Category: RDR-Data Services
On 28 Aug 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
Interactive Data Corporation’s Managed Solutions group has enhanced its financial market terminal, PrimeTerminal Professional Edition, by adding access to original fund prospectuses as an optional service for more than 20,000 funds from various European markets.
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On 08 Aug 2008 in RDR-Data Services, RDR-Industry Identifier, Reference Data Review
NewRiver, a US provider of a central repository of mutual fund documents and data for financial services firms, has joined XBRL US, the national consortium for XML business reporting standards. The firm has joined the consortium in order to help the industry simplify financial disclosure, according to Russ Planitzer, president and CEO of NewRiver.
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On 30 Jul 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
Rimes Technologies, an integrator of financial data for the international investment community, has chosen to partner with risk management and portfolio construction analytics vendor FinAnalytica to allow Rimes’ data delivery solution SmartFiles to feed the latter’s CognityFoF analytics platform.
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On 25 Jul 2008 in RDR-Data Services, RDR-The Corporation, Reference Data Review
Following the announcement of its intention to acquire a copy of the Thomson Fundamental database in April this year, financial information and analytical applications vendor FactSet Research Systems has announced the completion of the deal. The vendor paid cash consideration of US$63 million for a copy of the database and related assets, daily database updates over the next 18 months and approximately US$1 million of annual revenues.
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On 21 Jul 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
An as yet unnamed US real estate investment trust (REIT) has picked Asset Control’s data management product Tapmaster to help to track its exposures and deal with the risks posed by underlying assets in the wake of last year’s subprime crisis.
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On 17 Jul 2008 in RDR-Data Services, RDR-News in Brief, Reference Data Review
Aim Software has released a new version of its flagship data management product Gain with extended facilities for golden copy management and new support for Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista. The main drivers behind the upgrade were market and customer requests for new functionalities and to further reduce time to market for customer projects, says Martin Buchberger, head of marketing and sales at Aim Software.
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On 08 Jul 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
Aim Software has released a new version of its flagship data management product Gain with extended facilities for golden copy management and new support for Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista.
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On 03 Jul 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
Eagle Investment Systems has expanded its relationship with Microsoft to leverage Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to improve its developer productivity and build more dynamic applications in a faster timeframe. WPF is a framework and tool set for developing smart client applications that are deployable via the internet, which allows developers to create custom controls, graphics, 3D images and animations that are not available in traditional HTML code.
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On 27 Jun 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
Following its purchase of Capco Reference Data Services (CRDS) and restructure earlier this year, Netik has launched a new solution for the management of the end-to-end lifecycle of reference and market data and stepped into the outsourced service provider arena. Dubbed Netik Global Securities Master (Netik GSM), the new offering is based on a combination of CRDS’ technology and Netik’s data mart and data warehouse.
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On 23 Jun 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
Financial consultancy and software vendor Ecofin has released the latest version of its Financial Instruments Data Model (FIDM), which is a conceptual data model aimed at assisting institutions with the automation of complex procedures in securities administration.
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On 10 Jun 2008 in RDR-Data Services, RDR-Evaluated Prices, Reference Data Review, SIFMA TMC, SIFMA TMC News & Views, STN2-Exhibitor Press Releases, STN3-From the Exhibit Floor
Interactive Data Corporation (booth # 1405) a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that it can now deliver indicative intra-day valuations for exchange traded notes (ETNs) and values for market indices.
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On 10 Jun 2008 in RDR-Data Services, RDR-Evaluated Prices, RDR-Reference Data Vendors, Reference Data Review, SIFMA TMC, SIFMA TMC News & Views, STN0-Show Countdown, STN2-Exhibitor Press Releases
Interactive Data Corporation(IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, is making data from its Pricing and Reference Data business available through ValueLink’s PriceValidation service, the company is announcing on booth # 1405.
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On 05 Jun 2008 in RDR-Client Implementations, RDR-Data Services, RDR-Outsourcing, Reference Data Review
Boston-based investment management firm Eaton Vance has implemented Eagle Investment Systems’ data management and mutual fund performance solution in order to build an investment systems data warehouse. The selection of Eagle’s offering is to support the investment manager’s plans to outsource the servicing of its institutional business to Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) Asset Servicing, of which Eagle is a subsidiary.
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On 29 May 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
Asset Control has enhanced its data management product Tapmaster by introducing support for portfolios, swaps and money market derivatives, as well as support for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) reporting data.
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On 23 May 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
State Street Global Markets has acquired UK reference data provider SSISearch as part of its plan to create a single source of accurate contact information and fully authenticated standard settlement instructions. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
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On 22 May 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
WM Datenservice, a German financial information service provider, and vwd group, a systems provider of financial market data and solutions, are offering all users of the high performance vwd market manager direct access to WM Datenservice’s browser based financial information portal, WM-DatenOnline.
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On 22 May 2008 in RDR-Data Services, RDR-News in Brief, Reference Data Review
Eagle Investment Systems has released a new version of its software aimed at improving workflow and usability in its data management offering. Eagle Version 9.0 includes a redesigned rules editor and features such as the ability to handle multi-leg swaps for derivatives, a pricing option for direct access to pricing information and the ability to modify the system so users can readily access audit information.
On 22 May 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
Eagle Investment Systems and Thomson Reuters have launched a standard interface between Eagle’s data management solution and Thomson Reuters DataScope Select.
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On 08 May 2008 in RDR-Data Services, Reference Data Review
Securities data vendor DPC Data has relaunched its MuniFilings online document store, integrating Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board trade data into the website and adding a faster search engine.
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On 08 May 2008 in RDR-Data Services, RDR-The Corporation, Reference Data Review
Bloomberg has certified Charles River Development’s integration with the Bloomberg Server API. Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS) clients can access Bloomberg’s real-time pricing and static reference data, with full control over exchange/contributor permissioning, directly within Charles River IMS.
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