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CounterpartyLink Introduces Full Product; Enters New Distribution Deal with GoldenSource

Following its soft launch in February (RDR, February 2005) CounterpartyLink has officially launched a full version of its data service. The official launch includes full functionality, replacing the...
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Credit Suisse First Boston’s Data Group Define Processes For Global Entity Data Client

Credit Suisse First Boston’s (CSFB) reference data group has been working to define processes for managing client entity data globally. The project was driven by a decision within CSFB to centralise...
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Markit Adopts and Enhances ICB Codes for Credit Markets

Markit is adopting the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) from Dow Jones Indexes and FTSE Group. ICB will be implemented across Markit’s entire range of entities across all asset classes. Markit...
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Benchmarking Reference Data Highlighted at Azdex Event

Azdex has risen to prominence in the past year or so, given its activities in the hot space of business entity data. The vendor is in the process of securing financial backing from the Deutsche Borse...
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IBEI Suppliers Tout Their Wares At London Gathering

A number of suppliers of business entity identifiers got together to tout their wares to a small assembled crowd of practitioner firms in London earlier this month under the ISITC banner. Although...
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Standard & Poor’s Releases Crosswalk Web; Ratings IQuery

Standard & Poor’s is making its Crosswalk product – a joint venture with Dun & Bradstreet and Telekurs Financial – available via the web. Crosswalk, backed by sizeable players in the business...
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IBEI and the Ten-Year Rush Towards Implementation By Gary Wright MSI, CityCompass Research

The planned International Business Entity Identifier (IBEI) – a unique identification system for investing and trading parties in the securities market – has been a long-standing objective since...
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…While Subsidiary CounterpartyLink Signs Up Capco As Early Distributor

Cicada’s new CounterpartyLink subsidiary (Reference Data Review, February 2005) is beginning to establish itself among other service providers, signing up Capco Reference Data Services as a...
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Markit Expands Reach of Credit Derivatives Data

Markit, with the weight of its 13 bank sponsors behind it, has been expanding rapidly – both its coverage of the credit markets driven by acquisitions, and its distribution through deals with data...
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London Exchange Engages Firms In Counterparty Data Utility Pilot

The market for counterparty data solutions is heating up, as the London Stock Exchange becomes latest in a slew of firms becoming active in the space. The Exchange is working with six participating...

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