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Aim Software, FISD and Interactive Data Launch Reference Data Management Survey
Aim Software, FISD and Interactive Data have launched their fifth international reference data management survey, which aims to find out the challenges and trends in this sector over the next year. The survey, which being carried out jointly by Aim Software and FISD and being sponsored by Interactive Data (Europe), is now available online on…
Data Centres Fall Down the Pecking Order in London, Says CB Richard Ellis
Reference data projects may be seeing investment this year but data storage in a physical sense is proving problematic during the credit crunch. That is if you look at the take-up in London’s data centre market, which has seen very little investment during the first quarter of this year, according to real estate advisor CB…
Aim Software Releases New Version of Gain Aimed at Improved Usability
Aim Software has released a new version of its flagship data management product Gain with extended facilities for golden copy management and new support for Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista. The main drivers behind the upgrade were market and customer requests for new functionalities and to further reduce time to market for customer projects, says Martin…
PolarLake Launches Standalone Reference Data Reconciliation Solution
Provider of reference data distribution products PolarLake has launched a standalone reference data reconciliation solution aimed at fixing the problem of poor reference data quality in downstream systems. The vendor has created the new solution as part of its plans to develop modular solutions for the market and extend its client reach. According to PolarLake,…
AP Møller-Mærsk Picks SuperDerivatives for Energy Option Valuations
Global shipping and energy company AP Møller-Mærsk has selected SuperDerivatives to provide independent valuations for its energy options and swaps. Amitai Razon, sales executive for the Nordic region for SuperDerivatives, indicates that the vendor first met Møller-Mærsk in August last year, after which the firm began testing the vendor’s service in February this year. The…
Cusip Global Services Launches Premium Level Cusip Access Modules and New Service for European Syndicated Loans
Cusip Global Services has launched two new services: a premium level version of Cusip Access for clients that require more advanced options for managing reference data and a new platform through which European agent banks can request Cusip or ISIN identifiers. Cusip Access is now available as a “premium level service” with additional functionality and…
Telekurs Financial Partners with Bondweb Malaysia for Fair Value Pricing
Telekurs Financial has signed an agreement with Bondweb Malaysia, the country’s only current bond pricing agency, to integrate Bondweb’s fair value prices into Telekurs’ Valordata Feed (VDF) and Intraday Pricing Service (IPS). Bondweb Malaysia has been offering fair values for approximately 2,000 fixed income bonds traded in ringgit since 2005.The deal with the Malaysian agency…
Coexis Doubles Workforce and Serisys Opens Two More Offices
London and New York-based Coexis has doubled its workforce over the last year to 100 employees and its Asian partner Serisys has opened two more offices in the APAC region as part of its plans to increase global coverage. According to the vendor the increase in staffing is a result of demand for its Syn~…
New-York Based Broker Selects XSP for Corporate Actions
An unnamed global broker dealer based in New York has licensed the XSP v5 platform for global corporate actions processing and is also in the process of rolling out the corporate actions software provider’s web-based eTRAN (Electronic Tracking Response and Notifications) and XSP ISO messaging modules for automated notification, response capture and elections processing. According…
Fitch Solutions Launches Risk and Performance Platform
Fitch Solutions has launched Fitch Risk and Performance Platform, a new platform providing market-based credit risk analytics, credit default swap (CDS) pricing and fundamental ratings content. It is an extension of Fitch’s market implied ratings platform and incorporates new tools for quickly reviewing credit entity performance within a user’s portfolio. According to the vendor, which…