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Standard & Poor’s Expands Valuations Via Exclusive Arrangement with CSV
Hot on the heels of its new evaluated pricing service for the European structured finance marketplace, Standard & Poor’s has struck an exclusive alliance with New York-based Complex Security Valuations Inc. (CSV) to provide valuations for complex, illiquid and hard-to-value securities. The deal will expand both companies’ offerings in the space, and establish a combined…
Smith Leaves Bloomberg Data License Team
Oliver Smith has left Bloomberg, where he was account manager for the company’s Data License reference data product. No word on his new residence yet.
CheckFree to Incorporate eVent Technology in New EPL System
CheckFree Corp. is to embed CheckFree eVent into its next-generation Enhanced Portfolio Lifecycle platform to aid corporate actions processing. CheckFree EPL is an advancement of its existing asset management system that will deliver a global multi-transaction/ multi-currency portfolio accounting solution. The inclusion of eVent will allow clients to automatically receive, validate and process corporate actions,…
Thomson Financial’s Datafeed Now Available via ValueLink
Thomson Financial has signed an agreement with ValueLink to provide its Datafeed solutions as a primary source via ValueLink’s validated data service in Europe. As a result, ValueLink’s clients will now be able to commingle Thomson’s financial content with their own proprietary content and that of other third-party sources of data, which are integrated in…
FT Interactive Data, Xcitek Complete Testing of ISO 15022 Service
FT Interactive Data Europe has successfully completed testing of its latest ISO 15022-formatted corporate action files in partnership with Xcitek’s XSP. Testing of the available ISO 15022 event types was undertaken between FT Interactive and Xcitek throughout January prior to the latest release of FT Interactive Data’s ISO 15022 service, with the aim of enabling…
FT Interactive Data Adds Markit’s Swaps, CMS BondEdge’s Analytics
The strategic relationship between Interactive Data Corp.’s FT Interactive Data unit and credit data specialist Markit has borne its first fruits. As expected (Reference Data Review, January 2006), FT Interactive Data has released a valuations service for credit default swaps that draws on Markit’s access to around 50 CDS dealers in the marketplace. The launch…
Olayan Group to Implement TAPMaster as Core Data Platform
The Olayan Group, a Saudi multinational, has decided to implement TAP Solution’s TAPMaster platform as its core reference data management system for its asset management operation. The deal is the first for TAP for some time, following its big win at Morgan Stanley (Reference Data Review, January 2005). At Olayan, TAPMaster will become the company’s…
AIM Software, FT Interactive Data Hook Up via Gain Platform
AIM Software and FT Interactive Data have agreed to collaborate in conducting an extended mapping of FT Interactive Data’s information services via AIM’s Gain reference data management platform. The new relationship builds on several years of cooperation maintaining access to the FT Interactive Data services via Gain. Under the arrangement, FT Interactive Data will offer…
HighMark Capital Selects Cadis To Support New OMS Platform
San Francisco-based HighMark Capital Management has implemented Citadel’s Cadis Data Management Platform (DMP) to support its new order management system (OMS) implementation. Citadel’s selection by HighMark Capital, which serves as investment advisor for HighMark Funds, is the second buy-side win announcement for the data management software firm this year. Scotland-based investment management firm Aegon Asset…
EDM Council’s Atkin Seeks To Elevate Industry Discussions
Freshly installed as managing director of the Enterprise Data Management Council, former FISD chief Mike Atkin says he’s embarked on a programme to raise the level of discussion of enterprise data issues within the industry, kicking off with council meetings in New York and, this month, London. Atkin reckons the industry is at the stage…