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OFI Mandats Uses Linedata Chorus in the Cloud
The recently launched software-as-a-service (SaaS) option for Linedata Chorus has been chosen by discretionary fund management specialist OFI Mandats to enable it to reinforce its administrative, accounting and regulatory management services for its…
RTS Advances China Move
RTS Realtime Systems Group, a Frankfurt-based trading solutions provider, has established a Shanghai office and has initiated plans to move its data center to the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx) co-location facility by year's end.
Tales from Cloud City
I'm filing this letter from London's Heathrow airport, where I'm preparing to head to Singapore for our inaugural Asia-Pacific Trading Architecture Summit.
UBS, Bank of America Find Value in DMM Model
Using the EDM Council's Data Management Maturity (DMM) model, UBS Securities and Bank of America have been able to improve on their data governance and data management, officials say
Ex-LSE CTO Paine Goes to London Metal Exchange
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed former London Stock Exchange (LSE) CTO Robin Paine as its new CTO.
Futures Trade Bodies Combine as FIA Global
The Futures and Options Association (FOA) and the Futures Industry Association (FIA), trade groups representing participants in derivatives markets, have agreed to merge, and will become a single organization under the name FIA Global.
BNY Mellon Exec Predicts 'Global Fatca'
Amy Harkins, a senior vice-president and managing director at BNY Mellon, points to discussions about a "Global Fatca" sparked by various nations' responses to the US foreign tax compliance regulation
Union Bank of Taiwan Chooses Calastone for Funds Automation
The bank has no form of automation at present, but expects 60% of its trades to be automated when it goes live on the Calastone network in August and for this percentage to increase as more fund managers join the network
Pre-LEIs, Pre-LOUs, COU Top Agenda at LEI ROC Plenary
At a meeting last week, the regulatory oversight committee of the global legal entity identifier (LEI) system agreed on plans to develop statutes governing the LEI's central operating unit
Icap Invests in Portfolio and Data Analytics Firm EFM
Interdealer broker Icap has invested in portfolio reporting and data analytics firm Enso Financial Management (EFM) to support its growth strategy.
Rimes Adds Swaps Index Data Feed
The managed data services vendor has added a new feed to its Reference Data Service that classifies indexes as either narrow-based or broad-based, according to the definitions of the Dodd-Frank Act