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RBC has Calendars, Entity Data, Client Onboarding and Issue to Issuer Data Linkages on Agenda, Says Sutton
Following her appointment as Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) new global head of reference data at the end of last year, Julia Sutton has been busy with plans to automate key areas of the bank’s customer data management. Sutton explains that she has been afforded a valuable window of opportunity within RBC to drive forward…
Accuity Enhances SSI Presentment in the Global Banking Resource
Accuity, a provider of payment routing data, AML screening software and services is pleased to introduce new enhancements that have been made to its industry leading online payment look up tool, the Global Banking Resource (TGBR). The Correspondents page on TGBR has been reconfigured to allow users to more easily associate correspondents with specific beneficiary…
Pricing Partners Launches Price-it VaR
Pricing Partners announced the release of a new module providing value at risk (VaR) and stress tests calculations today. With the recent unpredictable market movements, the accurate calculation of VaR, risks and stress tests on complex products has become a crucial issue for banks, risk control departments, asset managers and hedge funds. This new module,…
Columbus Avenue Consulting is First Client for SunGard’s Revamped FastVal Solution
Following SunGard’s upgrade of the technology platform underlying FastVal last year, SunGard has netted its first client of 2010 for the valuations solution in the form of global fund administrator Columbus Avenue Consulting. The firm, which is focused exclusively on the hedge fund market, is the first client to go live on version 3.0 of…
Merchant Capital Selects Kinetic Partners for Risk Management and Valuation
Merchant Capital’s UCITS III platform for hedge fund managers has appointed Kinetic Partners to manage risk management systems across the entire platform. Merchant Capital enables asset managers to quickly and efficiently launch UCITS compliant investment vehicles to the European market. Funds using the platform take approximately four to six weeks to launch, a process that…
Advent Software Announces Release of Axys 3.8
Advent Software, a provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, today announced the release of Axys 3.8, an important update to Advent’s turnkey portfolio accounting and reporting solution. The latest release of Axys marks Advent’s continued commitment to keeping the platform current as technology and regulatory changes impact its client base….
Let’s Focus on Inter-Party Latency
Latency – and keeping it low – remains a concern for the financial markets. We at A-Team know, because our latest poll at low-latency.com found that 80% of respondents reckoned it will be more of a concern in the future. With all this algo and high frequency trading going on, events in the world would…
Logicscope Connects to Ice for Real-Time Post-Trade STP
Logicscope, a provider of post-trade STP between trading venues and their customers, has added IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) to its prestigious community of execution venues. By connecting to TradeSTP, Logicscope’s post-trade platform, clients can receive real-time post trade notifications for any asset traded on the market leading ICE electronic trading platform, transformed and delivered seamlessly into any…
NewRiver Partners with Miningham & Oellerich
In an ongoing effort to extend the company’s compliance grade mutual fund data to all broker-dealers, NewRiver today announced a new partnership with Miningham & Oellerich (M&O), a provider of front and back office solutions for broker dealers. NewRiver – creators of the leading central repository of mutual fund documents and data for financial services…
Jones Named CEO of Accuity
Accuity, a provider of payment routing data, AML screening software and services, has announced the appointment of Hugh Jones IV as chief executive officer of Accuity and NRS. Previously the president of the two businesses, Jones has over 15 years of experience building corporate value by creating rich data streams that provide new solutions to…