Category: RDR-Valuations
On 05 Sep 2008 in RDR-Client Implementations, RDR-The Corporation, RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review 
It has been a busy few months for Telekurs, following its rebrand under the Swiss Financial Market Services group as SIX Telekurs and the establishment of a partnership with Frankfurt-based valuations provider ValuePrice. The partners have also announced their first client for their pricing services offering: German asset manager Metzler Investment.
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On 29 Aug 2008 in RDR-Regulation and Compliance, RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Firms’ valuation processes are becoming increasingly stretched and in some cases are “materially flawed or inadequate”, according to the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA). In an open letter to the CEOs of banks and investment firms, FSA chief executive Hector Sants has criticised the lack of due care and attention being given to the area of valuation within these firms.
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On 26 Aug 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Credit information specialist CMA has released a new version of its same day price verification service for the OTC credit derivatives market, DataVision. According to CMA, DataVision 2.1 includes enhanced curve modelling and an expanded data set.
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On 21 Aug 2008 in RDR-News in Brief, RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business has expanded its interest rate swap valuation service by adding 3pm ET valuations, independent valuations for compounding swaps and certain historical valuations for interest rate and credit default swaps.
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On 21 Aug 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
OTC Valuations (OTC Val), a provider of independent derivatives valuation and risk reports for structured products and exotic derivatives, has expanded its derivatives coverage for credit, inflation, equity, FX, and fixed income products. The vendor has increased its asset class coverage to meet client demands for both vanilla and complex derivatives pricing.
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On 21 Aug 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Citadel Solutions, a provider of hedge fund administration and reporting services, and data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing vendor Markit have signed an agreement under which Markit will provide Citadel Solutions’ clients with independent portfolio valuations.
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On 20 Aug 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
French asset management group CM-CIC Asset Management has selected Pricing Partners’ pricing tool for OTC derivative products, Price-it Excel. According to the vendor, the asset manager’s department of quantitative research will rely on the Price-it Excel library to manage complex optional structures related to the creation of structured funds and to analyse the integral risks associated with such products.
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On 12 Aug 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
OTC Valuations (OTC Val), a provider of independent derivatives valuation and risk reports for structured products and exotic derivatives, has expanded its derivatives coverage for credit, inflation, equity, FX, and fixed income products. The vendor has increased its asset class coverage to meet client demands for both vanilla and complex derivatives pricing.
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On 06 Aug 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business has expanded its interest rate swap valuation service by adding 3pm ET valuations, independent valuations for compounding swaps, and certain historical valuations for interest rate and credit default swaps.
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On 05 Aug 2008 in A-Team Free, Delivery Terms, RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review 
Citadel Solutions, a provider of hedge fund administration and reporting services, and data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing vendor Markit have signed an agreement under which Markit will provide Citadel Solutions’ clients with independent portfolio valuations.
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On 30 Jul 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Italian bank La Banca di Credito Cooperativo (BCC) di Roma has selected SunGard’s OTC derivatives valuation service, Reech FastVal, for the valuation of its structured products.
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On 29 Jul 2008 in RDR-Evaluated Prices, RDR-Risk Management, RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Interactive Data Corporation has added an interface to the BondEdge structured finance cash flow engine and library through GGY’s Axis system. The Axis system’s pricing, valuation and modelling tools can now be used for the complex fixed income securities modelled by Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics.
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On 17 Jul 2008 in RDR-News in Brief, RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Global shipping and energy company AP Møller-Mærsk has selected SuperDerivatives to provide independent valuations for its energy options and swaps. Amitai Razon, sales executive for the Nordic region for SuperDerivatives, indicates that the vendor first met Møller-Mærsk in August last year, after which the firm began testing the vendor’s service in February this year.
On 17 Jul 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Fund management advisory firm Carne Global Financial Services has launched its Hedge & Traditional Fund Valuation ‘Best Practice’ Product, which is aimed at assisting hedge fund, private wealth and traditional asset managers in following valuation best practice across all asset classes and products.
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On 17 Jul 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Swiss private bank and asset manager Pictet & Cie has selected Interactive Data’s pricing and reference data business to provide bond evaluations.
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On 14 Jul 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Fund management advisory firm Carne Global Financial Services has launched its Hedge & Traditional Fund Valuation ‘Best Practice’ Product, which is aimed at assisting hedge fund, private wealth and traditional asset managers in following valuation best practice across all asset classes and products.
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On 10 Jul 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Swiss private bank and asset manager Pictet & Cie has selected Interactive Data’s pricing and reference data business to provide bond evaluations. Prior to the migration of Pictet’s core banking system, Interactive Data provided its bond evaluations service via a third party.
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On 04 Jul 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Global shipping and energy company AP Møller-Mærsk has selected SuperDerivatives to provide independent valuations for its energy options and swaps.
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On 20 Jun 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations, a global provider of independent securities evaluations and derivatives specialist SuperDerivatives have established a sales and marketing alliance to target the fixed income securities and OTC and exchange-traded derivatives market. The resulting combined offering represents the largest independent valuation portal in terms of both geographic and asset class coverage.
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On 20 Jun 2008 in RDR-Valuations, Reference Data Review
Interactive Data Corporation had a busy Sifma with regards to its pricing and valuations business lines, as well as signing a deal with ValueLink to make data from its Pricing and Reference Data business available through ValueLink’s PriceValidation service, the vendor also announced that it will now deliver indicative intraday valuations for exchange traded notes (ETNs) and values for market indices.
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