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Firms urged to begin IT prep for handling LEIs

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Firms urged to begin IT prep for handling LEIs

Delegates at the annual user conference of financial messaging body Swift were given more information about the development of the legal entity identifier (LEI) messaging standard designed to produce an electronic tag for the counterparties in all securities transactions

Swift's Securities Services

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Swift's Securities Services

Brett Lancaster, managing director at Swift discusses data standards, legal entity identifiers and corporate actions prior to Sibos 2011.

Broadridge targets buy-side with Paladyne acquisition

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Broadridge targets buy-side with Paladyne acquisition

Broadridge Financial Solutions has acquired buy-side technology and services outfit Paladyne Systems for around $76.5 million.

Swift sets up one-stop shop for reference data

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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.

Swift and DTCC score big data management mandates

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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.

CFTC appoints data standardisation sub-committee members

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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.

S&P agrees to cut Isin fees following EU probe

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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.

Legal Entity Identifier standard nears

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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.

Swift waiting for ISO vote on becoming RA for LEIs

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Swift waiting for ISO vote on becoming RA for LEIs

Richard Young, manager for regulatory affairs at Swift, tells Finextra that the banking co-operative is now waiting on a vote from the relevant ISO committees on whether it will become the registration authority for the soon-to-be developed, independent legal entity identifier standard.

Asset Control creates 50 Dublin jobs

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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.

Cusip Global Services offers Cabre business entity database for free

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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.

S&P attacked over Cusip fees

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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.

Thomson Reuters buys Highline Financial

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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.

DTCC signs BBH to corporate actions pilot, starts ISO20022 migration

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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.

Nyse Euronext partners APX on environmental trading JV

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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.

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

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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".

Financial crisis spurs complex data analytics uptake - survey

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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.

Interactive Data agrees $3.4bn sale

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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.

Thomson Reuters beefs up Enterprise leadership team

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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.

Thomson Reuters unveils high-speed global network

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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.

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