Data Management
HKEx Info Services Gets Nod for Shanghai Data Hub
HKEx receives approval to set up a financial information services business subsidiary in Shanghai
S&P Capital IQ, Dun & Bradstreet Ink Fundamentals Deal
The agreement enables S&P Capital IQ to expand its private company fundamental data coverage for Europe and North America.
BNY Mellon Upgrades AccessEdge for Collateral Monitoring
BNY Mellon has announced the addition of new functionality to its AccessEdge product, now allowing for real-time monitoring of transactions and collateral positions.
Quants' Conundrum: Funding Valuation Adjustment Comes Into Its Own
While firms, regulators, and academics continue to debate a suitable role for FVA, technologists and quants are forging ahead with implementations.
Markit EDM Platform Underpins Friends Life’s Growth Strategy
Friends Life Investments, the London-based, recently established asset management arm of the Friends Life Group, which launched in July this year with approximately £6 billion under management, is live on the Markit Enterprise Data Management (EDM)…
Omgeo Adds Legal Entity Data To Alert Database
The addition of 23 new legal entity data fields to the database of settlement and account instructions is intended to enable investment managers and broker/dealers to better understand and track underlying legal entities for each counterparty
S&P Capital IQ Upgrades Xpressfeed Credit Ratings Data
S&P Capital IQ's Xpressfeed data platform will now deliver updated credit ratings estimates data every five minutes
S&P Readies Entity Identifier Cross-Reference
The Business Entity Cross Reference Service (BECRS) from S&P Capital IQ will tie together the legal entity identifier (LEI) in with numerous other recognized identifiers, all under a single identifier
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