SunGard Expands MarketMap to Include Global Fixed Income Data

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB) March 14, 2011

SunGard has added global fixed income data to its MarketMap market data solution, which provides flexible, cost-efficient access to global, real-time and historical data, news and analytics. The fixed income data is provided by Interactive Data, a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions.

MarketMap now includes global coverage of more than three million fixed income securities including corporate debt, high yield securities, government and agency debt, securitized debt, municipal debt, money market securities, and hybrid securities worldwide.

SunGards MarketMap offers real-time access to price information, news, analysis and financial calculators. The MarketMap terminal and data feed provide decision support for trading, research, risk management, portfolio management and advisory functions within financial institutions. MarketMap also provides data integration tools for software vendors, news organizations and third-party aggregators.

Robert Jeanbart, global head of market data and information services for SunGards technology, deployment and distribution business, said, We are continuously expanding the content and coverage of MarketMap with high-quality data to support our customers in expanding their businesses both geographically and across multi-asset classes. The addition of global fixed income data in MarketMap is a part of our focused investment in MarketMaps solution portfolio to offer enhanced functionality and data as well as leverage synergies with other SunGard solutions.

About SunGards MarketMap

A suite of global market data solutions, SunGards MarketMap offers real-time access to price information, news, analysis and financial calculators. The MarketMap terminal and data feed provide decision support for trading, research, risk management, portfolio management and advisory functions within financial institutions. Market Map also provides data integration tools for software vendors, news organizations and third-party aggregators.

About SunGard

SunGard is one of the worlds leading software and technology services companies. SunGard has more than 20,000 employees and serves 25,000 customers in 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With annual revenue of about $ 5 billion, SunGard is ranked 380 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and IT services company. Look for us wherever the mission is critical. For more information, visit http://www.sungard.com.

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo and MarketMap are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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Emerging Payments Technologies, Inc.: Mr. Steven Kietz Expands Role as Chief Revenue Officer; and Mr. Eric Gelb Assumes Senior Vice President of Business Development


Secaucus, NJ (Vocus/PRWEB) March 22, 2011

Emerging Payments Technologies Inc., creator of the alternative payment solution CredEx

New Captive Insurance Legislation Proposed for Vermont — Bill to Allow Incorporated Protected Cells


(PRWEB) March 22, 2011

The proposed bill expands Vermonts captive laws, to include allowing cells within a sponsored cell captive to be formed as incorporated protected cells. Vermont currently allows protected cells created by contract alone. This presents another option for a cell owner in addition to cells created by contract alone, said David Provost, Deputy Commissioner of Vermonts Captive Insurance Division. Weve heard from the captive industry that they wanted the option of having incorporated cells. This legislation does just that, without limiting any rights or protections afforded by cells created by contract.

After a strong 2010 with the licensing of its 900th captive insurance company, the State of Vermont is proposing changes to the Captive Insurance law in the legislature as part of its annual enhancements to its captive statute, according to the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA).

“It is critical that we are responsive to the industry, said Governor Peter Shumlin. Since 1981, when Vermont became a domicile, Governors and Legislatures have united in keeping us the gold standard for regulation of this industry and these proposals are in keeping with that tradition, he added.

The proposed bill, H438, expands Vermonts captive laws, to include allowing cells within a sponsored cell captive to be formed as incorporated protected cells. Vermont currently allows protected cells created by contract alone. This presents another option for a cell owner in addition to cells created by contract alone, said David Provost, Deputy Commissioner of Vermonts Captive Insurance Division. Weve heard from the captive industry that they wanted the option of having incorporated cells. This legislation does just that, without limiting any rights or protections afforded by cells created by contract.

Another component of the legislation will expand the potential types of companies that may be sponsors of cell structures. This change will address the perceived restrictions regarding whom may be a cell owner and will reinforce that the insurance commissioner will have full discretion in deciding who may be a sponsor, said Dan Towle, Vermonts Director of Financial Services.

Another change has been proposed to create greater flexibility within cell structures. This change will eliminate the current restrictions on cell business. Business written by a sponsored captive will no longer be required to have it be fronted, reinsured or secured by a trust. This requirement will now be at the discretion of the commissioner.

“Vermont will continue to license quality companies that may be sponsors of cell structures. Any company that continues to meet our regulatory standards may be a sponsor and companies will now have greater flexibility in their structures and their ownership, said Provost. Vermont currently has 18 sponsored cell captives with approximately 100 individual cells.

Real Estate Forecast Shows Slip, Then Slow Recovery


Santa Ana, Calif. (Vocus/PRWEB) March 29, 2011

Veros Real Estate Solutions (Veros), an industry leader in enterprise risk management and collateral valuation services, has announced the real estate market forecast for March 1, 2011 through March 1, 2012. According to data calculated by Veros real estate market forecast product, VeroFORECAST, Anchorage, Alaska holds the lead position for the strongest home price appreciation having made a significant move from its rank in tenth position in the previous quarter.

The strong areas prevailing in the forecast span the map showing Texas and Louisiana in top positions, before stretching northeast to include Buffalo, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Additional areas showing some strength include Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, North Dakota and South Dakota. Signs of life are also present in areas of Hawaii, Colorado and the Washington D.C. metro area.

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Field Asset Services to Present at DARE


Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 10, 2011

Field Asset Services (FAS), the nations leading provider of field services to the REO industry, today announced the Company will be presenting at the Distressed Asset Roundtable & Exchange (DARE) taking place on Tuesday, April 12th in New York City.

Dale McPherson, President and Chief Executive Officer of FAS, will moderate and present on a panel with other industry experts discussing best practices and need-to-know methods for managing and disposing distressed assets. Panelists will explore a variety of topics relevant to increasing performance and liquidating low performers from balance sheets including code compliance and mitigation; lease-and-hold best practices; REO portfolio assessment and valuation; REO financing options; bulk purchasing of REO assets; and the new model for REO sales.

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Global Debt Registry Responds to 60-Minutes Segment on the Failure of Documentation in Mortgage Backed Securities — A Solution Exists

Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) April 11, 2011

Global Debt Registry (GDR) has a solution to fix the documentation issues raised in the broadcast of 60 Minutes on CBS, Sunday, April 3, 2011. GDRs patent pending solution is designed to facilitate both legally rebuilding existing faulty mortgage titles that have been securitized and to properly record all such assignments for past and future transactions. Our solution will give peace of mind to investors, regulators, consumers, and bank participants. Once broadly implemented, GDRs solution will:

1) inject integrity and transparency into the management and validation process for the recording and multiple assignments of mortgages that occur(red) during the origination and securitization process;

2) flood county governments with recording and assignment fees by managing required filings of all past and present MERS assignments as well as new filings at a time when every county needs new sources of revenue;

3) will solve the banking industrys problem surrounding proof of ownership on securitized mortgage documents; and

4) be the catalyst to revive the private sector global securitization market providing desperately needed liquidity to the economy.

Global Debt Registry is uniquely positioned to solve the problem surrounding the inability to identify the owners of mortgages that have been or will be securitized in the future, said Mark Parsells, Executive Chairman of GDR and former senior banking executive at Citigroup, Bank One and American Express. The industry wants to do the right thing to protect consumers as well as the assets entrusted to them by shareholders of their respective companies they just havent had a solution that will accomplish both of those goals until now.

GDRs solution is clean and simple. The Company provides a central repository in which all mortgage originators can register mortgages that are marked to be securitized. Then, as the mortgage begins its journey through the securitization process, GDR will ensure that each transfer is properly recorded and assigned in the appropriate counties. Each county will be paid the fees that are required by the purchaser. GDR will house the electronic records of each transfer in our highly scalable and secure database. This will ensure that each and every mortgage that is securitized will be transferred properly with the appropriate assignee and showing that each time the mortgage traded hands that it is in the appropriate county records and that all required government service fees have been paid.

In 2006, Global Debt Registry (GDR) began development of a new enterprise platform built to track ownership, ensure traded data validity, and centralize document management for account and portfolio level transactions on consumer debt. Since then, GDR introduced its new platform to the consumer receivables industry and now supports more than sixty debt buying and servicing companies in all fifty states. GDR offers a new standard for tracking debt ownership with superior data recording and documentation management capabilities compared to existing systems.

In January of 2011, the company received a provisional patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office on technologies in its most recent platform Release GDR 5.1. GDR is on VISAs Customer Information Security Program List of Compliant Service Providers. Visas Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards are the banking industrys highest standards for protecting confidential consumer Personally Identifiable information (PII).

Weve delivered a revolutionary data- and document-management platform with unmatched security and scalabilityeffectively redefining the standards for tracking and managing securitization transactions in the global financial services industry, said Greg Ousley, CEO of Global Debt Registry. Our patent-pending technology delivers integrity to the issuing/originating, servicing, and selling of debt/securities, including tracking mortgage ownership, servicing rights, and related key data and documentation.

The most widely used system for tracking assignments/ownership and servicing rights of mortgages was introduced in 1996 requiring users to participate in little more than an electronic handshake with minimal oversight. The huge growth in demand for mortgage-backed securities created time pressures that led to weak and faulty documentation highlighted in the 60-Minutes piece. GDR recognizes that weakness and designed a system with numerous real-time quality assurance points to ensure transactional integrity, transparency, and protections for all parties. While millions of legacy mortgages and their supporting documentation are destined for the courts in the months and years ahead, 100 percent of GDRs registered mortgages will be managed under the financial industrys most stringent data security requirements in a process proven to meet the federal rules of evidence, including strict adherence to the Pooling and Service Agreement requirements and verification of legally required filings with county recorders.

GDR offers its services to all those seeking a proven, carefully measured solution to the issues facing the securitization industry today. For more information about Global Debt Registry please visit http://www.globaldebtregistry.com or contact Denis Concannon, Public Relations at 781.413.0002, dconcannon@globaldebtregistry.com.

Additional Information

For an on line video of the mortgageownership segment broadcast by 60-Minutes, visit CBS News at 60-Minutes. For additional comment regarding the segment, visit CBS News on line at 60-Minutes Overtime.

For a free white paper by Attorney Daniel J. Langin summarizing the flaws in the securitization process that led to the halting of foreclosure cases throughout the country, please visit White Paper 2 – Securitization. In this second paper in a series, Attorney Langin looks closely at securities litigation in MBS, potential tax and trust law violations, and pending legislation with argument for the creation of a new standard for documenting assignment and authenticating ownership of mortgage accounts in securitizations.

About Global Debt Registry

Global Debt Registry was founded in 1996 and is backed by a $ 5 Billion private equity fund. GDRs customizable, patent pending platform provides a comprehensive Data Integrity, Chain of Title, and Turnkey Media Management solution to the Mortgage and Accounts Receivable Industries. Our mission is to deliver significant consumer protections as well as measurable ROI benefits to all of our clients.

About Attorney Daniel J. Langin

Daniel J. Langin is the principle of Langin Law Firm, LLC with more than 22 years of experience in private and corporate practice. Experience includes positions as General Counsel of two technology companies (GeoAccess and INSUREtrust.com), Global IT Law Manager for USF&G and St. Paul Insurance Companies, and several years as a trial lawyer. He has spoken and published on issues of technology and commercial law and policy in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Israel, and has been quoted by CNN, USA Today, CIO, Computerworld, Boardwatch, and the Boston Business Journal. He is a former member of the Aspen Institutes Internet Policy Project. For more information, see http://www.langinlaw.com or contact Daniel at (913) 661-2430 or dlangin(at)langinlaw(dot)com.

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UAD Implementation and Compliance Webinar Hosted by Veros and The RiskWire

Santa Ana, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) April 15, 2011

Veros Real Estate Solutions (Veros), an industry leader in collateral valuation technology, enterprise risk management and predictive analytics, has announced that it will host an educational webinar focused on providing insight into the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) program. At the direction of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac designed UAD to help tighten loan requirements and implement automated processes for loan origination.

The UAD program was announced in December 2010, and as the deadline for compliance nears, lenders are seeking clarification for a successful integration. The RiskWire webinar will focus on 1) the timeline for compliance; 2) the purpose and anticipated outcome of UAD; and 3) requirements for a successful implementation. Additionally, any industry concerns or misnomers in the mortgage and real estate industry will be discussed.

David Rasmussen, senior vice president of operations for Veros, will lead a panel that includes William E. King, director of valuation initiatives for Veros and a certified appraiser, and Peter Christensen, general counsel for LIA Administrators & Insurance Services.

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Veros Platforms Named on UCDP Vendor List; Ready to Support Industry

(Vocus/PRWEB) April 15, 2011

Veros Real Estate Solutions (Veros), an industry leader in enterprise risk management and collateral valuation services, has announced that its VeroSELECT and Valuation Risk Management (VRM) platforms are fully functional and ready to help lenders in all aspects of ordering, managing and delivering appraisals through the Uniform Collateral Data Portal (UCDP). Additionally, they will accept and process appraisals compliant with the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD). These initiatives are part of the GSEs Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP), a strategy to standardize and drive data quality to benefit the entire mortgage industry.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs) announced Wednesday that UCDP will be live on June 27, 2011. According to the GSEs, appraisal report forms for all conventional mortgage loans delivered on or after March 19, 2012, must be submitted to the UCDP before the delivery date of the mortgage if the loan application is dated on or after Dec. 1, 2011 and an appraisal report is required. Veros and its related platforms have been named as approved solutions that enable the submission of electronic appraisal data to UCDP.

The key to a good experience with UCDP is for lenders to get on board early and not wait until March 2012 to begin utilizing the program, said Chris Gowen, sales vice president at Veros. There is significant pre-work that needs to be accomplished in order to meet all GSE requirements. Having access to the system now provides opportunity for the necessary internal testing and process changes lenders need to work through to ensure smoothly running operations and on-time compliance with this mandate.

VeroSELECT and VRM have been finely tuned and are ready to help lenders quickly and efficiently navigate UCDP for a successful outcome. These platforms were built to provide precise functionality in valuation risk management, as well as manage the entire collateral valuation process from start to finish.

Participants will be able to utilize UCDP through a web-based portal to upload and browse files, or they can connect via a vendor provided solution, such as VeroSELECT and VRM. According to Gowen, vendor integration is a smart option for lenders and their designated agents concerned about loan volume and looking to automate their processes, as well as for lenders looking to add risk management capabilities to their workflow through the addition of analytics or automated reviews.

The GSEs will provide job aids, training programs and other resources to help lenders learn the system over the next few weeks. These tools can be accessed directly from the GSEs respective websites.

Veros is a significant provider of property valuation analytics, including automated valuation models (AVMs), automated fraud and risk analytics, as well as future value forecasting for the real estate and mortgage industry. Veros is also a leading provider of automated valuation and risk management solutions offering platforms managing the entire spectrum of collateral valuation products while simultaneously monitoring workflow for compliance.

Veros was selected in 2010 by the GSEs as the technology provider to build, support and maintain the UCDP platform, which provides the electronic appraisal data delivery to the organizations.

About Veros Real Estate Solutions

Veros Real Estate Solutions, a proven leader in enterprise risk management and collateral valuation services, uniquely combines the power of predictive technology, data analytics and industry expertise to deliver advanced automated decisioning solutions. Veros products and services are optimizing millions of profitable decisions throughout the mortgage industry, from loan origination through servicing and securitization. Veros provides solutions to control risk and increase profits including automated valuations, fraud and risk detection, portfolio analysis, forecasting, and next-generation collateral risk management platforms. Veros is headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif. For additional information on Veros, visit http://www.veros.com or call (866) 458-3767.

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Emily J. Carpenter-Pulskamp, APR

Public Relations Manager

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Cadwalader Partner Drew G.L. Chapman to Moderate Hedge Fund M&A Panel at Global Hedge Fund Summit


New York, NY (PRWEB) April 18, 2011

Drew G. L. Chapman, a partner who leads the Alternative Investment Group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, will be moderating a panel at the 17th Annual Global Hedge Fund Summit to be held in Bermuda, May 1-3, 2011. The conference will focus on what the future holds for the hedge fund industry. Mr. Chapman will lead a discussion entitled: Hedge Fund M&A: Where Do We Stand Now?

Mr. Chapmans practice focuses on the alternative investment, asset management, and financial services industries, to which he brings broad transactional, structuring and fund formation experience. He counsels clients on crucial and complex policy, governance and regulatory issues, investigations, litigation and adversarial situations, and on transactions of all types, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spin offs and spin outs, secondary transactions and restructurings. His clients include some of the world’s most prominent financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity funds, broker-dealers, asset management firms and sovereign wealth funds.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, established in 1792, is one of the world’s leading international law firms, with offices in New York, London, Charlotte, Washington, Houston, Beijing and Hong Kong. Cadwalader serves a diverse client base, including many of the world’s top financial institutions and corporations, undertaking business in more than 50 countries. The firm offers legal expertise in antitrust, banking, business fraud, corporate finance, corporate governance, energy, environmental, financial restructuring, healthcare, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private wealth, real estate, regulation, securitization, structured finance, and tax. More information about Cadwalader can be found at http://www.cadwalader.com.

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Vermont Captive Insurance Company Formations Start Strong — First Quarter Pace Surpasses Vermonts 30 Year Average


Montpelier, VT (PRWEB) April 21, 2011

Vermont licensed 7 new captives in the first quarter of 2011 which is the strongest start since 2005, according to the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA). The 7 new captives consisted of 4 single-parent, 2 risk retention groups and a special purpose captive.

Were seeing wide diversity in the types of applications, said David Provost, Deputy Commissioner of Vermonts Captive Insurance Division. Captives formed for professional medical liability and smaller to mid-sized companies are trending strongly. The first quarter pace surpasses Vermonts 30-year first quarter average of 5.2 captives.

It is encouraging to see this strong start to 2011, said Governor Peter Shumlin. We will continue to work with the legislature to be responsive to industry needs. Vermont is committed to maintaining its Gold Standard reputation.

Vermont has current captive insurance legislation, H.438, which has passed the House of Representatives and has moved on to the Senate. The proposed legislation will allow for the formation of incorporated protected cell companies and expand its cell legislation, providing more options for companies interested in that structure.

Vermont continues to see an increasing number of smaller and mid-sized companies exploring the captive insurance option, said Dan Towle, Director of Financial Services. This trend exemplifies how Vermont provides a good fit for companies of all sizes. Half of Vermonts captives write less than $ 5 million in gross written premium annually.