Data Management
FactSet Integrates Chinese Advisory Firm Anbound's Research
FactSet, a financial information provider to buy-side firms based in Norwalk, Connecticut, says it has added Chinese advisory firm Anbound's research reports to its platform, with an implementation initiated earlier this summer.
We Can’t Upgrade, the Data Model’s Changed!
Although Knight Capital lost $440 million with just one faulty software upgrade, the cost of system maintenance and product upgrades are far greater, albeit less dramatic, than that much-publicized financial systems failure. Seemingly “simple” software…
Torstone Offers Data Reconciliation In Standalone Product
The vendor of post-trade processing software is offering the data reconciliation functionality of its Inferno application as a standalone product to help firms meet tighter trade-settlement deadlines
The Big Data Quality Question
As financial firms seek to harness the potential of big data, they are adopting technological and strategic approaches to ensure the data quality measures up. Nicholas Hamilton surveys the ways in which risk, regulatory and data management concerns come…
The Onboarding Conundrum
Client onboarding is often a cumbersome process, but market practitioners believe it could be streamlined if firms enable their customers to upload and maintain their own data. The catch, Nicholas Hamilton finds, is that strict controls could be needed…
VistaOne Releases Solvency II Data Governance Tool for Asset Managers
VistaOne Solutions, a CoreOne Technologies company, has announced the release of vSolvencyII, the firm's Solvency II governence solution.
Ashmore Chooses Calastone For Funds Order Routing
The investment management firm will use Calastone's order-routing service, which can accommodate different messaging protocols, including ISO 20022, ISO 15022, proprietary formats and FIX
GoldenSource Debuts Data Visualization System
The EDM provider's latest product includes charts, reports and dashboards that enable non-technical staff to gain insight into data quality, data operations and exposure
Transparent Demands
Data management strategies and provider choices are a prime concern for firms trying to achieve transparency in their pricing data, at regulators’ urging. Michael Shashoua looks for where the work will need to occur in the industry
SIX Evaluated Pricing Service Promises Proactivity on Transparency
The company's new Evaluated Pricing Service includes a web tool that provides access to day-to-day inputs, assumption data and some core data that goes into its valuation process so clients don't need to approach the vendor for the information