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Gjensidige Selects Moody’s Analytics’ RiskIntegrity Solvency II Solution

Norwegian insurance company Gjensidige is working with Moody’s Analytics’ RiskIntegrity Solvency II solution to improve risk management and support compliance with the forthcoming regulation. The company chose RiskIntegrity on the strength of its out-of-the-box regulatory capabilities and ease of use. Thomas Bichard-Breaud, leader of Gjensidige’s Solvency II reporting, explains: “Moody’s Analytics offered us the best…

CounterpartyLink Details Development of CPL Online Entity Data Service

CounterpartyLink is progressing the development of its CPL Online legal entity intelligence service with the immediate addition of a compliance index and the promise of hierarchy data for all entities it holds and a visualisation tool to view related data. The company’s October 2012 commitment to offer beneficial ownership data at a level of 10%…

SIX Financial Information Prepares Data Solution for Fatca Compliance

SIX Financial Information has joined the growing band of market data vendors preparing to meet the reference data requirements of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca). While Fatca regulation is not expected to be finalised until next year, ahead of the act coming into effect on 1 January 2014, SIX Financial Information is…

Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: LEI Progress Report 4

In a fourth progress note on the development of a global legal entity identifier (LEI) system, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) has named Switzerland as the likely home of the global LEI foundation that will operate the LEI system’s Central Operating Unit (COU). It also set out the preliminary criteria for the selection of a…

Interactive Data Adds Corporate Actions Options to Apex Delivery Platform

Interactive Data is migrating its corporate actions data services to the Apex XML-based reference data delivery platform it introduced in October with a view to meeting growing market demand for automated solutions and emerging demand for corporate actions information not only in the back-office, but also in front-office trading and risk management applications. The company’s…

Coba Proposes Commercial Framework for European Consolidated Tape

The Coba Project, an organisation set up to propose a commercial framework for an industry-led pan-European consolidated tape, reports positive feedback from a letter outlining its plans that it sent to key industry stakeholders earlier this week. Coba’s proposal wraps up the standards recommended ahead of the letter by FIX Protocol Ltd. (FPL) for the…

Financial Services Firms Challenge Regulatory Process During FIMA Debate

Financial services firms called for a bigger picture of market regulation to help them avoid short-term and resource hungry tactical system changes at last week’s Financial Information Management (FIMA) Conference in London. A panel discussion, entitled ‘Developing new business approaches and bringing value to customers in the newly regulated world of legal entity identifiers, consolidated…

Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: The Quiet Rebirth of Interactive Data (Part 2)

It’s well known that Interactive Data Corp. can be a relatively conservative institution. This is in part due to its valuations business, which forces it to make judgments akin to those of a ratings agency, and sometimes results in a somewhat cautious corporate approach. And so there has been a distinct lack of the kind…

FIX Protocol Proposes Standards to Support a European Consolidated Tape

FIX Protocol Ltd. (FPL) has recommended standards to support the consolidation of trade reports and market data in European equity markets. It suggests the standards could play into the European consolidated tape mandated by MiFID and accelerate discussion about similar standards for fixed income and derivatives markets. The recommended standards are the result of work…

Screen Upgrades INFOmatch Index Licensing Module to Boost Transparency, Control

Screen INFOmatch is planning to release an upgraded version of its eponymous market data inventory system that supports cost and contract management in mid-December. The new version will focus on index licensing with the provision of tools for improved management and increased transparency. Peter Fruitema, CEO of Screen Group, a financial services solutions company that…