Articles by Michael Shashoua
Michael Shashoua: Central, But Not Inflexible
Centralization of data management to better support data analysis is gaining acceptance. Michael finds that the practice is becoming more nimble, and industry professionals are using or developing certain resources and technologies for central data…
Managing LEI Expectations
Doubts about the pace of implementation of the legal entity identifier could be eased by a look at the work already getting done by firms and industry organizations
Prediction and Preparation
Industry professionals have their work cut out for them concerning the legal entity identifier (LEI) standard, ratified in 2011, and administrators of the standard were also named last year. Data professionals from Cusip Global Services, BNY Mellon and…
Xignite Hires Holmes, Perdue
Web services data provider Xignite names Hubert Holmes as chief business development officer and Laura Perdue as director of platform marketing. Both previously worked for Chi-X Global Technology
EDMworks Launches New Website
The enterprise data management provider has reorganized its online marketing of customer offerings
Snitzer Begins as Chair of ISITC
Trade communication organization ISITC has named Jan Snitzer, previously vice chair, as chair for 2012-3, succeeding Gary Probert
Making Progress on Centralizing Data Analysis
The time is right for centralization of data analysis, as industry chatter turns to ways to achieve it, and more firms appear to be doing so using methods such as RAD and OLAP
Fidelity Launches ActioNResponse Service
Corporate actions information unit Fidelity ActionsXchange's new ActioNResponse integrates phases of the corporate actions process
Euroclear Shifts Executives' Roles
The trade settlement services provider has named Luc Vantomme as chief risk officer, and plans changes for three CEOs of specific country units
Data as Regulatory Inoculation
Editor's View
Informatica Adds Thomson Reuters Library
Data integration provider Informatica will add a newly released DataScope library to data exchanges and reference data management products
XSP Names Williamon as Quality Manager
Corporate actions services provider brings on Patrick Williamon, who previously was a program manager at CGI
2012 and Raising the Standards
Strapline: Golden Copy
Asian Firms Consider LEI Standards Models
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Michael Shashoua: The Culture of Data Management
In Asia, investment firms and the vendors that serve them are considering creating the role of a data czar in addition to centralization and data integration. Michael hears the pros and cons of different approaches and their effect in and outside the…
Shell Replaces Legacy Systems With Cadis
Strapline: Data Management
The Waiting Game
Report from Corporate Actions Webcast
Daiwa Deploys Fast and MongoDB
Strapline: Data Management
Western Identifiers, Eastern Practices
Western service providers looking to ride the coat-tails of securities identification initiatives spreading into the Asia-Pacific region must bridge cultural and communication differences
Markit Adds XSP Corporate Actions Data
Markit has started integrating XSP's v5 index calculation platform to its systems
Data's Role in Navigating Hong Kong Market
As Credit Suisse found, reference data is a key to supporting its business, undertaking work to improve the accuracy and timeliness of its data. A firm executive related these efforts at this week's Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference
