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Andrew’s Blog – The Reawakening of Thomson Reuters
The past few weeks’ organisational regrouping in the wake of the departure of Thomson Reuters Markets CEO Devin Wenig over the summer has been supercharged by this week’s news of a complete restructuring of Thomson Reuters by CEO Tom Glocer. Glocer has named James C. Smith, currently chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters’ Professional division,…
Post-Trade Technology – Reactive or Progressive?
Post-trade technology enables brokers and investors to confirm and report trades, and is essential to the effective operation of these firms. However, the technology at the heart of many of these systems was designed for a simpler trading environment. As the environment has evolved, for example through new regulations and the growth of alternative asset…
Oracle’s Kumar Talks up a Consolidated Approach to Finance and Risk Data, Exadata’s Capabilities
Oracle has long been championing the capabilities of its Exadata Database Machine, which forms the foundation of a number of its other offerings such as the Financial Services Data Warehouse that was launched in January this year. Senthil Kumar, group vice president and head of global business development for financial services at Oracle, speaks to Reference…
Financial Institutions Should Focus on Unstructured Financial Data in the Rush for Effective Risk Management, Warns ClusterSeven
Financial institutions will continue to report high profile instances of data mismanagement and fraud unless they take 100% control of the vulnerable financial data files that move and manipulate information between their business systems. These include files known as CSVs* (comma separated variable), plus spreadsheets and Microsoft Access Databases. Systemic failings in the way these…
Prominent German Pension Fund Selects SimCorp Dimension
A renowned German occupational pension fund with more than EUR 6bn under management has selected SimCorp Dimension as its future investment management system. SimCorp Dimension will be used as a seamlessly integrated solution, from portfolio management to accounting, for the firm’s entire range of investments. Critical to the pension fund’s choice of SimCorp Dimension was…
ISDA Reiterates Support for Global Trade and Counterparty Exposure Repositories in Comment Letter on CPSS/IOSCO Consultative Report
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) filed a comment letter on September 23 with the Committee on Payment and Settlements Systems (CPSS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in response to their consultative report on over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives data reporting and aggregation requirements. In the letter, ISDA reiterated the need for…
XSP Deploys Intra-Day Corporate Actions Data from Australian Securities Exchange
XSP, the global leader in automated end-to-end Corporate Actions solutions, together with its partner Decillion Group announced today that it is deploying intra-day Corporate Actions data directly from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The Decillion Group, a banking software solutions provider and operator of the largest SWIFT Service Bureau in the Asia Pac region, markets…
Opinion: MiFIR – Flat-Packed Furniture Without the Instructions?
By Matthew Coupe, director of sales and marketing, Redkite Financial Markets The proposed Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) has left me questioning what this piece of European regulation is actually going to achieve. Will the final legislation give the financial industry a set of clear-cut rules to follow and be accountable to? Or is…
Interactive Data Enhances International Content for Fund Administrators and Custodians by Further Enhancing Alliance with Bond Pricing Agency Malaysia
Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of independent pricing and valuation services, today announced that it has expanded its agreement with Bond Pricing Agency Malaysia Sdn Bhd (BPA Malaysia), a leading national bond pricing agency. Interactive Data is now distributing evaluated pricing for long-term Malaysian fixed income assets from BPA Malaysia. Demand for this content…
Dow Jones & Company Live with Global Data from SIX Telekurs
Global news and business information leader Dow Jones & Company has selected SIX Telekurs as a preferred provider of market data and other financial information. Dow Jones’ key financial publications and websites, including The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and Barron’s, will carry market data delivered by SIX Telekurs. SIX Telekurs’ normalized streaming market data feeds…