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ITG Selects Asset Control’s AC Plus Data Management Platform to Support Asset Growth Initiatives
Specialized agency brokerage and financial technology firm Investment Technology Group has selected Asset Control’s AC Plus data management platform to provide ITG with global, multi-asset instrument data in support of the firm’s growth initiatives. AC Plus will provide ITG with a centralized, scalable reference data and pricing architecture that meets ITG’s time-to-market requirements and supports…
XSP Now Offers Corporate Actions Data from the Australian Securities Exchange via XSP v5 Platform
XSP, the leading global provider of Corporate Actions processing software, announced today that it is working with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to take delivery and process its ReferencePoint™ Corporate Actions data product through the XSP™ v5 platform. The XSP v5 platform is a state-of-the-art solution developed to automate each step of the global Corporate…
Erste Group Appoints CMA DataVision for CDS Valuations, Risk Management and Trading Support
CMA, the credit information specialist, today announced that Erste Group Bank AG, one of Central & Eastern Europe’s largest financial services groups, has selected CMA DataVision to provide independent CDS price verification for use across their Valuations, Risk and Trading departments. Harald Müller, Head of Structuring & Credit Markets at Erste Group, commented “We looked…
GlobeOp Aims to Provide More Transparency Around OTC Derivative Valuations
As part of its ongoing push in the OTC derivatives valuations space, GlobeOp Financial Services has added on demand access to valuation and reconciliation processing data via its integrated OTC derivatives processing platform, GoOTC. According to the vendor, its fund manager clients can gain increased transparency across OTC trade lifecycles and can demonstrate independent portfolio…
Should the ECB be Using Existing Data Channels and Standards for a Reference Data Utility?
Ahead of the panel discussion on the subject at next week’s Sibos conference in Hong Kong, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) proposals have provoked yet more feedback from Reference Data Review readers. Most agree that starting from scratch in building such a utility would be a difficult endeavour and that the central bank should instead…
Reval Continues European Expansion
Reval, a vendor in derivative risk management and hedge accounting solutions and services, today announced further expansion into Central Europe, opening a German office and appointing Walter Schipper as country manager. With an already established presence, Reval considers Germany a high growth market and a very strategic part of its European strategy of increased investment…
StatPro Wins Or Extends 11 Contracts For Data And Analytics Services
StatPro Group, the AIM listed provider of portfolio analytics and data solutions for the global asset management industry, announces its has signed new or extended multi-year contracts for a variety of data and analytics services with 11 asset management firms in North America, Europe and South Africa. The contracts were signed with Nomura Asset Management,…
XSP Achieves Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Network
XSP, a provider of corporate actions software, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status for 2009/2010 in the Microsoft Partner Network with competencies in ISV/Software Solutions and Security Solutions, recognising XSP’s expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, XSP demonstrates expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability…
S&P’s ABSXchange Platform Increases Instrument Coverage and Customer Base
As Fitch ups its game in the asset backed securities (ABS) market, so too is Standard & Poor’s with the upgrade of its structured finance platform, ABSXchange. The platform, which it bought in August 2007, has been undergoing a series of upgrades this year, the latest of which includes access to a complete cash flow…
Fitch Solutions Launches New CDS of ABS Market Indices for US Subprime Assets
Following the integration of its website with Fitch Ratings last month, Fitch Solutions has added yet more functionality to its valuations portfolio with the addition of credit default swaps (CDS) of asset backed securities (ABS) broad market indices for US subprime assets. The ratings provider is understandably placing more emphasis on its system solution business,…