Opinion
Novel Monitoring Techniques Could ID the Next SAC Capital
SAC Capital was hit with a record-breaking fine as part of an agreement with the government to settle a massive investigation into insider trading at Steve Cohen's hedge fund. The case has brought trade and communication monitoring to the forefront.
Dealing With Data Dichotomies
The gap between what is required by regulations and what can realistically be achieved is becoming apparent
Does Speed Still Sell?
It’s been a very buy-side focused week, here at Sell-Side Technology. On Friday, we had the seventh annual Buy-Side Technology Awards, and around that, of course, all of the organizational and editorial work it entails. Thanks have to go to everyone…
Opening Cross: Things That Go Bump in the Night
The combination of Halloween and Mercury in retrograde is creating some haunting technical glitches and cost challenges for the data industry.
Congrats to the BST Award Winners, as Data/Risk Rule the Day
At an event today in London, the winners of this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards were announced. Anthony discusses what made those entrants special and also notes that data and risk management played a major a role.
November 2013: Another Rod for Our Own backs
Almost seven years ago to the day, when I was still editor of Buy-Side Technology (BST), I wrote in one of my editor's letters that by launching the BST Awards, we had inadvertently made a rod for our own backs ─ while the awards represented a move in…
Michael Shashoua: Central Potential
The ongoing and increasing efforts to centralize key reference data elements in single locations could be coupled with other data management innovations now being explored or already underway. Michael identifies these elements and innovations, and…
Anthony Malakian: BST North America: Of Data and People
This year’s Buy-Side North American Summit served up valuable insight into the areas of data management, risk management and the ongoing importance of getting the business on board with IT initiatives.
James Rundle: Patterns of Behavior
While technology has allowed for ever more intelligent market manipulation over recent years, James argues that the intelligent application of emerging methodologies also provides the sell side with the means to effectively and comprehensively beat the…
Max Bowie: Fifty Shades of Grey Areas on Exchange Data Contracts
Exchanges have long bonded clients to strict contracts to monitor usage of their market data. But with few standards around these contracts, Max says these bonds are increasingly becoming devices of torture that not even the Marquis de Sade would enjoy.
Open Platform: Compliance Challenges for Communications
The ways in which we all communicate have changed. The fixed-line telephone call is almost a thing of the past, with mobile and electronic communication having seen to that. Regulators have recognized this, and have told firms that they need to be…
Battlefield Surgery, Meet Corporate Triage
The departure of the top two at NYSE Technologies doesn’t bode well.
Power to the Business
Front-office staff usually avoid getting involved in data strategy, but new efforts are being made to engage them by giving them greater control over the data they need
Opening Cross: ‘Connect’ With Your Clients As Well As Their Algos
Long ago, the barrier to being an independent trader was money—the capital required to buy a seat on an exchange. As exchanges became electronic, the barrier became not just money, but also the technology required to access the exchange’s data. Now, this…
KUDOS* to the Humble Spreadsheet (*KUDOS = Known and Unknown Dependency of Spreadsheets)
Firms don’t often think of spreadsheets as big contributors to their data budget. But they’d be mistaken. And not only can these be drains on data resources; they can also present tricky problems when updating them to ensure they are properly consuming…
Straight Through to...What?
While the term straight-through processing gets thrown around a lot, Anthony spoke with Omgeo's Rick Enfield for a more precise definition for today's industry.
Measuring Butterfly Effects
People have a startling inclination to want to be involved with historical events as they happen. How many music fans, for instance, wouldn’t give their right arm to have been at the original Woodstock? Who wouldn’t have wanted to be at the original…
Shake To Shuffle
The data management industry may be reshuffling the description of its most prevalent themes, as well as their importance, but a lot of the same basics remain in its infrastructure
IRD's Editor on FIBO's Part in Centralization
The Financial Industry Business Ontology standard is looking useful for centralization of reference data management.
Chewing the Fat
Financial technology can prove to be a bit of a mouthful.
The Risk Rationale
More careful tracking and management of data, driven by the desire to reduce risk, requires multiple efforts. One of these, the FIBO ontology, is proving to be a key piece of the puzzle
Lots of Coverage to Come From BST Conference
While Anthony Malakian is off in Ireland, Jake Thomases gives the lowdown on yesterday's BST North America event.
IRD's Editor on Centralization
Michael Shashoua points to several areas of data management where centralizing data is becoming prevalent