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New Report from A-Team - Performance Benchmarking: Valuations in European Buy-Side Institutions
A-Team Group, specialists in news, research and events for financial IT executives, is pleased to announce the publication of the first in a series of vendor benchmarking studies - Performance Benchmarking: Valuations in European Buy-Side Institutions. A-Team Group conducted a comprehensive survey with 67 European institutions–a mix of asset managers and the securities services firms that support them–to understand what they are doing to "get it right" when it comes to the critical function of accurate valuations. This first release is a 34-page report, sponsored by Interactive Data and Markit, and is available for free download at www.ValuationsData.com.
The Waiting Game: Standards in Corporate Actions Processing
There has been some real action of late in the standards space for corporate actions. In the US, the SEC issued a requirement for corporations to report in XBRL, and the XBRL US organisation has announced a project with the DTCC and Swift to tie the standard into ISO 20022, all of which could optimistically see true corporate actions automation from issuer to investor.
Special Report: Corporate Actions Europe 2010
The European corporate actions market could be the stage of some pretty heavy duty discussions regarding standards going forward, particularly with regards to the adoption of both XBRL tagging and ISO 20022 messaging. The region’s issuer community, for one, is not going to be easy to convince of the benefits of XBRL tags, given the potential costs involved. Moreover, many within the asset servicing community itself are holding off on moving to ISO 20022 for the time being, in light of the economic and regulatory environment. Persuasive arguments are needed in order to avoid a stalemate.
Expanding Global Identifiers in Complex Assets and Other Areas
In the post-credit crisis financial services industry, risk management, compliance and transparency have emerged as focus points for review with provision of accurate and timely data recognised as a critical element of success. Fundamental to data provision is the accurate identification of both financial instruments and counterparties – without which you cannot truly measure your performance or exposure.
Special Report: Corporate Actions USA 2010
The US corporate actions market has long been characterised as paper-based and manually intensive, but it seems that much progress is being made of late to tackle the lack of automation due to the introduction of four little letters: XBRL.
