
Kinetic Partners is Focusing on Adding New Modules to its Risk and Valuations Platform
Following her appointment to the London-based risk team of Kinetic Partners two months ago, Isabelle Tykoczinski has been focused on adding new modules to the vendor’s Risk and Valuation Services (RVS) platform. Due for launch in the first half of next year, the new modules focus on extending the platform’s services and reporting tools, such…
Systemic Risk Does Not Just Impact Data Management, Warns Northern Trust’s Skinner
Although a lot has been said about the data management impacts of systemic risk monitoring, data managers must not lose sight of the bigger picture, Nick Skinner, head of data management strategy at custodian bank Northern Trust, warned attendees at this week’s EDM Council and Headstrong event in London. The push by regulators to more…
Even Corporate Actions Processing Needs to Keep up with the Xbox Generation, Says XSP’s Farrell
Corporate actions solution vendor XSP’s recent decision to introduce a mobile application on which clients can view corporate actions notifications and can process responses and elections was prompted by client requests and the ability to keep up with the future requirements of the market, according to CEO Brendan Farrell. The focus has been on allowing clients…
Numerix Continues Expansion Across Asia Pacific; Opens Sales Office in Australia
Numerix, a provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has opened a new regional sales office in Sydney, Australia. The new Sydney office increases the total number of Numerix Asia-Pacific (APAC) offices to seven. The office will be managed by Jack Drewe, regional sales director, who is responsible for the Australian and…
The Waiting Game: Standards in Corporate Actions Processing
There has been some real action of late in the standards space for corporate actions. In the US, the SEC issued a requirement for corporations to report in XBRL, and the XBRL US organisation has announced a project with the DTCC and Swift to tie the standard into ISO 20022, all of which could optimistically…