Articles by Michael Shashoua
LEI, Other New Rules Create Entity-Centric Data Management
Thomson Reuters legal entity content executive Tim Lind advances the idea that an entity rather than securities focus will link data silos for better risk management
Michael Shashoua: Data-Handling Storms
At the recent Toronto Financial Information Summit, participants considered whether analytics, visualization, or management and governance techniques deserve the most attention as the industry seeks to comply with new regulation and standards. Michael…
Buzzelli Joins Nomura in EDM Role
Nomura America Services has named Brian Buzzelli as Americas head of enterprise data management
FIBO Semantics Initiative Addresses Interest Rate Swaps
The EDM Council and Object Management Group have presented their FIBO Semantics Initiative to US regulators as a way to gain data consistency and transparency
As We Predicted
Swift, and the DTCC, scored a win supporting their prospects as LEI administrators by gaining the CFTC's designation to run its CICI identifier standard
DMM Model Offers Self-Assessment For Data Management
After three years in development, the EDM Council and the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) have completed their Data Management Maturity model
Swift, DTCC Prepare CICI Portal
Following on their CFTC designation, Swift and DTCC are making changes to their LEI registration portal to accommodate CICI identifiers
Chung Takes on New Role at HSBC
Hong Kong-based Michelle Chung has been named regional client relationship manager, Asia-Pacific, in HSBC's global data services unit
Paladyne Debuts New Version of Reference Data Service
Paladyne Systems' Reference Data Suite version 8.0 expands the workflows that can be used to augment and enrich data
PwC Partners With Pneuron On Data Extraction
Consultancy PwC and data technology provider Pneuron are partnering on an integrated data service expected to roll out within weeks.
Open Season For Instrument Codes?
Proprietary instrument codes, while now more open to outside users, may not become as standardized as the legal entity identifier - or will they? Some uncertainty is now in the mix for the LEI with a loosening of its federated administration model
HOOPP Prepares For Accounting Upgrade
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is expecting better accounting capability for OTC derivatives from its upgrade to the latest version of SimCorp Dimension, 5.1
Loader Leaves Thomson Reuters for ITRS
Asia-Pacific region sales executive joins application performance monitoring provider ITRS Group
Seeking Answers For Data Sourcing and Sorting
At the Toronto Financial Information Summit, attendees and panelists considered how to make their data management more effective, whether through analytics, visualization or otherwise
Noetic Hires Bookheim
Consultancy Noetic Partners has hired Linda Bookheim, a veteran of prior roles at Swift, GoldenSource and DTCC, to work on its data model offering
Toronto FIS Live: Adapting to a Changing Regulatory Landscape
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua reported via Twitter from the Toronto Financial Information Summit on July 12, covering a panel discussion on the impact of changing regulation on data management and trading technology
Summertime Blues
The reference data operations industry braces itself for the next wave of regulation represented by Solvency II
Steps To Solvency II
In a webcast hosted by Inside Reference Data on June 15, speakers established the pillars required for compliance with the European capital adequacy and risk regulation. Michael Shashoua reports
The Wait Is Over
With key decisions about LEI standards now made and clearer definitions of Fatca and other regulations completed, Asian markets, especially Japan, can begin to respond. Michael Shashoua examines how the compliance challenges are stacking up
Questioning the Golden Standard
For pricing and reference data, as well as corporate actions, firms are now considering choices between single golden copy data and data reconciled from multiple sources. Michael Shashoua hears arguments for each
Ahead of the Compliance Curve
Michael Shashoua spoke with Royal Bank of Canada’s Patricia Huff about how Canada is preparing to comply with LEI and Fatca rules, and how her firm is keeping one step ahead in its efforts with technologies
Anna Adds Dudás To Board
The Association of National Numbering Agencies elected György Dudás, CEO of Hungary's central depository, to its board of directors, and re-elected two other board members
Michael Shashoua: The Crawl of Progress
Global regulatory authorities have inched just a little bit closer to defining what the LEI will be and how it will be administered. The Financial Stability Board’s plans for a three-tiered administrative structure inspires more questions about how to…