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SIX Telekurs Opens San Francisco Office for West Coast Customers
To better serve a growing customer base on the West coast of the United States, SIX Telekurs has opened an office in San Francisco. Barry Raskin, managing director of SIX Telekurs in the Americas, says: “By having on the ground staff in California, we are eliminating the difficulties of time zones, and positioning ourselves to…
European Commission Bent on Post-trade Infrastructure Revamp for Derivatives
The European Commission has released its proposals for a revamp of the derivatives market in a bid to reduce counterparty risk and improve the transparency of these traditionally opaque instruments. A central tenet of the recommendations, similar to that of the recently proposed US regulatory framework for derivatives, is the introduction of central clearing counterparties…
Pricing Partners Adds New Models for TEC10 and EONIA Products
Pricing Partners has upgraded its independent valuation internet platform in order to more accurately price TEC10 and EONIA specific products. Financial products on the TEC10 rate, which is the market rate at which for the French government can borrow for 10 years, are under the spotlight because of the importance of the government issuances. This…
DTCC Talk up Improvements to Corporate Actions Validation Service, XBRL Initiative
The recent uptick in the corporate actions world has not gone unnoticed by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and its Global Corporate Actions Validation Service (GCA VS) subsidiary is keen to steal a march on its rivals. Caroline O’Shaughnessy, vice president and global head of sales for Data Solutions, Asset Services, and Stuart…
Broadridge Appoints Veteran Carey to Head Securities Processing Business
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Tom Carey as president of its international securities processing solutions business. He will report directly to John Hogan, president and chief operating officer of Broadridge Financial Solutions. In his new role, Carey will be responsible for all aspects of Broadridge’s international securities processing business, which includes the international securities processing…
DerivActiv Completes SAS 70 Type II Certification for Valuations
DerivActiv, a provider of independent valuations for fixed income, currency and equity derivatives, has completed a Statement of Auditing Standard No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II certification. “This certification is a more rigorous audit of the SAS 70 processes that we put in place in 2008,” says John Trefethen, chief financial officer of DerivActiv. “DerivActiv…
Westpac’s Putnam Joins QuIC to Head Biz Dev and Support in Asia
QuIC Financial Technologies, a global solutions provider of risk management, pricing and financial analytics, has appointed Mark Putnam to manage business development and support in the Asia Pacific region. Based in Sydney, Australia and reporting to the sales director North America and Asia, Putnam will focus on driving sales and forging strategic business relationships for…
Broadridge Financial Solutions Steps up to the Plate for Reference Data
It has undoubtedly been a busy start to the year for Broadridge Financial Solutions, with the signing of a number of partnership agreements in March and the launch of whole host of new solutions over recent months. One such endeavour is its venture into the corporate actions space, in concert with its wider push into…
Fincad Launches Software Development Kit for Pricing Analytics Integration
Fincad has launched a new software development kit that provides software vendors, banks and hedge funds with the ability to integrate Fincad analytics into new and existing systems. F3 SDK enables comprehensive measurement of the risk for all market data inputs at the trade or portfolio level. Built on a new object oriented architecture, F3…
EuroMTS Adds More Data and Functionality to Reference Data Platform
European fixed income securities marketplace, EuroMTS, has added more data and functionality to its online reference data platform, which it launched in collaboration with Exchange Data International (EDI) in October last year. The offering, aimed at providing descriptive, non-real-time information relating to all bonds listed on the MTS Markets, now features MTS Time Series data,…