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Aim Software Plans Launch of a New Corporate Actions Scrubbing Module for the Start of 2011
Data management solution vendor Aim Software is planning to launch a scrubbing module for corporate actions in the first quarter of next year, according to Josef Sommeregger, vice president business development and sales at the vendor. The move is a reaction to client demand and also proved a deciding factor in SimCorp’s recent decision to…
Bar Codes for Banking: GS1 US and Financial InterGroup Creating Practices for Identifying Financial Documents
Nearly 40 years after the retail industry adopted the UPC bar code to improve transaction processes and information flow, the bar code’s administrator and a financial industry development firm are working to bring similar gains to financial documents, their associated electronic financial transactions, and their users. GS1 US, the not-for-profit standards organisation that supports the…
Citi to Act as Proving Ground for XBRL Tagging in Corporate Actions Space
Following on from the release of its case study earlier this year, XBRL US has indicated that it is working with global custodian Citi on a pilot programme to prove the benefits of XBRL tagging in the corporate actions space. The pilot is focusing initially on tests on dividend announcements issued by American depository receipts…
Barrage of New Regulation Could Cause Death by Data Drowning, Warns ISMAG’s Gubert
The slew of new regulations entering into force over the next few years, including a new iteration of MiFID, the multiple legislative changes resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act and the Securities Law Directive (to name just a few), will result in such an increase in reporting requirements that firms may find themselves in danger of…
SimCorp’s Schröter Elaborates on Decision to Partner with Aim Software for Data Heavy Lifting
SimCorp’s recently announced decision to partner with data management solution provider Aim Software was based on the desire to better support its clients’ requirements around golden copy record production, explains Marc Schröter, SimCorp’s senior vice president and head of strategic research. Up until now, the vendor has left its clients to deal with the process of…
Interactive Data Names Alex Goor Chief Information Officer
Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that Alex Goor has been appointed chief information officer, effective immediately. Mr. Goor, 38, is responsible for development and operations across Interactive Data globally. He is based in New York and reports to Mason Slaine, Interactive Data’s chairman, president…
Pricing Partners Releases the Miri Benhamou Gobet Model
Pricing Partners announced today that it has released the Miri Benhamou Gobet model in its analytics suite, entitled Price-it. The Miri Benhamou Gobet model as explained in seminal publications is a combination of local volatility and jump model. Thanks to its local volatility feature, it can capture and calibrate very effectively smile volatility surface. But…
Data Quality Takes Priority Over Speed in the Risk Management Challenge, Says Mizuho’s Tweddle
Speaking at this week’s A-Team Insight Exchange conference in London, Mizuho International’s risk management chief operating officer Simon Tweddle explained to delegates that although timeliness of data is becoming much more important from a risk management perspective, this must not come at the cost of data quality. “When talking about this area, one must recognise…
CQS Win is Representative of OTC Val’s Post-Acquisition Appeal, Says Tullett’s Humphrey
Following its acquisition of specialist derivatives valuation vendor OTC Val earlier this year, Tullett Prebon has bagged its first public client win in the form of hedge fund CQS. According to Paul Humphrey, CEO of Tullett Prebon’s Electronic Broking and Information division, this win is representative of the increased customer appeal of the OTC Val…
Swift to Reduce Message Prices by an Average 20 Percent
Swift, the provider of global financial messaging services, announced today that it is reducing the price of messages on its core FIN service by an average of 20 percent. This will represent an estimated saving of EUR 70 million for Swift customers in 2011. The new pricing plan takes effect on 1 January 2011. “We…