Markit Signs On for Amazon Web Services A provider of data services and systems, Markit has adopted the low-rent cloud computing support of Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support “Markit products and services including enterprise data management (EDM), thinkFolio, WSO, indices and processing,” according to Markit officials. Markit EDM and WSO customers across North America… Read More >>
SmartStream Launches Adaptor for Margining
London-based financial transaction management software specialist SmartStream is launching the TLM Collateral Management Adaptor to help firms manage initial and variation margining for non-cleared, over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, say vendor officials. The new adaptor integrates SmartStream’s TLM Collateral Management with the MarginSphere clearing services of margining platform vendor AcadiaSoft, officials say. The adaptor is delivered as… Read More >>
Walsh: ‘Eliminate the Manual [Margining] Activities Altogether’
AcadiaSoft, the Norwell, Mass.-based margin automation vendor has just launched an email messaging service to accompany its electronic messaging service for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions. The Xpress email extension will work with MarginSphere, which will bring in email-based counterparties onto the service, company officials say. MarginSphere Xpress uses AcadiaSoft clients’ existing email channel to route… Read More >>
AcadiaSoft Forms Margining Hub for Non-Cleared Derivatives
Margining platform vendor AcadiaSoft has successfully linked its own system with that of several other providers in the margining automation space, creating the first industry-wide margining utility for non-cleared derivative instruments. AcadiaSoft linked its MarginSphere 2 electronic messaging service for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives with TriOptima’s triResolve OTC trade reconciliation service and the DTCC-Euroclear’s Margin Transit… Read More >>
MarginSphere 2 Targets OTC Margin Flow Surge
Margining automation vendor AcadiaSoft is targeting MarginSphere 2, the first major upgrade to its flagship platform, at easing the burden of compliance with new margining regulations coming down the pipeline for non-centrally cleared derivatives, officials say. First released in 2009, MarginSphere is an electronic margining platform for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives that automates the margining process…. Read More >>
Xenomorph Links to S&P Data as Omgeo Takes on Collateral Ops
Xenomorph Builds Connector to S&P Data Data analytics and management systems provider Xenomorph has built a connector between its TimeScape platform and S&P Capital IQ’s data offerings that officials at both vendors say might lead to productivity improvements in operations due to higher data quality.The new link will provide an integrated platform for market, reference… Read More >>
Omgeo Aims for a Global SSI Utility as DTCC Builds Client Data Service with A-List Firms
Omgeo & DTCC Ready ‘Global Utility’ for SSIs Post-trade solutions provider Omgeo and the DTCC are combining forces to build a repository that would effectively serve as a global utility for standing settlement instructions, intended to lower operational costs and bolster efficiency, say Omgeo and DTCC officials.SSI data such as account number, currency code, security… Read More >>
A Standard for Collateral Management Settlement?
SWIFT, the DTCC and AcadiaSoft, maker of a margin messaging platform, are exploring ways via preliminary tests with clients to standardize an infrastructure for bilateral and tri-party collateral management settlement. But some industry observers want independent industry groups without a profit motive to lead these much-needed efforts to end manual processes and reduce systemic and… Read More >>
