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Swiss reference data outfit AIM Software has acquired neighbouring rival ABI Informatic, continuing the trend for consolidation in the financial data management industry.
04 July 2012
Thomson Reuters is to make its proprietary Reuters Instrument Codes available beyond its desktops and feeds for use across the trade processing lifecycle by both customers and non-customers.
27 June 2012
StreamBase Systems has integrated its complex event processing (CEP) platform with Gnip, a provider of data from social media sites such as Twitter and Tumblr.
19 June 2012
The Financial Stability Board has set out 35 recommendations for the development and implementation of a global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) system that will uniquely identify parties to financial transactions.
08 June 2012
Bloomberg has acquired Dublin-based software provider PolarLake and revealed plans to launch its own enterprise data management (EDM) service. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
22 May 2012
Bank spending on legal entity data management is expected to reach approximately $197.5 million by 2015, according to figures compiled by analyst house Aite.
17 May 2012
Financial information vendor Markit has agreed to buy enterprise data management (EDM) specialist Cadis. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
09 May 2012
International regulatory authorities have called for the urgent creation of a universal Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) in their final report on the OTC derivatives data that should be collected, stored and disseminated by trade repositories (TRs).
17 January 2012
Thomson Reuters has offered concessions in the way it licenses the proprietary Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs) in a bid to settle an EU antitrust investigation.
14 December 2011
Bank of America (BofA) has appointed Federal Reserve and Citi veteran John Bottega as its new chief data officer.
Cusip Global Services is to introduce a new data feed of US International Securities Identifiers (Isins) tailored specifically to the needs of European market participants following an extended probe by the European Commission into its pricing practices.
15 November 2011
Sapient Global Markets has won a contract to design and build a European central data repository for asset-backed securities (ABSs).
03 November 2011
Anglo-Dutch publishing firm Reed Elsevier has agreed a £343 million cash deal to buy US reference data specialist Accuity.
26 September 2011
Delegates at the annual user conference of financial messaging body Swift were given more information about the development of the legal entity identifier (LEI) messaging standard designed to produce an electronic tag for the counterparties in all securities transactions
22 September 2011
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Brett Lancaster, managing director at Swift discusses data standards, legal entity identifiers and corporate actions prior to Sibos 2011.
15 September 2011
Broadridge Financial Solutions has acquired buy-side technology and services outfit Paladyne Systems for around $76.5 million.
08 September 2011
Financial messaging co-operative Swift is bundling its suite of data directories to create a Web-based one-stop shop for payments-related reference data.
06 September 2011
Financial messaging network Swift and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have won two separate industry data management mandates, for the development of a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) utility and electronic foreign exchange repository.
12 July 2011
Representatives from the ISO, Goldman Sachs, Google and Swift are among the members of a new technology advisory sub-committee on data standardisation set up by the CFTC.
24 June 2011
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has agreed to cut the prices it charges for the distribution of International Securities Identification Numbers, following a two-year probe by the European Commission into allegations of abusive pricing and monopoly practices.
16 May 2011
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