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Swift sets up one-stop shop for reference data

Financial messaging co-operative Swift is bundling its suite of data directories to create a Web-based one-stop shop for payments-related reference data.

06 September 2011

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Swift and DTCC score big data management mandates

Financial messaging network Swift and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have won two separate industry data management mandates, for the development of a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) utility and electronic foreign exchange repository.

12 July 2011

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CFTC appoints data standardisation sub-committee members

Representatives from the ISO, Goldman Sachs, Google and Swift are among the members of a new technology advisory sub-committee on data standardisation set up by the CFTC.

24 June 2011

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S&P agrees to cut Isin fees following EU probe

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has agreed to cut the prices it charges for the distribution of International Securities Identification Numbers, following a two-year probe by the European Commission into allegations of abusive pricing and monopoly practices.

16 May 2011

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Legal Entity Identifier standard nears

Plans to create a new legal entity identifier (LEI) system to help regulators and industry participants monitor systemic risk are gathering momentum, with Swift winning a vote to act as the registration authority for the ISO standard and a group of trade associations setting out their framework.

05 May 2011

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Asset Control creates 50 Dublin jobs

Data management technology vendor Asset Control has committed to the creation of 50 jobs in Dublin.

07 April 2011

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Cusip Global Services offers Cabre business entity database for free

Cusip Global Services (CGS) says it will make its new business entity identifier database available for free to users from the beginning of next month.

17 November 2010

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S&P attacked over Cusip fees

Three influential US trade bodies have called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to crack down on the fees charged for securities identifiers by Standard & Poor's.

12 November 2010

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Thomson Reuters buys Highline Financial

Thomson Reuters has acquired Highline Financial, an information and analytics provider focused on the US banking sector. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

01 November 2010

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DTCC signs BBH to corporate actions pilot, starts ISO20022 migration

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) has agreed to participate in a new ISO 20022 corporate actions messaging pilot programme run by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and financial messaging network Swift.

25 October 2010

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Nyse Euronext partners APX on environmental trading JV

Nyse Euronext has partnered APX, an infrastructure provider for environmental commodities and energy, on a joint venture developing green and sustainable energy markets.

07 September 2010

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DTCC buys reference data firm Avox; plans European trade reporting repository

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has acquired Avox, a UK-based reference data firm majority-owned by Deutsche Börse in a cash deal valuing the business at a "low double digit million GBP figure".

01 July 2010

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Financial crisis spurs complex data analytics uptake - survey

The credit crisis and subsequent recession has lead to half of financial services firms increasing their use of complex data analysis, according to research from Accenture.

03 June 2010

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Interactive Data agrees $3.4bn sale

Interactive Data says it has inked a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity firms Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus in a cash deal worth around $3.4 billion.

04 May 2010

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Thomson Reuters beefs up Enterprise leadership team

Thomson Reuters has appointed industry veteran David Kelly chief technology officer at its Enterprise business where he will be responsible for the development of Elektron, the firm's new global high-speed data distribution network.

22 April 2010

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Thomson Reuters unveils high-speed global network

Thomson Reuters has unveiled a global high-speed data distribution network and hosting environment designed to enable financial firms around the world to access and share information.

20 April 2010

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Flatley displaces Wise and Close as CEO and president of Netik

Rob Flatley, the former head of Autobahn equity at Deutsche Bank, has been named CEO and president of securities data management outfit Netik, ousting long-term CEO and co-founder John Wise and incumbent president Colin Close.

13 April 2010

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Chi-X Europe takes co-located direct feeds and reference data from Thomson Reuters

Chi-X Europe has rolled out Thomson Reuters' pan-European low latency direct feed, pricing and reference data service, offered through the firm's hosting centres in London.

22 March 2010

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After financial crisis, firms look to improve data quality - Thomson Reuters report

The proliferation of fragmented IT and data platforms contributed to the financial crisis, according to research looking at data management strategies from Thomson Reuters and Lepus, a London-based independent research consultancy.

02 March 2010

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UK asset managers lack confidence in reference data quality - survey

Over a third of UK-based asset managers and banks are not confident in the quality of reference data they use to support trading activity, according to a survey from IT services firm Patni.

28 January 2010