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Fitch Solutions Takes on CDS Data Challenge

Data and analytics division of Fitch rating agency has channeled improved analysis of credit default swaps to support net asset value calculation and provide early warnings of price changes and liquidity movement

Inside Reference Data | News | Pricing & Valuations | 09 May 2012

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Omega Adds New Contracts to Datafeed

Canadian alternative trading system Omega ATS is preparing to expand its equity datafeed with the addition of data on warrants, notes and share purchase rights, ahead of plans to begin trading the instruments this summer, to provide traders with more...

Inside Market Data | News | Exchange Data | 07 May 2012

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Gmarkets Preps Real-Time Evaluations

Canadian data vendor Gmarkets is developing a real-time evaluated pricing capability for North American and global bonds, dubbed G-Calc, to help buy-side firms manage portfolio, regulatory and capital risk. Gmarkets currently provides end-of-day and...

Inside Market Data | News | Pricing & Valuations | 07 May 2012

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SuperDerivatives Gets Commodities Head from Morgan Stanley

Derivatives pricing and data provider SuperDerivatives has appointed Raphael Juston global head of commodities in London to grow the vendor’s commodities pricing and revaluation platform. Juston was previously global head of structured investments at...

Inside Market Data | News | People | 07 May 2012

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News Vet Schlesinger Quits TR

David Schlesinger, former editor-in-chief at Reuters News and most recently chairman of Thomson Reuters China, is to leave the vendor in August to begin his own, undisclosed venture in Hong Kong, where he began his career as a Reuters correspondent in...

Inside Market Data | News | People | 07 May 2012

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Nasdaq Preps GIDS Beta Test

Nasdaq OMX will this week begin beta testing of GIDS 2.0, the new version of its Global Index Data Service—one month later than originally planned (IMD, Dec. 12, 2011), with a live production rollout scheduled for August 20. GIDS 2.0 is based on the...

Inside Market Data | News | Exchange Data | 07 May 2012

DTCC Bows Online Interest Rate Trade Data to Improve Visibility

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. has begun publishing data on over-the-counter interest-rate derivatives trades on its website, broken down by currency, maturity, sub-product and whether the contract is cleared or uncleared, to increase visibility...

Inside Market Data | News | Content Focus | 07 May 2012

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Bloomberg, Qatar Launch QIBOR

Bloomberg and the Qatar Central Bank have created a new set of interbank price fixings, dubbed the Qatar Interbank Offer Rate (QIBOR), which will provide a daily reference point for banks borrowing unsecured funds from other banks, to encourage a more...

Inside Market Data | News | Pricing & Valuations | 07 May 2012

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Morningstar Revises Stewardship Ratings Methodology

Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar last week unveiled new Stewardship Ratings—a revised rating system that rates a firm’s stewardship as exemplary, standard or poor—replacing its existing grading of A through D and F,...

Inside Market Data | News | Indexes & Ratings | 07 May 2012

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Pricing Partners Expands CVA, DVA Pricing Models

Paris-based derivatives pricing and valuation vendor Pricing Partners has extended its CVA (credit value adjustment)—which represents the market value of counterparty credit risk—DVA (debt value adjustment) and bilateral CVA functionality to cover...

Inside Market Data | News | Pricing & Valuations | 07 May 2012

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