Financial institutions across Asia Pacific are trailing behind their Western counterparts in preparations for evolving global tax reporting regulations due to cultural and regulatory issues, according to a new report by compliance software specialist Wolters Kluwer Financial Services and the GRC Institute (GRCI), the association for Asia-Pacific governance, risk management and compliance professionals. Canvassing 40… Read More >>
OptionScape Tools to Work with Thomson Reuters Eikon
OptionScape, maker of strategy modeling tools for exchange-traded options, is now offering a standalone software version that has full data integration with Thomson Reuters Eikon, officials from both companies say. Thomson Reuters Eikon offers real-time data, historical information, access to more than 400 exchanges and links to over-the-counter (OTC) venues. The new version of OptionScape… Read More >>
Exegy Appliance Helps Control Data Usage
Exegy Inc., a managed services and data normalization vendor, has launched a new product that allows “Exegy-based hardware-accelerated appliances to interoperate with multiple third-party data entitlement and usage reporting tools such as Thomson Reuters DACS [Data Access Control System],” the vendor says in a statement. The Exegy Entitlement Hub is deployed as a fully managed… Read More >>
Thomson Reuters Bolsters CDS Risk Service
Thomson Reuters has bolstered its credit risk offerings by adding StarMine Credit Default models to its DataScope suite, bringing together “on one platform reference data, core ratings agency data, pricing and analytics,” according to a company statement. The new StarMine Credit Default models are exclusive to Thomson Reuters and will provide data services that enable… Read More >>
Broadridge Acquires Business Unit from Thomson Reuters
Broadridge Financial Solutions has signed an agreement to acquire the Fiduciary Services and Competitive Intelligence unit from Thomson Reuters Lipper. Broadridge will integrate the Lipper capabilities within its mutual fund and retirement business, officials report. The Lipper business unit offers global market intelligence for fund industry flows by country and distribution channel, Broadridge officials say…. Read More >>
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Picks Thomson Reuters KYC Service
Thomson Reuters, an information company, reports that the venerable Stifel Nicolaus Europe investment management firm has picked the Org ID KYC managed service to streamline Stifel’s know-your-customer (KYC) process. Specifically, Stifel Nicolaus Europe will be using the Thomson Reuters Org ID service to “onboard their European legal entities. The adoption of the Org ID global… Read More >>
Robson Takes CEO Post at Relationship Science
Enterprise technology vendor Relationship Science has appointed FinTech veteran Jon Robson as its new CEO, officials say. At the same time, Relationship Science also announced the close of a Series D $31 million funding round, which included an investment by TABLE Holdings, an affiliate of Bill Ackman. All in all the funding round “includes a… Read More >>
Markit Launches Chat Room Support Software
Markit, a provider of financial information services, reports the launch of new software and services designed for financial institutions that want to host and manage instant message chat rooms. The new software “gives financial institutions direct access to the content in chat rooms they host, and complete control over information security,” the company says. “Chat… Read More >>
Broadridge’s New Sales Chief from Thomson Reuters
Financial technology services and software provider Broadridge Financial Solutions has hired a Thomson Reuters veteran Christopher J. Perry as its new president of global sales, marketing and client solutions, according to a company statement. When Perry moves into the new role in September, he will report to Richard J. Daly, Broadridge’s president and CEO. Perry… Read More >>
New Silver Benchmark Launches
Derivatives marketplace CME Group and news and market data provider Thomson Reuters have launched a new LBMA Silver Price mechanism in partnership with the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), according to a CME Group statement. The LBMA Silver Price mechanism is an over-the-counter spot silver market with a new transaction-based price-setting mechanism that is IOSCO-compliant… Read More >>
