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A Down-to-Earth View Of the Cloud
Speakers at an Inside Reference Data webcast on October 2, 2012 highlighted the many benefits of cloud technology, but also emphasized a number of areas of concern that vendors are focused on overcoming, writes Nicholas Hamilton
Getting To Grips With Semantics
Businesses in a number of industries are seeing the benefits of using semantic technology for data management. Nicholas Hamilton asks where this approach may fit in the financial services sector and what advantages firms can expect to see
Divining Downstream Data Flows
Data managers are considering how to best and most accurately handle distribution of varied types of reference data. Michael Shashoua heard from financial firms and their providers on the challenges they are seeing and what course they are taking
Infrastructure Change Is Good
Upgrading legacy systems is a necessity for buy-side and sell-side firms if they are to maximize revenues and keep up with regulations.
Case-Based Reasoning: Drilling Deeper
After a summer of monumental systems errors, the din of voices begging for imaginative reform in IT risk is steadily growing. Tim Bourgaize Murray searches the frontier of artificial intelligence and infrastructure-dependent industries like energy for…
Janus Capital's George Batejan: The Mechanical Engineer
How many IT executives can say they’ve been behind the wheel of a car at 178 mph? Janus Capital’s head of technology and operations can. And yet, his feats behind the wheel and his strength in the boardroom might have more in common than you think. By…
Corporate Bonds' Brave New World
With the market structure for corporate bonds in flux, Tim Bourgaize Murray finds that good ideas abound, and greater automation may bring some empowerment to the buy side. But in this fragmented market, even technology can’t completely quell the…
Target2-Securities: Give and Take
Work on the Target2-Securities project, the pan-European settlement platform developed by the European Central Bank, continues to gather pace ahead of its 2015 launch date. What will it mean for central securities depositories, which are outsourcing…
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Conquering Form PF
Form PF, requiring US funds managing at least $150 million to submit an unprecedented amount of data to the SEC, came into effect in 2010 as part of Dodd–Frank, and the deadlines are now starting to kick in.
The Big Data Quality Question
As financial firms seek to harness the potential of big data, they are adopting technological and strategic approaches to ensure the data quality measures up. Nicholas Hamilton surveys the ways in which risk, regulatory and data management concerns come…
The Onboarding Conundrum
Client onboarding is often a cumbersome process, but market practitioners believe it could be streamlined if firms enable their customers to upload and maintain their own data. The catch, Nicholas Hamilton finds, is that strict controls could be needed…
Transparent Demands
Data management strategies and provider choices are a prime concern for firms trying to achieve transparency in their pricing data, at regulators’ urging. Michael Shashoua looks for where the work will need to occur in the industry
The Risk FIX: Technologists Eye FPL Risk Guidelines
In June, FIX Protocol Ltd. released a new batch of risk-control guidelines for futures and options contracts executed via algorithms and direct market access, notably setting out a framework for pre-order acceptance checks. Tim Bourgaize Murray finds…
Dark Pools Rising
Off-book trading remains a fundamental part of the trading landscape, despite the best efforts of regulators to force dark trades into the open. By Steve Dew-Jones
Team Player: JPM WSS CIO Richard Anfang on Going Agile, Sharing Tech Across the Business
Managing technology at a company the size of JPMorgan is no small task. But by leveraging the collective power of the firm, and adapting to a fast-paced environment, Worldwide Securities Services CIO Richard Anfang is ensuring that the business is…
Risk on the Move: Campbell Targets Data Volumes, Risk
As data volumes have exploded in recent years, systematic commodity trading advisor Campbell & Co. decided it needed a better way to store, distribute and visualize its data, so it turned to OneMarketData and Panopticon for the solution. By Anthony…
Going for Gold: Tech Answers Demand for Physical Holdings
The world’s oldest asset has enjoyed renewed popularity, with prices hitting contemporary highs. But wealth managers are beginning to demand more than ETP shares—investors and institutions want the real deal. As Tim Bourgaize Murray explains, technology…
SaaS vs. IaaS: Do the Evolution
Some consider software-as-a-service not a mere alternative to infrastructure-as-a-service, but an evolutionary outgrowth of it. As SaaS adoption grows, firms want to make sure they can still stand out from all the other users of utility services. By Jake…
Building Foundations for Mobile Data
Middle- and back-office support is still needed to power reference data applications on mobile devices, Michael Shashoua finds
Crowded House: Too Many FX Electronic Platforms?
Given the number of releases within the foreign exchange market of late, it’s fair to say that the most liquid asset class is experiencing a technological revolution. Is there an over-saturation of platforms, however, and what level of sophistication is…
Square Peg
Canadian firms and regulators are debating whether proposed risk management policy makes the country’s market incompatible with global standards. Michael Shashoua reports on the industry’s preparations
Big Challenges And Big Opportunities
During an Inside Reference Data webcast about big data, panelists described how the phenomenon is redefining established approaches to data management, and how firms can harness the opportunities it presents. Nicholas Hamilton reports