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Handling Electronic Records and Dealing with Risk Management FREE - A-Team Wire
Aphelion Establishes in NA and Hires Frank Diasparra FREE - A-Team Wire
Avox and Cusip Global Services Finally Launch New Business Entity Identifier JV
Following the signing of a partnership agreement to launch an entity identification joint venture last April (see our coverage here), Avox and Cusip Global Services (CGS) have finally launched their new service based on the vendors’ Cusip Avox Business Reference Entity identifier (Cabre) codes. The new offering, which has been dubbed the Cabre Directory Service, aims to provide a universal identification system for global business entities including issuers, obligors and counterparties to replace the current patchwork of proprietary codes in the space.
A Third of Hedge Funds Have Invested in Automation to Improve Pricing, According to Omgeo Survey
A third of the 50 hedge funds involved in a recent survey commissioned by Omgeo and conducted by Greenwich Associates have invested in improving their valuations and accounting systems, with many more focused on reducing counterparty risk. The fallout from the financial crisis and the intense regulatory and client scrutiny of the hedge funds market has inspired these funds and their managers to invest in their technology infrastructures to improve their risk management and transparency, according to the survey.
Thomson Reuters Reports Full-Year and Fourth-Quarter 2009 Results FREE - A-Team Wire
CFN Services Announces Completion of Metro Toronto, NY/NJ and London FREE - A-Team Wire
Virginie’s Blog: Does the Industry Want or Need a New Data Standards Body or Data Tsar?
Last week’s reference data conference in London threw up a few interesting ideas with regards to leading the charge for reference data standardisation in the market, not least of which was the creation of a new standards focused body. In addition to a senior level data representative on the board of every financial institution, speakers and attendees alike discussed the need for a figurehead to drive forward the data agenda for the industry as a whole.
Luzerner Kantonalbank Upgrades to GFI Group’s FENICS Professional FREE - A-Team Wire
BSE FCAST Feed on Tickerplant Digital Distribution Platform FREE - A-Team Wire
IPM Selects Charles River IMS to Integrate with Advent Back Office
Stockholm-based IPM Informed Portfolio Management (IPM) has implemented Charles Rivers’ investment management system to replace proprietary software and fulfil its strategy of automating processes and being able to scale up to accommodate increased trade volumes and future growth.
Nasdaq OMX Extends High-Frequency Inet Trading Platform Across the Nordics and Baltics
Nasdaq OMX went live with its next-generation Inet trading platform across seven Nordic and Baltic equity exchanges last week, claiming that increasing trade volumes in the new high-frequency environment would compensate for liquidity fragmentation caused by market participants adopting the technologies that will allow them to access not only Inet, but also alternative trading systems.
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