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Broadridge and DeltaConcept Announce Strategic Alliance
Broadridge Financial Solutions has formed an alliance with DeltaConcept sàrl. DeltaConcept, a global provider of integrated portfolio management solutions for financial institutions, and Broadridge have launched a Switzerland-based strategic alliance to offer a front to back integrated solution for private banks. The alliance enables Broadridge to offer enhanced portfolio management functionality to private banks and…
The Sibos Vendor Agenda: Swift Adequately Focused On Corporate Actions, Says XSP’s Sheppard
Swift is placing a sufficient level of importance on reference data issues, including corporate actions processing, judging by its work this year and the agenda for Sibos, says Neil Sheppard, managing director and chief operating officer in EMEA for vendor XSP. Discussions at the conference in Hong Kong in September will also likely include corporate…
Derivative Valuations at UCITS Funds – Regulatory Requirements and Best Practices
OTC Valuations Limited (OTC Val), a leading provider of independent valuation and transparency reports for structured products and OTC derivatives, is pleased to announce it has released a white-paper outlining the regulatory requirements and best practices at UCITS funds for derivative valuations. Key points from the paper, available from www.otcvaluations.com, include: OTC derivatives are now…
Pricing Partners and ActiveEon Provide a High Performance Solution for the Valuation of Financial Derivative Products
Pricing Partners, the independent valuation expert and a world leader in mathematical models and analytics for derivatives and structured products, announced today that Pricing Partners established a strong technology partnership with ActiveEon www.activeeon.com to provide an ultra rapid solution for the valuation of derivative products. This partnership is based on the mathematic models for valuations…
Corporate Actions 2009 Edition
Rather than detracting attention away from corporate actions automation projects, the financial crisis appears to have accentuated the importance of the vital nature of this data. Financial institutions are more aware than ever before of the impact that inaccurate corporate actions data has on their bottom lines as a result of the increased focus on…
No Responses Received for CESR’s Credit Ratings Agencies Data Repository Proposals
Following the recent approval of the Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies by the European Parliament, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) published a consultation paper on the subject of a central data repository for ratings agency data on 9 July. The deadline for responses to the proposals was 7 August but the industry failed…
Point Nine Enhances Corporate Action Processing Services through Alliance with FactEntry
Point Nine, a provider of middle and back office trade processing and operations, has announced today that it is integrating its web-based operations platform with corporate action data provider FactEntry. FactEntry provides corporate action data on credit instruments including name change, merger, coupon default, bond covenant details, credit events and recovery rate fixings for credit…
Advent Links Geneva to Thomson Reuters’ DataScope for Pricing and Reference Data
Thomson Reuters has scored another key win for its DataScope Select service with the signing of an agreement with investment management software provider Advent Software to provide its portfolio management and fund accounting solution with pricing and reference data. Under the terms of the agreement, the two vendors will create and interface to link Advent’s…
Is the Upcoming G20 Meeting the Only Hope for Convergence of Global Accounting Standards?
Government officials at the April G20 summit agreed that some degree of harmonisation is needed in order to achieve a globally accepted set of accounting standards. However, this year has instead witnessed further divergence on these standards, as the each jurisdiction has sought to tackle the fallout from the downturn in the markets. The US…
Getting Riled up Over Data
As you know, in the run up to Swift’s Sibos conference next month, Reference Data Review has been endeavouring to find out what readers think of the European Central Bank’s proposed reference data utility. And it’s reassuring to know that rather than existing in a vacuum, data managers are ready and waiting to provide feedback….