London-based Mizuho International has signed up for XcitekSolutionsPlus’s XSP platform for automation of corporate actions data, marking the second European contract for the U.S.-based vendor this year. The selection followed evaluation of “several corporate actions system providers,” according to John Sweeney, executive director of securities services at Mizuho. Invesco’s European offices signed up for XSP in early spring (Reference Data Review, March 2004).
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Welcome to the fourteenth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook. Supervisors increasingly expect firms to demonstrate which rules apply, which data supports each obligation, who owns the control and how exceptions are identified and resolved. Policies and implementation programmes must now be supported by records that can withstand regulatory scrutiny. This edition examines material...