Opinion
Puts and Calls on South Beach
BST makes the trek to Miami next week.
IRD's Editor on the Hedge Funds Data Playbook
Can firms with large scope and scale emulate the more flexible nature of hedge funds in dealing with data management?
A Wrap on NATAS
Anthony looks back at this year's North American Trading Architecture Summit.
Kilburn's Corner: Omotenashi: A Postcard from Tokyo
With such an emphasis on customer service, Japan could be a perfect breeding ground for managed services.
The Buy Side Shines at NATAS
Waters' first conference of the year went swimmingly. Here's a recap.
Some Final Thoughts After the Bloomberg Outage
Also, the SST Awards and North American Trading Architecture Summit are tomorrow. More on that.
Opening Cross: Outage Outrage: In Defense of Bloomberg
Bloomberg should take the blame for its own network failure, but not for some not having alternatives in place.
Rethinking Large-Scale Data Management
Will major firms be able to take a page from hedge funds' playbook?
Zombie Hedge Funds & Tech's Dual Role
Is technology investment a good way to send an early message to investors?
IRD's Editor on Data Quality as a Driver
Looking at data quality's impact on data governance planning, data linkages and more
Contrarian Views for Startups: Come Together, Over Regs?
Anthony also discusses five random news events.
Opening Cross: Is Fee-Free Feasible?
Good management of data fees--even when waived--is a prperequisite to any talk of free data.
Letting the CAT Out of the Bag
Thomas Sporkin and Timothy Coley lay out the business and regulatory arguments in favor of implementing the Consolidated Audit Trail in the US.
Patience is a Virtu(e)
Timing seems right as HFT firm takes another stab at IPO.
Data Quality As Ideal and Driver
Raising data quality is both the purpose of data governance, linkage and discovery changes, and an incentive to improve those functions
Opening Cross: Pump Up the Volume
As a new parent, I’ve become obsessed with volume: not just trying to figure out how to dial back the volume of a screeching baby at 4am in a New York apartment with walls apparently made of nothing more substantial than empty cereal boxes, or…
IRD's Editor on Data Sourcing and Operational Risk
Concerns should translate into solutions for unstructured data
A Change in the Wind: Trading Firms More Willing to Discuss Cyber Tactics
firms are more willing to talk about cyber security to gain knowledge.
Tim Bourgaize Murray: RIP, “APT”
When a real problem meets dated jargon.
Regulators Mandating Cyber-Related Technologies? Pump the Breaks
Too many accidents will lead to regulatory reform.
Max Bowie: Market Data’s a Dirty Job, But Someone’s Got to Do It
After the recent arrival of his twins, Max argues that market data execs are the nannies of the data industry.
Michael Shashoua: Stressing the Stress-Test
Banks' efforts to date when complying with BCBS 239 risk data aggregation principles have been underwhelming.
Opening Cross: Coopetition: Exposing You to a Bigger Audience, Or Just Leaving You Exposed?
Keep your friends close, and your partners closer.
Breaking the Bottleneck
Gaining insight from unstructured data is necessary to understand risks