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ECB’s CSDB Could be Used as IBEI Repository, Says Finsoft’s Christensen
The European Central Bank’s Centralised Securities Database (CSDB) could be used as the industry’s recognised source of business entity identifiers in the future, contended Soeren Kier Christensen, managing director of Finsoft Financial Systems. “Each institution needs a unique identifier and the CSDB currently tracks these for each European institution. By using these already standardised codes,…
New Regulations Will Impact Data Management; But Industry Not Talking To Each Other Enough to Fix the Problems
There are going to be a slew of upcoming regulations post credit-crunch and industry collaboration will be essential to address data management processes needed to comply, according to a panel of industry practitioners at FIMA. But progress to date has been slow, and industry bodies and participants are not talking to each other enough to…
Despite Lack of Standards, Legal Entity Data Will Become Centre of Data Operations
Although standards for legal entity data are likely to evolve over time and become more rigorous, there does not exist today a standard directory of identifiers for legal entities across global jurisdictions, said James Redfern, head of sales and marketing at CounterpartyLink. But with an average of 27% of company records held at financial institutions…
Calyon’s Moutot Elaborates on Centralised Counterparty Database Challenge
Calyon has been engaged in a lengthy project to connect its “patchwork of IT systems” for counterparty data and has, thus far, managed to eliminate 30,000 duplicates, said Serge Moutot, the firm’s head of global referentials management. He explained to FIMA delegates that the decision to centralise and integrate counterparty data across the firm was…
SmartCo Upgrades EDM Offering to Include Wider Complex Product Coverage
SmartCo has upgraded its centralised enterprise data management (EDM) solution, Smart Financial Data Hub (SFDH), to include functions for modelling and managing the fundamentals of credit derivative products, special purpose vehicles and complex underlying instruments. The vendor says the upgrade is a reaction to the current financial climate and the requirements to deal with the…
BPO Provider B-Source Partners with Aim Software for Data Platform
Following the certification of the Avaloq|Gain adapter earlier this month, Aim Software has entered into a partnership with business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT operations outsourcing (ITO) service provider B?Source. Under the agreement, clients of B?Source will be provided with a central reference data management platform based on Aim Software’s Gain Golden Copy. B?Source, which…
Firms Should Review Data Management in Light of Increasing Volumes, Says JWG-IT
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor A new white paper published by London-based think tank, JWG-IT, calls on firms to change the way they look at data management in light of ever-increasing equity order volumes and execution venues. It includes findings from recent surveys in London and Frankfurt where 78% of firms rated overcoming the cost…
BAFT and Bankersalmanac.com Collaborate to Extend Due Diligence Repository
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Bankersalmanac.com and the Bankers’ Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) have agreed to collaborate on promoting and extending the coverage of the reference data vendor’s Due Diligence Repository, which was launched in 2004. The repository has been set up by Bankersalmanac.com as an industry utility and BAFT will be engaged…
HSBC Selects Petra Financial for Payments Reference Data
HSBC has selected Petra Financial as a partner to provide a new tool that will allow the bank’s clients to validate BIC and IBAN details before the submission of a payment or, if required, to derive these details from a bank name, address and Basic Bank Account Number (BBAN), subject to counterparty verification. The tool,…
Mizuho Corporate Bank Signs up for CB.Net and Petra Financial Reference Data Directory
Following their signing of a partnership agreement in July, Petra Financial and CB.Net have announced their first customer for their combined reference data directory offering. Mizuho Corporate Bank has deployed, CB.Net’s BankSearchPlusOnline in three locations worldwide: London, Paris and Milan. According to the vendors, BankSearchPlusOnline will give Mizuho staff access to a comprehensive directory of…