Data Management
Rise of the CDO
Over the past year, the ranks of chief data officers at major financial services firms have been increasing. Michael Shashoua examines why and what this means for data management
Expanding Structured Finance Footprint, Markit Adds CLO Tranche Pricing
Market data provider Markit will now offer evaluated prices for 5,000 investment-grade collateralized loan obligation (CLO) tranches, rated BBB or better, covering around two-thirds of the overall market.
ConvergEx Readies Electronic Blue Sheet Compliance
ConvergEx Group has announced that its LiquidPoint options trading software will be fully compliant with Electronic Blue Sheet (EBS) requirements in the US, once they come into force on November 1, 2013.
JP Morgan, Northern Trust Search For Data Quality
In an Inside Reference Data webcast, panelists shared the factors driving their work to improve upon data quality, and the obstacles affecting those efforts. Michael Shashoua reports
BNY Mellon's Creative Data Visualization
The firm changed its approach to data services for its institutional clients, and the results are on the market in its new Risk View platform. Michael Shashoua spoke with Kerry White about the development of the service, and identifier challenges
SmartStream Adds Swift Support To Make STP Affordable
The software vendor has added support for Swift's Global Electronic Trade Communication system to help users achieve greater levels of automation and focus on exception management
Max Bowie: A ‘Search Party’ to Find Missing Alpha in Financial Data
Although bleeding-edge technologies have focused on developing lightning-fast algorithms that cut humans out of the trading process, Max believes natural-language processing, and the often-overlooked fundamentals of search engine technologies, will play…
Michael Shashoua: Pricing’s Progress
A growing drumbeat for greater transparency and credibility in the sourcing of pricing and valuations data is stirring data professionals to improve functions serving these needs. Michael explains how the industry is calling the tune.
Credit Suisse Taps Markit for Loans Data
The Swiss bank is using Markit's pricing and liquidity data to develop its Leveraged Loan Index series and sub-indexes, in what the vendor says is a growing trend of adoption by financial institutions.
TR Exec: "Third-Party Pricing Has Missed Out On Regulatory Push in Asia"
Regulations have helped to drive adoption of third-party pricing in the US and Europe, but this has not been the case in Asia, delegates have heard at this week's Tokyo Financial Information Summit
