Articles by Michael Shashoua
Singapore Exchange Improves Corporate Actions Process
Strapline: Corporate Actions
DTCC Hires Chief Marketing Officer
Marie Chinnici-Everitt, previously of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, has joined the organization as a managing director, leading marketing and corporate communications
Asia-Pacific Tour Diary 2
The impetus for the Australian Securities Exchange's corporate actions improvements does not come completely from within, finds Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua, reporting on Asia-Pacific developments from the region
Australian Exchange Plans Corporate Actions Processing Improvements
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) will launch a straight-through processing template for corporate actions in the first half of 2013, incorporating ISO and FIX standards
Asia-Pacific Tour Diary 1
How Australian and other Asia-Pacific data professionals see the cultural challenges presented by the Japanese market, as Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua finds in Sydney
How Will Tokyo Differ on Global Regulatory Initiatives?
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua focuses on how regulation affecting data may be received in the Asia-Pacific region, in advance of the Tokyo Financial Information Summit and coverage of events in Sydney and Singapore
Legal Entity Identifiers special report
April 2012 - sponsored by: Alacra; Cusip Global Services; Informatica; Kingland Systems; PolarLake; Swift
Hedge Fund Database Hires Langbert
Brett Langbert, previously a managing director for UBS and other firms, has been named president and chief operating officer for Hedgeco Networks
TKP Investments Hires Visti Madsen
John Visti Madsen, who has more than 10 years experience as a data executive in the industry, has joined Dutch firm TKP Investments as vendor manager
Data on the Move
Developments in regulation and standards such as Fatca and Solvency II, along with reference data needs identified by ISITC, are part of the reason why reference data is definitely not a stagnant part of securities industry operations in the year to date
ISITC Reaches Out
Industry messaging standards organization ISITC plans greater collaboration on market practice processes and to exert influence on LEI and global regulatory discussions. By Michael Shashoua
Information Mosaic Names Keller COO
Rene Keller, who joined the company's board last year, has been appointed chief operating officer of Information Mosaic
Semantic Technology Bears Fruit at State Street
Strapline: Data Management
The Essentials of Centralization
As firms migrate to the cloud to centralize data, breaking down silos and creating links to facilitate data analysis gains importance. Michael Shashoua hears from providers and practitioners about the preferred central data models and methods
If You Invest Offshore, They'll Tax You For Sure
Discussion of the Fatca tax regulation at the ISITC conference centered on whether the law makes the financial industry an arm of the US government and just how effectively it does so
ISITC Honors Cutrone
The industry messaging standards association has honored Lee Cutrone, a managing director at Omgeo, with its Standard of Excellence Award
ISITC Past Chairs Discuss Organization's Direction
Genevy Dimitrion and Gary Probert speak with Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua about ISITC's history and their ideas for the organization's continued thought leadership
ISITC Launches Regulatory Working Group
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Fidelity ActionsXchange Adds Material Events
Strapline: Corporate Actions
CFTC 30-Minute Rule Likely to Change Desk Operations
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Michael Shashoua: Dueling LEI Standard Proposals
Recently, Financial InterGroup, which had challenged the favored ISO 17442 standard for the legal entity identifier, took another shot by specifying an 11-character LEI. Michael looks at its prospects in the industry.
ISITC Live: In Conversation With Past Chairs
Michael Shashoua reported live from ISITC in Boston on March 26 on the 20th anniversary panel with ISITC past chairs.