Articles by Michael Shashoua
Bank of the West Hires Goldberg
David Goldberg, a veteran of data management roles at Santander USA, BNY Mellon and JPMorgan Chase, has relocated to San Francisco from New York, to become chief data governance officer at the firm
Consolidated Audit Trail Given New Momentum
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has introduced a new set of deadlines and steps toward implementation of a consolidated audit trail (CAT)¬-which is designed to capture trades, quotes, cancellations and other information across US-listed…
ISITC's Zoller on Conference Highlights
Jeff Zoller, chair of ISITC, talks about the new middle office group announced at the organization's 20th annual conference in Boston on March 24, as well as other issues on the agenda
Consolidated Audit Trail Gets New Push
Bidding to become the processor of consolidated audit trail has just closed, leading into a process of choices and approvals by the SEC and self-regulatory organizations likely to last into 2015 and beyond
Standard Chartered Hires Nelson in Hong Kong
Barnaby Nelson, previously an executive at BNP Paribas who worked on messaging standards issues, has joined Standard Chartered in a managing director role
ISITC Honors Shay for Standards Work
Jamie Shay, a former head of standards at Swift, and 40-year veteran of the industry, received the organization's Standard of Excellence Award
Interactive Data Links With Microsoft
The data services provider will deliver its data through Office 365 and Excel. Interactive Data also plans to further distribute its data through Microsoft's software-as-a-service partners
The data governance culture -- webcast
Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on March 6, 2014 to discuss how financial trading firms are managing data governance considerations in light of increased management focus.
Fatca's Endgame
Firms are thinking about the ways and means of complying with Fatca foreign tax withholding rules, even with incomplete guidance and preparation, as a key July 1 deadline approaches
SIX Readies Fatca Modification Monitoring
SIX Financial Information will go live with monitoring for material modifications that can make securities subject to Fatca rules, when compliance takes effect on July 1
Markit Expands European Pricing Data Service
The data services provider has more than doubled the number of European asset-backed securities pricings it offers
EDM Council Adds Kendall to FIBO Efforts
Elisa Kendall of Thematix Partners will work with EDM Council executive Dennis Wisnosky under a contractual arrangement
Legal Entity Identifiers special report
March 2014 - sponsored by: CUSIP Global Services; Noetic Partners; SIX Financial Information; Thomson Reuters
IRD Awards Vote Closes April 11
April 11 is the last day to vote for Inside Reference Data and Inside Market Data awards. The awards will be presented on May 21.
Interactive Data Adds Bloomberg Open Symbology
The pricing and data services company joins a growing number of providers offering Bloomberg's securities identification system
Wake-Up Calls
Data management professionals are being alerted to several new developments in the areas of semantic technology, Unique Trade Identifiers, collaboration, data costs and big data
Timeliness is Money
Data policy recommendations by a FISD working group accept new or higher fees for real-time data but assert that data with lesser timeliness should not see fee increases. Michael Shashoua explores the ramifications of the group’s proposal
Basel Committee Points to Shortfall Drop Under Basel III
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision states that its Basel III capital adequacy rules have produced a decrease in capital shortfalls among one group of banks.
Managing the Front Office - Back Office Data Gap
Firms’ leadership and front offices tend to harbor skepticism about back-office handling of reference data. Michael Shashoua hears from users and providers on how front- and back-office staff can have constructive dialogue and work together instead of at…
Rewiring the Data Management Brain
Crowdsourcing elements of reference data production, if done right, can elevate the quality of that data, as a newer service provider in the space asserts
Michael Shashoua: Steadying Data Flows
Data management professionals will need to achieve smooth input and output to make investment books of record into useful systems for their firms. And, Michael explains, the European Market Infrastructure Regulation rules implementation is raising…
Singapore Exchange Upgrades Corporate Actions
The SGXNet data entry portal and SGXNews information delivery service will collect and distribute data using ISO standard messages starting March 24, moving away from PDF submissions