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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

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…

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

Enterprising Strategies

Data vendors are showing increasing interest in enterprise data management, but insist they will not bundle products. Nicholas Hamilton finds there are many potential benefits to be had

Keeping Solvency II Solvent

The final report on the disclosure and reporting requirements for Solvency II has provided some clarification, but it also highlighted new data management challenges, writes Nicholas Hamilton

Are You Ready for 'Bigger' Data?

Banks’ legacy systems are struggling to cope with the ever-increasing volumes and speed of data. Steve Dew-Jones highlights some of the major considerations for the financial services industry if it is to catch up with other sectors.

Twitter: Alpha Generator?

Social media has revolutionized the way people communicate, personally and professionally. But can financial services institutions use the information shared through internet phenomena such as Twitter and Facebook to generate alpha? By Steve Dew-Jones

Submitted For Their Approval

Financial firms are looking for more transparency from providers of pricing and valuations, particularly on sourcing of data. Michael Shashoua analyzes the factors influencing how data is obtained and managed

Quantifying Catastrophe: Inside Cat Bonds

Catastrophe bonds, a type of insurance-linked security, have made a strong push in 2012, enabled by sophisticated modeling technologies used to predict and price their underlying events. Tim Bourgaize Murray examines what makes this intersection of…

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

Responsible Parties

Most industry participants agree data management should be the responsibility of a specific business unit, but there are differing views about which department is most appropriate. Nicholas Hamilton explores the options and the factors end-user firms…

Who Pays The Price?

As regulatory pressure builds up on end-user firms, some believe regulations for data vendors will ease the pain. However, the vendor community says there are better ways to help its customers, writes Nicholas Hamilton

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

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