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BT’s Pickles Raises 10 Questions About the LEI Project
Last week’s legal entity identification (LEI) focused workshops in Basel, which were organised by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), allowed a number of financial industry participants and regulators to get together and discuss their views on the creation of a global utility and a new LEI standard. However, the event also raised a number of…
Virginie’s Blog – A Step up for the FSB?
Given the discussions I had with a number of people at Sibos a couple of weeks ago, the data management industry practitioners engaged in working on establishing a new legal entity identification (LEI) standard have high hopes that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) will be able to bridge the gap between national regulators in setting…
MIK Releases Enhanced SEC Master
MIK Fund Solutions, a leading provider of software solutions for hedge funds, today announced the release of a comprehensive and integrated security master solution for hedge funds and asset managers. The offering is designed as an integrated application for the tracking, reporting and processing of all security master terms and conditions and reporting attributes across…
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…
SWIFT Announces 16% Rebate on 2011 Messaging
SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,700 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, announced today a rebate of 16 percent on 2011 messaging usage. The new rebate will return approximately EUR 52 million to SWIFT users and will be paid in January 2012. This rebate comes in addition to a 20 percent…
Leading Global Custodian Banks Think Custodians Should Be More Involved In The Settlement And Account Instruction Process, According To New Survey
Despite a heightened focus on risk management and increased levels of automation within custodian banks worldwide, the settlement and account instruction (SI) process still relies heavily on manual processes, introducing risks and costs into the trade lifecycle, according to research by Omgeo, the global standard for post-trade efficiency. The survey, conducted by Omgeo in July…
BT’s Pickles on a Cloud Technology Approach to Dealing with Post-Trade Infrastructure Change
Reference Data Review speaks with BT Global Banking & Financial Markets’ head of industry initiatives Chris Pickles about the changing dynamics in market infrastructure that have happened over the last few years and how they have affected the post-trade messaging space. Pickles explains the benefits of a cloud approach to this space such as the…
ISDA and S&P Indices to Co-brand S&P Credit Default Swap Indices
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) and S&P Indices announced today that they will co-brand S&P’s existing Credit Default Swap (CDS) Indices as S&P/ISDA CDS Indices. The S&P/ISDA CDS Indices seek to reflect the credit default swap market for U.S. corporate credits and increase transparency for market participants. “We are very pleased to…
S&P VRS Adds New Credit Risk Model to Credit Health Panel
S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies today announced the availability of a new credit risk model that provides relative credit assessments for rated and unrated public companies, incorporating enhanced operational, solvency and liquidity measures. This new model achieves improved ranking accuracy and enhanced overall performance through methodology enhancements. The enhanced model is available for use within…
SWIFT Looks to Fill “Payment Gap” Worth Billions of Euros, Caused by Poor Reference Data
SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,700 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, today announced the launch of SWIFTRef, a family of products that aims to eliminate costly payment errors arising from bad data, and increase straight-through-processing (STP). Thirty percent of non-STP payments are caused by bad reference data, and with manual…