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Asset Control Appoints Ex-Moody’s Risk and Regulation Exec Cheshire for Biz Dev
In line with its current focus on the data aspects of regulatory compliance, EDM vendor Asset Control has added a new member to its team with direct experience in the risk and regulatory capital management sector: ex-Moody’s executive Simon Cheshire. He joins as vice president of strategy and business development and will be based in…
FSB Releases Reform Agenda for 2010, Liquidity Risk and Accounting Standards Feature Heavily
Last year saw the transformation and empowerment of the Financial Services Board (FSB) to lead and monitor regulatory coordination across Europe. This year, the regulatory body has a significant list of tasks ahead of it to effectively put this function into practice, including coordinating the implementation of improvements to accounting standards and raising capital and…
XSP Completes Testing and Connectivity to Swift Via Alliance Lite
Swift has been talking up the benefits of Alliance Lite (jokingly referred to by some as ‘Swift on a stick’) for some time and the vendor community is seemingly beginning to get on board with the internet-based connectivity solution, which is aimed at extending the network’s reach via low cost access. One such vendor is…
XBRL International Replaces Outgoing Chair Turner with Trintech’s Gorur
In light of the impending retirement of outgoing chair John Turner, CEO of CoreFiling, in March, the board of directors and international steering committee of XBRL International have approved the appointment of Chethan Gorur, as chairman designate of the XBRL International Standards Board (XSB). Gorur is currently director of Interactive Data Services at governance, risk…
Swift’s Church Explains How Reference Data Could Fit into 2015 Strategy
At the end of last year, Swift threw out a few tantalising titbits about its potential future role in the securities reference data space, including the opportunity for Bank Identifier Codes (BICs) in entity identification and its position on the European Central Bank’s proposed utility. However, Swift is in the midst of its 2015 strategy…
Numerix Releases New Versions of CrossAsset and Portfolio, Scores Client Win with Northern Trust
Following a spate of client wins at the end of last year, valuations and risk analytics solution vendor Numerix has added another to the list in the form of custodian and fund administrator Northern Trust. The bank has enhanced its platform for processing OTC derivatives via its strategic partnership with Numerix to provide daily independent…
Pricing Partners Releases New Tools for ABS Valuation
Pricing Partners announced today the release of several new tools for ABS valuation. This announcement comes during a crucial time when the demand for independent valuation on ABS and similar non-liquid products is very strong. The recent crisis in the credit markets has called for independent valuation and analysis on ABS, MBS and similar products….
OECD Talks up Data Quality Issues Within Regulatory Databases
At the end of 2009, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) added to the long list of regulatory papers highlighting the importance of data quality in the oversight function with a paper on regulatory systems. The regulatory policy committee report, Indicators of Regulatory Management Systems, highlights the need for greater consistency in terms…
Pricing Partners Incorporates the Portfolio Function into Price-It Library
Pricing Partners, (www.pricingpartners.com), the independent valuation expert and a world leader in mathematical models and analytics for derivatives and structured products, announced today that a new function, the portfolio feature, has been supplemented with Price-It Excel, to extend the valuation of multiple products. The portfolio feature in the Price-It library enables the easy pricing of…
Schooley Appointed General Manager of Broadridge’s Mutual Funds Proxy Services Business
Broadridge Financial Solutions today announced the appointment of Peggy Schooley as general manager of its Mutual Funds Proxy Services business. She joins Broadridge from Evergreen Service Company, where she served as president since 2005. Evergreen Service Company is a subsidiary of Evergreen Investment Company, part of the investment management business owned by Wells Fargo &…