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Reference Data Comes Out Of The Shadows
It’s always a good sign when the editors of a new newsletter are flooded by market participants with news to report, rather than having to hound industry contacts in search of stories. It says something about the vibrancy of the market space. And so it has been with Reference Data Review. It seems that we…
Institutions Gearing Up For The Switch To ISINs In German Market
Financial institutions in Germany are gearing up for the introduction of the International Securities Identification Number later this month, an event requiring preparation that has been compared with the scale of the euro’s introduction. Germany and Austria switch to ISIN on April 22, ahead of most other European countries. France and other countries linked to…
Business As Usual In The Numbers Game
Tony Kirby may no longer work at Reuters, but he’s still secretary of the Reference Data User Group. In a month of turmoil, he spoke to Reference Data Review about the group’s activities and ongoing relations with its counterparts. Tony Kirby is in danger of becoming a professional financial technology evangelist. A few years ago,…
Eagle Investment Systems Seals Collaborative Pacts with FT Interactive Data and Charles River Development
In a flurry of activity, Eagle Investment Systems this month beefed up its data offerings in an alliance with FT Interactive Data and linked with Charles River Development to develop links between their systems for STP implementations. The deal with FTID allows users of the browser-based Eagle Portal to access real-time pricing data. The move…
Telekurs Hires Martin, Dowdall For Dublin Office
Rachel Martin and John Dowdall have been hired as of business consultants at Telekurs Financial. Both will be based in Telekurs’ recently opened Dublin Office. Martin joins from Dow Jones Newswires where she was most recently head of product management for EMEA and Asia Pacific. Dowdall joins from Investors Bank and Trust (Ireland) Ltd where…
Asset Control Links To XSP
Support for the XcitekSolutionsPlus corporate actions software has been added to Asset Control’s outsourced ACDEX reference data management service. The companies say that the linkage will add functionality to both systems. XSP automates the processing of corporate actions, while ACDEX is used to manage the full lifecycle of data capture, cleansing, consolidation, enrichment and storage…
ValueLink Signs Another Dublin Client In Custom House
Dublin-based Custom House Administration and Corporate Services has signed to take validated data from UK provider Value Link Information Services. Custom House will be using ValueLink’s validated securities pricing and corporate action data within its administration services for over 160 alternative investment hedge funds. David Blair, managing director of Custom House, which bills itself as…
Axioma Partners For Fame Data In Portfolio Software
Fame Information Services has formed a partnership with Axioma, a New York developer of portfolio construction and optimisation software to provide clients with integration between Fame’s financial database products and Axioma’s PortfolioPrecision software. At the heart of the alliance is a modular data loader that connects directly to Fame databases without any custom integration. Pre-configured…
First American Picks XSP For Corporate Actions
California investment adviser First American Trust is to use Xcitek software to automate its corporate actions processing. The Xcitek Solutions Plus (XSP) ISO 15022-compliant global corporate actions automation solution developed by New York-based data company Xcitek and Solutions Plus will be used by First American to manage corporate actions processes and monitor exceptions by automating…
Big Fish Jumps from Surprisingly Large Pond
The first few months in the life of a new publication are, understandably, fraught times for the perpetrators. Like cinema or theatre, there is a balance of business and creative activity to be achieved, and you can be successful in neither, either or both. We feel optimistic about which of those Reference Data Review is…