Inside Reference Data/News
Ex-Avox CEO Planning Next Move
Ken Price, who left Avox in December, says he is in talks about an executive role with a new San Francisco-based technology company
Tsianaxis Joins Deloitte
Vangelis Tsianaxis, previously an executive at Citi in London, has joined Deloitte as a managing consultant
Fiera Capital Integrates Eagle Platform and Cloud Service
The Canadian investment management firm has picked up on Eagle Investment Systems' platform and Access cloud service, used by Natcan, an investment firm it acquired in April
Rimes Adds Bloomberg Open Symbology to Data Service
Bloomberg tickers will now be fields in Rimes Technologies' benchmark data offering, and Bloomberg security identifiers are now live on Rimes' data service, giving Rimes users more information overall
XSP Complements SunGard Corporate Actions
The capital markets arm of software and technology company SunGard has acquired corporate actions services provider XSP in a move designed to complete its offerings in the space
Thomson Reuters Launches Fatca Product
The data vendor is helping clients comply with US anti-tax evasion regulations by supplying modules for client onboarding, self-assessment and reporting
Basel III Liquidity Level Changes Said to Weaken Rules
Inclusion of more types of securities as liquid assets and lowering of thresholds for depositor exits that banks must be able to survive, as set out by new changes to Basel III rules, weaken the regulation, according to one industry observer
Numerix Updates Data Infrastructure For Multi-Curve Modeling
The analytics software vendor has updated the reference data infrastructure of its trade capture application to support multi-curve modeling functionality
Interactive Data, SIX Make Senior Appointments
Anthony Belcher has been named director, EMEA pricing and reference data, at Interactive Data, while Darren Marsh has left the company to join SIX Financial Information as senior product manager, reference data
Davies Takes Over Avox With Core Focus
Mark Davies, an executive at the DTCC, has succeeded former CEO Ken Price at the DTCC-owned reference data provider
Basel Committee Proposes Basel 2.5 Revisions
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has set a March 15 deadline for comment on two new securitization hierarchies
Swiss Private Bank Takes Xpressfeed
Gonet & Cie has begun using the S&P Capital IQ data platform, on the strength of its ability to link through the AIM Software GAIN package the bank already uses
OTC Fin Integrates Solvency II Engine Into Data Platform
The engine guides end-users through the completion of the Quantitative Reporting Templates and leverages the data warehouse of the technology company's PATOne data platform
Industry Segments Get More Time For CICI Adoption
Extension of deadlines for swaps market participants as well as FX, commodities and equities traders to adopt the CICI identifier still leaves accuracy challenges to be addressed
Money Laundering Problems Fuel Support For LEI
The legal entity identifier and hierarchical data can help to prevent anti-money laundering failures like the high-profile cases at HSBC and Standard Chartered, according to data management experts
Information Mosaic Hires Sales Head
James Millard joins the post-trade automation vendor as global head of sales, to be based in New York
FSB Plans To Include Hierarchical Data With LEI
The Legal Entity Identifier Implementation Group and Private Sector Preparatory Group are developing plans to include hierarchical and relationship data with the LEI, while legal experts are exploring Switzerland's suitability as the site of the LEI…
Pricing Providers Prepare For IFRS 13
A more sophisticated definition of fair value pricing under a new international standard taking effect January 1 requires providers to tie together more details in their services
Mittiga Joins Wipro as Senior Advisor
Outsourcing service provider Wipro Technologies has hired Paolo Mittiga, a veteran industry technology executive, as senior domain advisor in New York
HSBC Exec: "Regulations Require 10 New Data Types"
Chris Johnson of HSBC Securities Services has identified 10 new types of data that will be required by upcoming regulations and says firms must start asking vendors for the data so they will have business cases to create appropriate products
Behney Leaves UBS for DTCC
The DTCC has hired Christopher Behney to lead enterprise production assurance from its Dallas office. Behney previously headed technology infrastructure at UBS
Omgeo Updates ProtoColl For CFTC Reporting
The post-trade processing services provider says it can help firms provide the daily mark-to-market reports on open derivatives positions that are required by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Equity Trustees Chooses Calastone For Order Routing
The Australian managed fund and financial services firm says the order routing service will help it to reduce the potential for error in back-office transactions
First Boston Exec: "Don't Assume Private Clouds Are Secure"
Private clouds are not free from security issues, because they are often "intertwined" with public clouds, a First Boston Global Capital Markets executive has told delegates at the European Trading Architecture Summit