Two months after the formal announcement of its partnership with UK-based futures and options specialist FOW Tradedata, Standard & Poor’s Cusip Global Services (CGS) business has launched its new Cusip Options Service for US listed equity options. The vendor began this year demonstrating an aggressive stance towards extending its reach into other areas of the entity and securities identification space and this launch is just one example of its ambitions put in practice.
Category: Securities Identifiers
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Omgeo’s Matthews Talks up Data and Risk Management for 2009 » |
| On 05 May 2009 |
Post-trade specialist Omgeo is set to get even more involved in the area of data and risk management this year, according to Steve Matthews, Omgeo’s director of product strategy. To this end, the firm has recently appointed three new executives to focus on the area of data management, especially with regards to its web-based global database for the maintenance and communication of standing settlement and account instructions (SSIs), Omgeo Alert.
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S&P Upgrades ABSXchange Platform for Loan Level Stress Testing and Portfolio Analytics » |
| On 16 Apr 2009 |
Standard & Poor’s structured finance platform, ABSXchange, has undergone a number of upgrades this month with a view to allowing users to conduct more robust analysis of their structured finance transactions. The platform, which the vendor bought in August 2007 and is part of its Fixed Income Risk Management Services (Firms) business line, now features loan level stress testing capabilities, enhanced portfolio analytics and improved reporting features for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).
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S&P Adds Non-US Fixed Income Data from EDI to Securities DataManager » |
| On 15 Apr 2009 |
In keeping with its longstanding collaboration with data vendor Exchange Data International (EDI), Standard & Poor’s has added EDI-provided global terms and conditions data on more than 200,000 non-US fixed income securities to its Securities DataManager product. The vendors worked closely together to develop the non-US data offering, which is aimed at allowing customers to conduct better analysis of the fixed income market, explains Theresa Werner, director of product management for Securities Evaluations at S&P.
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Omgeo Appoints Coughlan, Higgins and Meenaghan for European Product Support Roles » |
| On 06 Apr 2009 |
Post-trade specialist Omgeo has appointed three new executives its European product team: State Street’s Bill Meenaghan and Janet Coughlan and Steve Higgins, both from UBS. Coughlan is now in charge of strategic initiatives for the vendor’s web-based global database for the maintenance and communication of standing settlement and account instructions (SSIs), Omgeo Alert. Higgins and Meenaghan have both been appointed product managers.
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EDI and DPC Sign Marketing Agreement for Bond Reference and Corporate Actions Data » |
| On 02 Apr 2009 |
Corporate actions data vendor Exchange Data International (EDI) and DPC Data, a data publishing and business process outsourcing company, have signed a joint marketing agreement, under which both vendors will provide their respective user bases with access to their data offerings. David Moore, EDI fixed income manager, explains that the vendor reckons the combination of bond reference data and corporate actions data will prove useful for both sets of customers.
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ReferenceDataFactory Adds Support for SIX Telekurs’ Valordata Feed » |
| On 26 Mar 2009 |
ReferenceDataFactory (RDF) has added support for SIX Telekurs’ flagship securities reference data service, Valordata Feed (VDF), with the launch of its RDF Adaptive Client Technology for the data feed. Gerry Marsh, managing director of RDF, explains that the addition of the security master reference data, corporate actions and valuation pricing data feed is part of the vendor’s aim to provide out of the box reference data integration solutions.
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Cadis Integrates London Stock Exchange’s Datalect into its EDM Suite » |
| On 09 Mar 2009 |
EDM vendor Cadis has integrated the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) Datalect product suite into its EDM Suite, including the exchange operator’s Sedol Masterfile service. According to the vendor, the data has been integrated via a new Cadis adaptor, which it claims will enable clients to maximise the value of the data that the LSE provides and integrate this data into their order management systems, execution management systems, compliance, risk, performance and reporting applications.
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Turquoise Joins MTF Symbology Initiative » |
| On 02 Mar 2009 |
Turquoise has joined the industry working group set up by fellow multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) to develop and maintain a uniform symbology framework for European equities. The group was formed last October by Bats Europe, Chi-X Europe and Nasdaq OMX Europe to address the challenges posed by conflicting stock symbols used in European equities trading.
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UK FSA Extends AII Deadline for Derivative Transaction Reporting to September » |
| On 27 Feb 2009 |
The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) is giving approved reporting mechanisms (ARMs) more time before they have to start providing derivative transaction reports using the Alternative Instrument Identifier (AII). The go live date is now 21 September as opposed to end of the first quarter.
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S&P’s ABSXchange Wins Three New Financial Institution Clients and UK FSA » |
| On 25 Feb 2009 |
Standard & Poor’s structured finance platform, ABSXchange, has gained a number of new clients over the last month or so, including the UK Financial Services Authority. The ABSXchange platform, which is part of the vendor’s Fixed Income Risk Management Services (FIRMS) division, enables users to retrieve performance data from across the universe of publicly rated, securitised credits, explains David Pagliaro, ABSXchange’s commercial director for EMEA.
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