Securities & Reference Data Services

The securities industry is flooded with data: clients and counterparties, securities, pricing, corporate actions, credit ratings, positions, transactions and hundreds more.

At Cincore, we offer extensive experience in enterprise data management and a deep understanding of capital markets. Our collaborative approach to project implementation helps ensure the success of your reference data management initiative.




Our Approach: An Emphasis on Efficiency and Quality

To support your reference data initiatives, Cincore draws on expertise in four primary areas:

  • Market and reference data
  • Capital markets trading, risk, and compliance
  • Data integration and management
  • Business process management and workflow>

All securities and reference data initiatives begin with an analysis and project scoping to establish the downstream application data consumption, service level agreements and overall workflow requirements. Using these details, Cincore provide our clients with:

  • Detailed business requirements and potential risk factors
  • An integration roadmap
  • Logical architecture
  • Data gap analysis
  • A detailed project plan
  • Required service levels
  • System and data dependencies

When implementing a complicated road map for your securities data needs, you need a partner who has experience with the tools, data streams and applications that drive the securities industry. Our implementation experience includes:

    Reference Data Contents:

  • Client and Counterparty Hierarchies
  • Counterparty Static Data
  • Security Reference Identifiers
  • Security Hierarchies and Benchmarks
  • Security Static and Fundamental Data
  • Pricing and Timeseries Data
  • Corporate Actions
  • Credit Ratings and Curves
  • Index Constituents
  • Positions and Transactions
  • Accounting Data

    Asset Classes:

  • Equities, Equity Options and Futures
  • Fixed Income Securities
  • Asset and Mortgage Backed Securities
  • Interest Rate Derivatives
  • Credit Derivatives
  • Structured Products
  • Custom Indices and Index Constituents

Cincore's analytical Data Services can help yourorganization obtain simple answers to complex business problems. Our approach includes the following:

  • Data Requirements : Utilizing BPMN approach, we define data models needed for reports and business calculations
  • Data Source Identification : Sources from where data will be made available
  • Data Definition, Profiling and Mapping:Using Data Profiling and Data Mining Techniques, we define what data elements will eventually be needed and then perform Data Mapping
  • Data Collection and Entitlements : We gather data and apply data privacy rules
  • Data Extraction, Transformation and Loading : Data is extracted, transformed into the format that is needed and then loaded into database using appropriate analytical tool
  • Data Normalization and Validation : Data is normalized and validated for accuracy and completeness
  • Data Analysis and Reporting : Data queries are performed and reports are generated to verify data accuracy and business rules
  • Data Verification : Final verification includes statistical data samplingand user acceptance testing