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Ruffer Automates Trade Notifications With New Calastone Service
The new service is intended to help firms reduce costs and operational risks by generating trade notifications and sending settlement instructions to custodians
Mediobanca Chooses Xenomorph For Data Validation
The vendor's TimeScape product will help the Italian bank save time and effort by bringing together data validation tasks in a single automated process for the front, middle and back office
FSB Names Three Subcommittee Leaders
Agustin Carstens will chair the Assessment of Vulnerabilities subcommittee responsible for monitoring the global financial system. The FSB also named Daniel Tarullo of the US and Ravi Menon of Singapore to lead subcommittees dealing with policy and…
Deutsche Bank Exec: "Business Users Must Be Responsible For Data"
Shannon Walker, Deutsche Bank's lead data architect, said responsibility for data lies with business users, but they must be supported by IT and architecture staff
StatPro Integrates Interactive Data's Fixed-Income Evaluations
The portfolio analytics vendor says the partnership creates a one-stop shop for data and analytics
Information Mosaic Integrates Thomson Reuters' Corp Actions Data
The software vendor says integrating the ISO-based data, which covers 94,000 companies in 93 countries, will help clients reduce the time and money they spend on data integration
Calastone Opens Zurich Office, Appoints Swiss Sales Director
Vittorio Pujatti has been appointed director of Swiss sales and business development at Calastone and will be responsible for building on the 10 clients the fund transaction network provider already has in the country
Cumberbatch Leaves Interactive Data After 15 Years
Bob Cumberbatch left the data vendor at the end of February and is planning to work either independently or as part of a consultancy to help firms manage regulatory and compliance projects
Interactive Data Launches Taxation List Service
The data vendor is helping its customers comply with new taxes on financial transactions by supplying daily updates on the securities that are affected
Torstone Upgrades Inferno Product For Transaction Taxes
The software vendor has introduced new rules to its post-trade processing product to help firms manage taxes on financial transactions that are being introduced in Europe
Drooms Launches Virtual Data Room for AIFMD
The vendor of virtual data rooms says its new product will help fund managers collect and report documentation needed for compliance with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
DTCC Wins Approval For Japanese Trade Repository
The post-trade services vendor has secured approval to operate a trade repository for over-the-counter derivatives trades in Japan, and will use the same messaging and software capabilities as it does for its other repositories in the US and Europe
Last Call For IRD/IMD Awards Vote
Voting closes April 10 and the awards will be presented in New York on May 21
GBST Aims to Hasten Tax Data Processing
The software and services provider has launched a new rules-based engine that will help firms manage the transactional flows associated with existing and future taxes on financial transactions
Swift, DTCC Move Forward On LEI Registration
The industry utilities have increased the number of identifiers now registered, as other interested parties such as the FSB's Central Operating Unit also make progress on preparations
Derivative Partners Supplies Valuations To EDI
Exchange Data International has begun receiving structured product valuations from Swiss provider Derivative Partners, answering clients' needs for greater transparency and coverage
Powerful API Tool Helps Fund Grow 60%
Serone Capital Management says the powerful application programming interface and flexibility of Alphakinetic's Glide Fund Manager helped it create a return of 60% on its structured credit fund last year
Partnership Creates Cusip Route To CICI Registry
The DTCC and Cusip Global Services have formed a partnership for the assignment of CICI identifiers
Regulation Drives 25% Increase In Avox Entity Validation
The counterparty data vendor says the number of entities it has validated in the past 12 months has increased by a quarter to 1,053,085, as firms seek to comply with new data-intensive regulatory initiatives
Russia Gets LEI Prefix
The Regulatory Oversight Committee administering legal entity identifiers has issued its sixth "pre-LEI" prefix, for the Russian market
Luz, SIX Prepare Data Linkage Launch
SIX Financial Information will supply US, Latin American and European data to Luz Engenharia Financeira, a Brazilian compliance and risk management service provider. SIX will obtain Brazilian data in return under the partnership, to begin operating March…
DTCC Pilot Introduces ISO 20022 For Distribution Events
In the third phase of its corporate actions pilot, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation is introducing ISO 20022 messages for distribution events such as cash dividends, stock dividends, interest payments and principal payments
Lynch Lands at SunGard
Phil Lynch, formerly CEO of Asset Control, has taken a role in SunGard's asset management division
Soc Gen Adopts ISO 20022 for Funds in France
Strapline: Regulation & Standards