Inside Reference Data/News
Interactive Data Taps Gartland To Lead Evaluated Pricing
Bill Gartland, formerly of TradingScreen, has been hired as senior director of Interactive Data's new Continuous Evaluations service
Vulpes Uses Markit to Consolidate Valuation, Risk Infrastructure
Vulpes Investment Management is using Markit's Portfolio Valuations service to reduce the number of vendors it relies on for valuations, risk and scenario analysis from five to two
LEI Common File Format Published
Adoption of a common file format for pre-legal entity identifiers is intended to reduce the likelihood of duplicate records and incorrect data, and to make it easier to integrate data from different pre-local operating units
Linedata Adds Fatca Tax Withholding, AML Upgrades
Linedata's Mshare transfer agency software can now be used to automate the withholding of a 30% tax on US-sourced income to individuals and entities that are not compliant with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Industry Firms Consult on CAT NMS Plan Response
As self-regulatory organizations evaluate bids to become the Consolidated Audit Trail processor, the Development Advisory Group of industry firms and organizations will offer input on related time stamping and manual order issues
SunGard Adds Real-Time, Cross-Asset Risk Capability to Front Arena
Front Arena Cross-Asset Risk is intended to help brokers and futures commission merchants reduce costs and improve efficiency by replacing the multiple risk systems many of them rely on today
Scotiabank Hires Childerhose For Data Governance Role
Paul Childerhose, most recently a senior reference data executive at RBC Capital Markets, joined Scotiabank on June 9
Mizuho Gains Data Processing Capability and Savings on TimeScape
Mizuho Securities USA, the US broker-dealer arm of the Japanese firm, can sort identifier data better and faster since adopting Xenomorph's TimeScape system in February
Decision Near on Inclusion of LEI in Canadian Fixed-Income Data Repository
IIROC, the Canadian self-regulatory organization, is expected to finalize Rule 2800C this summer, which could include the collection of legal entity identifiers in a fixed-income data repository.
Kynetix, Contango Launch EMIR Data Matching Tool
The TRAMS tool compares the unique trade identifiers and other data elements in the records held by trade repositories and market participants to ensure they are consistent
Blaszkowsky Joins State Street
David Blaszkowsky, a data regulation executive at the Office of Financial Research and the US Securities and Exchange Commission in recent years, has been hired as a senior vice president of data governance at State Street
Versteeg Leaves Asset Control for Broadridge
After more than 10 years at Asset Control, Tim Versteeg has joined Broadridge as a senior sales director
Markit Creates Real-time Trade Feed for Portfolio Valuations
A new real-time trade feed from MarkitSERV to Portfolio Valuations means trades executed immediately before snap times can now be reflected in the valuations produced by Markit
Growth in Reference Data Spend to Exceed Most Data Products, Survey Predicts
Research by Burton-Taylor International Consulting forecasts spend on reference data will increase more than most data product types in 2014/15, but highlights overall pessimism about the future
SimCorp, MSCI Launch Interface for Data, Analytics
The new interface is intended to makes it easier for mutual clients to load SimCorp Dimension holdings into MSCI RiskManager and MSCI RiskManager risk analytics into SimCorp Dimension
Markit to Increase Focus on Tax Services with CTI Acquisition
Markit's Michelle Trogni says the acquisition of the tax compliance software and services vendor will help her company to make tax "one of the cornerstones of the types of managed services that we offer"
BMO Capital Markets Chooses Fenergo for Fatca, Derivatives Compliance
Fenergo will complete the first phase of the implementation of its onboarding software for the Canadian investment firm on July 1, when Fatca comes into force
Collibra Offers Data Stewardship Automation
The data management automation provider has added a suite to its data governance platform that will automate data stewardship processes
Swift Opens Mexico City Office, Adds Executives
Ruben Galindo, previously of HSBC, and Ricardo Vigueras, previously of Banamex, have joined the messaging cooperative in its efforts to respond to increased demand in Latin America
Thomson Reuters To Monitor Fatca Grandfathered Instruments
The data provider will alert users if an instrument loses its exemption from tax withholding under Fatca as a result of one of six possible types of material modifications
Finra CIO: Our New Technology Will Lead to More Focused Surveillance
Finra's CIO Steve Randich explained how its new systems of data collection and analysis will lead to a more focused and efficient way of monitoring broker-dealers and ensuring regulatory compliance, during the North American Financial Information Summit…
IRD Awards Include Big Wins For Fenergo, Interactive Data
Fenergo and Interactive Data score big in the Inside Reference Data Awards, as Thomson Reuters recaptures one prize, and Markit is honored for humanitarian work
OFR's Reed Sheds Light on LEI's Omission from Fatca
Matthew Reed, of the Office of Financial Research and Regulatory Oversight Committee of the legal entity identifier project, says the LEI was not ready when the Internal Revenue Service made key decisions about Fatca, but suggests it will be added in the…
Citi Reaps Benefits of LEI, Despite Limited Coverage
At this week's North American Financial Information Summit in New York, Citi's head of entity data operations explained how the legal entity identifier has helped the bank improve standardization and increase the number of attributes held in client…