Articles by Michael Shashoua
Markit Corporate Actions Expands
Service Adds Users, Securities
Weaving Data Fabrics
Advanced Intelligence, As Seen In Movies, Suggests Chaos
Teradata Develops Enhanced Semantic Data Service
The company's SMBBS service, used for risk data reporting requirements, will soon be complemented with accelerated data acquisition capabilities, according to officials
Teradata Debuts Integration Optimization, Revises QueryGrid
Data services provider Teradata launches a data integration optimization service, built from its consulting practice, and adds new data processing query capabilities to its QueryGrid product
Battles Over Data's Value
Debate about privacy and value of retail consumer data illustrates similar issues with financial industry data. Financial services firms and proponents of open standards are seeking ways to break others' grips on valuable data
Charles River Adds Thomson Reuters Data
Thomson Reuters follows other major data providers in making its information available through Charles River
CDO Advocacy and Influence
Chief data officers, now more established at their firms throughout the industry, are weighing in on how to pursue higher data quality by several means. Will they address the legal entity identifier next?
LEI Benefits Emerge As Implementation Progresses
The legal entity identifier (LEI) initiative is gaining strength with recognizable data quality benefits, greater awareness and participation, and more complete standards guidelines. Michael Shashoua reports on how all these developments are coming…
Centralizing Data Improves Oversight, CDOs Say
Centralization of data, as part of a chief data officer's management initiatives, can reduce costs and address excess complexity created by fragmented firm structures, according to industry executives at the European Financial Information Summit
ISO Committee Proposes LEI Form Standard
Members of the ISO Technical Committee for Financial Services (ISO/TC 68) will vote during early December on whether to develop a new standard for Entity Legal Forms
UBS Aligns Managed Services For Consistency
UBS’s London operations director Simon Feddo speaks with Michael Shashoua about how the firm has managed and succeeded in making improvements to know-your-customer and onboarding-related data
Société Générale Names Jacquemin CEO of German Unit
Pascal Jacquemin, an executive at Société Générale Securities Services who has worked at the firm since 1998, takes over as chief executive of SGSS Deutschland
Nomura Research Builds Mumbai Unit
The Japanese consultancy has hired Chiragra Chakrabarty, formerly a director at Deloitte and PwC, to lead its NRI FinTech unit in India
Kiseleva Joins Russian Repository From UBS
The National Settlement Depository appoints Anastasia Kiseleva as managing director, following two other director-level appointments made in August
The Leveling of Bitcoin
A documentary film about Bitcoin, given exposure at the Sibos conference, doesn't get around to the elements of the cryptocurrency that could actually find their way into financial industry operations reality
Sibos 2014: SmartStream CEO on Data and Transaction Management
Philippe Chamabdal, CEO of SmartStream, speaks about the company's data and transaction lifecycle management offerings at Sibos 2014 in Boston
Sibos 2014: SmartStream CEO on Reference Data Offerings
Philippe Chamabdal, CEO of SmartStream, speaks about the company's reference data offerings at Sibos 2014 in Boston
Russian Sanctions Create Identifier Issues
Tracking US and EU sanctions of Russian entities extends to around 7,500 subsidiaries and affiliate relationships—and any debt or equities issues from them—leading to more demand to manage identifier data, says a Thomson Reuters regulation specialist
COOs, CDOs Must Collaborate On Compliance-Driven Changes, Survey Finds
Collaboration at the C-level figures prominently in data and risk management improvement, according to many respondents in a survey co-sponsored by Broadridge Financial Solutions
Managing Compliance from a Single Platform
Northern Trust says it has improved post-trade OTC reporting for clients since deploying Sapient's Compliance Management Reporting System
Sibos: A Good Place To Check ISO 20022 Progress
Industry professionals plan to take stock of progress on the ISO 20022 messaging standard used for corporate actions, in a key session at the Sibos conference in Boston on September 29
Datactics Adds CTO, Board Member
Dale Richards, a financial industry operations consultant, has joined the data services provider in its new push into the industry