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S&P’s Capital IQ Integrates JunctionRDS UK Share Register Data onto Platform
Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ business has integrated UK share register data from London-based independent shareholder analysis house JunctionRDS into its platform. The data set allows users to view detailed ownership information on listed UK companies with breakout analysis of nominee shareholdings at both the investment manager and beneficial owner level, says the vendor. Ian…
Markit Rolls Out XSP Platform in London, New York and Singapore
Following the extended implementation of its solution at index provider FTSE Group in December, XSP has completed the rollout of its v5 corporate actions platform at Markit in London, New York and Singapore. Markit will use the solution to assist in the automation of some of the complex processes within its bespoke index calculation and…
New York Federal Reserve Poaches Citi’s Bottega as Chief Data Officer for its Markets Division
John Bottega’s no show at last year’s FIMA London event was noted by many and there was much speculation at the event that he was soon to leave his post as chief data officer for Citi’s Institutional Client Group. Reference Data Review can now indeed confirm that Bottega has moved onto pastures new: he has…
Markit Launches Multi-bank, Cross Asset Client Valuations Platform
Following 12 months of development, Markit has finally launched its new multi-bank, cross-asset client valuations platform with much fanfare. The new platform has been developed in partnership with six banks and a couple of buy side firms and purports to provide a secure, standardised view of OTC derivative positions and valuations across counterparties. The platform,…
UK FSA Extends AII Deadline for Derivative Transaction Reporting to September
The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) is giving approved reporting mechanisms (ARMs) more time before they have to start providing derivative transaction reports using the Alternative Instrument Identifier (AII). The go live date is now 21 September as opposed to end of the first quarter. The FSA is also setting up a number of support…
Fed’s Bernanke Champions Mark to Market But Says Illiquid Securities Issue Needs Resolution
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has added his voice to the debate about mark to market accounting rules this week. Bernanke is in favour of the controversial accounting rules, which require companies to write down assets every quarter to reflect market value, but cautions that regulators urgently need to deal with the issues surrounding the…
Fiserv Rebrands, Streamlines Management and Launches Global Ad Campaign
Following its acquisition of CheckFree at the end of 2007, Fiserv has finally decided to rebrand the business under its own moniker. The vendor claims this rebranding exercise and global advertising campaign represents its new consolidated approach to the financial technology market. The management team and organisational structure have also been streamlined (and we all…
S&P’s ABSXchange Wins Three New Financial Institution Clients and UK FSA
Standard & Poor’s structured finance platform, ABSXchange, has gained a number of new clients over the last month or so, including the UK Financial Services Authority. The ABSXchange platform, which is part of the vendor’s Fixed Income Risk Management Services (FIRMS) division, enables users to retrieve performance data from across the universe of publicly rated,…
Banca Euromobilare Goes Live with Aim’s Gain Data Management Solution
Switzerland-based private bank Banca Euromobilare (Suisse) has gone live on Aim Software’s Gain Data Management in order to manage the capture, processing and distribution of pricing and static data from the SIX Telekurs Valor Data Feed (VDF). This data is fed into the bank’s implementation of SunGard’s Apsys III via the Gain standard interface, which…
Significant Number of Companies Interested in Consolidated Standards for IFRS Reporting, Says Deloitte
A “significant” number of US private companies are interested in the introduction of accounting standards based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), according to a recent online poll by consultancy firm Deloitte & Touche. The poll, which took place during a webcast with around 1,700 finance professionals, indicated that 40% of respondents were considering taking…