Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has announced that it will publish Markit iTraxx Japan Index price data on its website from 27 July 2009.
TFX has previously contributed to the development of the Japanese credit markets by publishing credit default swap (CDS) reference rates on its website. By publishing data on the Markit iTraxx Japan Index, TFX hopes to provide a convenient and valuable source of data for the benchmark credit index.
As rising geopolitical uncertainty prompts an intensification in the complexity and volume of global economic and financial sanctions, banks and financial institutions are faced with a daunting set of new compliance challenges. The risk of inadvertently engaging with sanctioned securities has never been higher and the penalties for doing so are harsh. Traditional sanctions screening...
UK-based Softwire offers its financial institution clients expertise in leveraging data to achieve their operational objectives. Data Management Insight spoke to Sean Judge, Softwire Client Director FS&I to find out more about the company. Data Management Insight: Hello Sean. Can you tell us when and how was Softwire created and how does it serve financial institutions? Sean Judge: Softwire...
Now in its 8th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
The European corporate actions market could be the stage of some pretty heavy duty discussions regarding standards going forward, particularly with regards to the adoption of both XBRL tagging and ISO 20022 messaging. The region’s issuer community, for one, is not going to be easy to convince of the benefits of XBRL tags, given the...
