Reference data

419 articles tagged with this keyword

/Reference data

FICC Markets Standards Board issues draft guidance on reference pricing

The FICC Markets Standards Board (“FMSB”) has today published its first standard aimed at improving conduct in the wholesale Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (“FICC”) markets.

/Reference data

Banks publish openfunds data standard

After two years of intensive collaboration, two dozen financial institutions led by UBS, Credit Suisse and Julius Baer together with fundinfo AG have agreed on publishing the openfunds standard, version 1.0, on www.openfunds.org.

/Reference data

Iosco to address data gaps in asset management industry

Securities regulators collect data on the asset management industry to help them fulfil their regulatory responsibilities, such as supervision, enforcement and monitoring of risk.

/Reference data

Etrading completes first phase of MiFID II collaboration initiative Project Sentinel

Project Sentinel, a collaborative initiative by a group of banks to mutualise the cost of MiFID II implementation in the OTC front office, has announced the creation of a normalised regulatory data model that assists investment firms to meet their MiFID II OTC sales and trading requirements.

/Reference data

FCO Advisors selects Quantifi as core pricing and risk management replacement

Quantifi, a specialist provider of risk, analytics and trading solutions today announced that it has been selected by FCO Advisors LP (“Fundamental”), a leading alternative asset manager, to replace their existing external solution.

/Reference data

AIM Software appoints Deepak Srinivasan as CTO

AIM Software, a global software provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions for financial and securities institutions worldwide, today announced the appointment of Deepak Srinivasan as Chief Technology Officer.

/Reference data

XII forms joint working group With GLEIF to tackle legal identity in XBRL

The XBRL International Best Practices Board (BPB), in cooperation with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), is forming a working group to examine and make concrete recommendations about the best ways to create consistency in referencing legal identity within XBRL documents.

/Reference data

KYC and reference data management platform Alacra inks distribution deal with OutsideIQ

Regulatory SaaS technology leader Opus announced today that Alacra, its KYC and reference data management platform, has signed a distribution partnership with OutsideIQ, the leader in risk-focused, artificial intelligence software.

/Reference data

Interactive Data integrate Apex delivery platform with Asset Control AC Plus

Interactive Data, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), and a leading provider of trusted, mission-critical information for over 10 million financial instruments announced that its APEX delivery platform is now integrated with leading financial data management solutions provider Asset Control’s platform, AC Plus.

/Reference data

Markit integrates TCA data into FlexTrade’s EMS platform

Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a leading global provider of financial information services, today announced that it has integrated its transaction cost analysis (TCA) data into FlexTrade’s FlexTRADER EMS platform, a multi-asset portfolio and single security trading system.

/Reference data

As merger approaches, LSE and Deutsche Boerse eye job cuts and IT savings

The London Stock Exchange says that its planned merger with Deutsche Boerse could see up to 1250 jobs axed as the combined firm bids to make hundreds of millions of euros in cost savings, partly through technology.

/Reference data

AIM Software appoints Gayatri Raman as MD and COO

AIM Software, a global leader in Enterprise Data Management (EDM) software for the financial and securities institutions worldwide, announced the appointment of Gayatri Raman as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer effective immediately.

/Reference data

World Bank selects Asset Control for data management

Asset Control, a leading provider of financial data management solutions, is proud to announce that it has been selected by The World Bank Group.

/Reference data

Banks have LEIs for only 15% of their corporate hierarchies - Alacra

Regulatory SaaS technology leader Opus announced today that Alacra, its Know Your Customer (KYC) and reference data management platform for financial institutions, has issued the latest edition of Inside the LEI issue IX, its regular newsletter on Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs).

/Reference data

Acadian signs with Markit for enterprise data management

Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a global provider of financial information services, today announced Acadian Asset Management LLC as its latest managed services enterprise data management (EDM) customer.

/Reference data

Bloomberg benchmarks conform to Iosco principles

Bloomberg announced today the successful completion of an independent assessment confirming the alignment of the BFIX family of benchmarks with the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ principles for financial benchmarks.

/Reference data

Markit acquires interest in commodities price reporting agency Prima

Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a leading global provider of financial information services, today announced that it has acquired an interest in commodity markets research and price reporting agency Prima.

/Reference data

Bloomberg seeks LEI accreditation

Bloomberg announced today it has applied to the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation, or GLEIF, to become a Local Operating Unit, or LOU, of the Global LEI System, or GLEIS.

/Reference data

SmartStream hires Ben Pielow as sales director

SmartStream Technologies, the Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) specialist, today announced the appointment of Ben Pielow as Sales Director for the UK and Ireland.

/Reference data

Thornburg Investment Management selects Markit EDM

Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a global provider of financial information services, today announced that Thornburg Investment Management (TIM) has selected Markit’s enterprise data management (EDM) solution.