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A Blip is Back on the Radar
Earlier this year I noted that all had gone quiet on the Western Front with regards to the securities industry’s grand plans for an “investment roadmap” for standards. Although Swift and other industry bodies had been talking about interoperability, not much had been said in reference directly to the roadmap. Not so this week, however,…
Cadis Hosts SIX Telekurs Data
Cadis, the global EDM specialist, today announced the availability of a Cadis hosted version of SIX Telekurs’ main product, the Valordata Feed (VDF). The Cadis SaaS version will enable SIX Telekurs clients to consume all VDF data in any file format, at any latency within hours. Daniel Simpson, CEO of Cadis said: “Our hosted version…
Breaking News: DIFC Hires UBS to Explore Options for Sale of SmartStream
The investment arm of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has hired UBS to handle the potential sale of SmartStream Technologies to a willing bidder. DIFC Investments is seeking to divest itself of several of its “non-core” investments before the end of next year, as indicated by the asset sale plan that it released in…
Interactive Data Offers New Evaluated Pricing Challenge Portal
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it now offers an innovative client management and compliance oversight tool, which is designed to provide audit trails and compliance reports for a firm’s pricing challenge process. This new, easy to use web-based challenge portal can increase client workflow…
XSP Goes Mobile
XSP announced today that it is the first to unveil a mobile application for corporate actions processing. The new mobile app will be presented at the Sibos conference taking place October 25-29, 2010 in Amsterdam. Leveraging the customisable user interface technology behind the XSP GO! product, this mobile version offers clients ‘on-the-go’ access to corporate…
Smart Collateral Management: Removing the Manual Processes
By David Campbell, Securities Product Manager, Investment Services and Nolan Gesher, Senior Product Manager, Risk and Compliance, Fiserv In 2009, 70% of all OTC derivatives trades were subject to collateral agreements, proving significant challenges. The lack of standardised processes, which can be a burden, also provides opportunities. By using systems and processes to address the…
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,…