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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…
SimCorp and AIM Software Partner to Provide Cleansed Data
SimCorp, a provider of highly specialised software for the investment industry, and AIM Software, a provider of financial data management solutions, have entered into a global collaborative agreement. The agreement enables SimCorp to provide AIM Software’s GAIN Data Management software to its clients, in conjunction with SimCorp Dimension, SimCorp’s seamless investment management solution. GAIN Data…
Broadridge to Expand its Business Process Outsourcing Services
Broadridge Financial Solutions, a technology services and outsourcing company to the global financial services industry, today announced a major expansion of its outsourcing solutions offering. In response to market demand, Broadridge has extended its business process outsourcing (BPO) services beyond securities processing functions and, in order to offer greater flexibility to global financial institutions, now…
WestLB Selects Quantifi’s Cutting Edge Credit Valuation Adjustment Pricing Tool
Quantifi, a provider of analytics, trading and risk management solutions for the global capital markets, today announced that WestLB, a European commercial bank, has selected Quantifi’s next generation Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) pricing tool, Quantifi CVA. Being able to correctly price and manage counterparty risk is a key priority for financial institutions as they look…