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FIMA Delivers Reference Data Messages

As promised, the Financial Information Management (FIMA) conference in London earlier this month offered a very useful forum for the reference data community to trade ideas and network. We spent...
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Wachovia Banks on Building Blocks Approach To Support Cohesive Reference Data Strategy

Believing a cohesive reference data strategy will give it a competitive edge as well as improving efficiencies as the Corporate and Investment Banking division grows, Wachovia Corp. last year...
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Citadel Becomes Charter Client For Accenture Outsourced MRDS

After much speculation, Accenture has revealed its first client for its Managed Reference Data Service (MRDS) outsourcing solution in hedge fund Citadel Investment Group. Additional clients are...
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Asset Control Enhances Data Management in Version 6.0

Asset Control has released version 6.0 of its AC Server, the core of its data management solutions. The new server provides “significant performance improvements and enhancements” resulting from...
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Johannesburg Exchange Awards Reference Data Deal to Accenture

The Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) has awarded Accenture a two-year contract to consolidate its reference data architecture onto a new platform. The project will also involve the South...
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Capco Adds Chelliah, Bennett to Team

Capco has brought onboard two new executives. Gopi Chelliah has been named partner and executive vice president, business process outsourcing and sourcing development, based in London. He will also...
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Reuters Pulls Together Reference Data; Real-Time Feeds for Enterprise Solution

With the growth rates of Reuters Datascope business “turning heads” internally, its manager has now been charged with taking over Reuters’ real-time data feeds business which will be merged with...
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Cicada Launches Next Generation Composer with Workflow Module

Cicada has launched a next generation version of its reference data management solution, adding workflow management to the data management architecture. The new Composer Workplace module aims to...
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Update: FTI & Integra’s GoldenSource Dashboard

Six months on from entering their collaborative deal Financial Technologies Inc. (FTI) and Integra SP are closing deals with two large customers for the GoldenSource Dashboard, and are reporting...
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The World According to RDUG

To date, debates in reference data circles have focused on the cost benefits, but regulatory activism is becoming just as important. It’s time to up the ante, writes Dr. Anthony W Kirby, Founder of...

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