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Broadridge Upgrades UK Nominations and Voting Service
Broadridge Financial Solutions today announced that, following the success of the launch of its UK Nominations & Voting Service in 2007, Broadridge has added new features to the service to further enhance its offering to retail brokers. The UK Nominations and Voting Service was created by Broadridge in response to changes put in place by…
Data Management Could Learn from Performance Measurement Standardisation, Suggests Robeco’s Reiners
The data management community could potentially learn a lot about standardisation from the world of performance measurement, suggested Corné Reiners, head of both FSC performance measurement and data management at Robeco Asset Management, to delegates to TSAM in London this week. A lot of cooperation has been achieved within the area of performance measurement between…
Schroders’ Walsh and MoneyMate’s Brennan Discuss Collaboration for Data Quality Improvement
Since its decision to sign up for the MoneyMate investment data management solution in October last year, Schroders has been working closely with the vendor to control the aggregation and cleansing of their product information for presentation on websites. Gerard Walsh, head of change management for the web and customer relationship management (CRM) at Schroders,…
EDM Market Experiencing a Strong Start to the Year, Says Asset Control’s Enfield
Since the launch of its AC Invest solution in October last year, the enterprise data management (EDM) solution vendor has witnessed an uptick in client interest in its new compliance focused offering, according to Rick Enfield, product business owner of the vendor’s AC Plus solution. The shift from approaching data management as a technology problem…
SIX Telekurs’ 2009 Results Confirm Reference Data Biz Remains Bright Spot
Following on from the relatively robust performance of rival Thomson Reuters’ Enterprise division and Interactive Data’s overall performance last year, SIX Telekurs has added to the optimism in the reference data market with the announcement of a 2009 revenue increase of 1.8% on previous year’s figures for the reference data and valuations part of its…
Downstream Users Need to be Made Aware of Upcoming Data Management Changes, Warns Deutsche Bank’s Walker
Getting buy in from senior management and understanding from those at the grassroots level with regards to tackling data management challenges has become much easier as a result of the current industry focus on data, said Shannon Walker, IT architect at Deutsche Bank, to delegates to yesterday’s TSAM event in London. However, she warned that…
Tullett Prebon’s Humphrey Discusses Details Behind OTC Val Acquisition
Last week, interdealer brokerage firm Tullett Prebon announced it had entered into an acquisition agreement for an undisclosed amount with derivatives valuation services provider OTC Valuations (commonly known as OTC Val). Paul Humphrey, CEO of Tullett Prebon’s Electronic Broking and Information division, explains to Reference Data Review that the acquisition is all part of the firm’s…
Paying Lip Service to Data Quality is on its Way Out, Says Deutsche Bank’s Fletcher
The days of paying mere lip service to the goal of improving data quality and living with “spaghetti-like” data infrastructures are soon to be gone, said Deutsche Bank’s head of reference data services, Neil Fletcher, to those in attendance at last week’s Thomson Reuters event. His own firm is much more aware of the importance…
Applications of Reference Data to the Middle Office
Increasing volumes and the complexity of reference data in the post-crisis environment have left the middle office struggling to meet the requirements of the current market order. Middle office functions must therefore be robust enough to be able to deal with the spectre of globalisation, an increase in the use of esoteric security types and…
Tullett Prebon Expands into Valuations Services with Acquisition of OTC Valuations Ltd
Tullett Prebon plc, an inter-dealer broker, today announces the acquisition of OTC Valuations Ltd, a provider of independent derivatives valuation services. In an environment of increasing compliance and corporate governance requirements, OTC Valuations delivers a highly valuable service to clients, providing accurate, complete, timely, and independent pricing of derivatives portfolios. OTC Valuations, with its significant…