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Hudson Bay Capital’s Black Discusses Bloomberg Vault Implementation, Cost Saving Benefits of Cloud-Based Data Storage
The expanded registration requirements under Dodd Frank for firms that once fell under exemptions have resulted in many more firms being compelled to invest in data storage solutions in order to ease the data retrieval process and keep costs down. One such firm is buy side firm Hudson Bay Capital Management, which has recently rolled out…
Calypso Technology Releases Version 12
Calypso Technology Inc., the global capital markets platform provider, today announced the release of Calypso Version 12 (V12) of its cross-asset, front-to-back office platform. The new release improves on best practice standards with stronger seamless integration across asset classes and between functional layers. V12 also builds on Calypso Technology’s growing status as a single-source-of-truth for…
Swift Selects Sword FircoSoft to Support New Centralised Sanctions Screening Service
Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,700 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, has selected Sword FircoSoft to provide components of its new centralised Sanctions Screening service. Economic sanctions are growing in importance as a tool to fight financial crime. As a consequence, complying with evolving sanctions regulations and frequently updated lists…
Omgeo Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Omgeo, the global standard for post-trade efficiency, today announced that it is celebrating 10 years of successful partnerships with its global community in automating trade lifecycle events, streamlining operations and reducing counterparty risk. Founded in 2001 by Thomson Financial (now Thomson Reuters) and the DTCC, Omgeo has become a key partner in trade lifecycle automation….
Major Study Finds Rapid Adoption of Hosted Email Compliance
Financial institutions are rapidly moving to hosted email compliance and storage services to deal with increasing costs, risks and regulations, according to a study conducted by Forrester Consulting. The study was commissioned by Bloomberg Vault, a service that helps corporations globally meet compliance, regulatory and eDiscovery requirements. The poll of 187 executives with responsibility for…
Helm Bank Selects Oracle
Helm Bank, a Colombian private financial institution, has selected Oracle software and hardware to run its core banking, customer facing services and marketing functions. Helm Bank’s platform includes Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking running on Oracle Exadata Database Machine which delivers extreme performance. Oracle Exadata is the only database machine that provides extreme performance for both…
State Street Report Highlights the Evolving Nature of Data Management and IT Within Financial Institutions
Global custodian State Street has released the first in a series of white papers examining the impact of technology on financial services, which (among other things) highlights the evolution of the IT and data management functions. Referring to the “true value of data”, the paper highlights the importance that data management and IT has taken…
Accuity Responds to the Continuing Libyan Crisis by Systematically Enhancing Global Sanctions Lists
Accuity, a provider of payment routing data, anti-money laundering (AML) screening software and services, today announced significant enhancements to its anti-money laundering and compliance offering – enhancements that have been developed in the light of the escalating situation in Libya. As the unrest in Libya continues to develop, Accuity has continued to enrich the OFAC…
Setting the Social Agenda
When you think of firms that are at the forefront of the social media trend, very few (if any) financial services firms immediately spring to mind. Those that do are likely from the retail world rather than cap markets, but there is activity taking place out there: you just need to know where to look…
PaceMetrics’ Giblin Discusses Op Efficiency Focused Partnership with BPM Provider Nimbus
EDM solution vendor PaceMetrics has this month signed a non-exclusive partnership agreement with business process management (BPM) solution vendor Nimbus to tie the former’s PaceMaker solution to the latter’s Nimbus Control solution. Gerry Giblin, CEO of PaceMetrics, explains that the two vendors have been working together over the last six months to develop the partnership,…