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Information Mosaic Finally Launches Asset Surveillance Solution, Focus on Counterparty Risk Monitoring
As previously revealed by Reference Data Review back in August, after 16 months of development, post-trade solution vendor Information Mosaic has finally launched a new asset surveillance solution aimed at providing a consolidated view of network and depository counterparty risk through a single user interface. The vendor has been pilot testing the solution with two…
BTG Pactual Supports London Credit Business with Quantifi XL
BTG Pactual, the largest independent investment bank based in the emerging markets, has selected Quantifi XL to support a new credit business it is building at its London base. The bank’s London office selected the Excel-based Quantifi XL software for the pricing and analysis of its credit products after assessing a range of other solutions…
Corporate Actions Europe 2010
The European corporate actions market could be the stage of some pretty heavy duty discussions regarding standards going forward, particularly with regards to the adoption of both XBRL tagging and ISO 20022 messaging. The region’s issuer community, for one, is not going to be easy to convince of the benefits of XBRL tags, given the…
SIX Telekurs Expands its Evaluated Pricing Business
Responding to the more stringent demands of the latest International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and the increasing client need for transparency, SIX Telekurs has re-structured and expanded its Evaluated Pricing business. SIX Telekurs’ Evaluated Pricing is a solution which provides prices for a broad selection of fixed income instruments and derivatives, which are independent, transparent,…
JWG’s Di Giammarino Elaborates on Data Shortcomings of Industry’s Attempt to “Know Your Exposure”
Industry think tank JWG has just completed a research project into the industry’s level of preparation for the risk management challenges involved in the incoming tsunami of regulatory requirements that indicates a lot still needs to be done to get the right level of risk data consistency and accuracy. Conducted over the summer months and…
FSA’s Lawrence Warns Firms of the Importance of Accurate Funds Transfer Pricing for Risk Management
Enterprise risk management is at the heart of the funds transfer pricing (FTP) challenge, explained Colin Lawrence, director of the Prudential Risk Division of the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) to attendees at the JWG FTP event in London earlier this week. All risk types are closely linked and must be treated as such in…
Principia Adds Intex Performance Data to Structured Finance Platform
Principia Partners, a solution provider for the management and administration of structured finance investments, today announced its integration of Intex performance data into the Principia Structured Finance Platform (Principia SFP). Intex Historical Collateral Performance Data for an extensive range of measures, including delinquency, loss and prepayment rates for over 23,000 Intex modelled RMBS, ABS, CMBS…
Netik Appoints Neicho as Head of Global Business Development
Netik, a global leading provider of financial data management and reporting services and products, announced today the appointment of Luke Neicho to the role of head of global business development. He will report directly to newly appointed John Mason, chief operating officer of Netik. Neicho joins from Eagle Investment Systems, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon,…
Euroclear and Broadridge Plan to Jointly Offer End to End Shareholder Voting
Broadridge Financial Solutions and Euroclear have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) whereby both firms are looking into forming an alliance to jointly strengthen shareholders’ governance rights by making it easier for investors to vote electronically at company general meetings. Under the EU Shareholders’ Rights Directive, currently being transposed into Member State law, investors must…
Société Générale Securities Services Mandated by the Paris branch of Credit Suisse Securities Europe to Provide Independent Pricing Services
Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) has been mandated by the Paris branch of Credit Suisse Securities Europe Limited to provide completely independent secondary pricing of structured products to a number of its institutional clients. This secondary pricing will thus enable them to meet increasingly rigorous regulatory requirements. SGSS has over five years experience in the…