Opinion
Max Bowie: Will Ratings Rethink Restore Credit Confidence?
Rightly or wrongly, credit rating agencies are often blamed for the financial crisis. But with new stricter rules for rating agencies now in force, Max says why not rethink the entire issue of regulating ratings, and give them the same status as any…
July 2013: The Tail Wagging the Dog
While trialing new technology, Victor is reminded of the importance of getting input from end-users.
IRD's Editor on Metadata
Metadata is emerging as an important part of data management models.
Maximizing Metadata
The concept of metadata is emerging in importance for financial services industry firms' data management operations. It's a field that could produce great benefits for managing risk through more accurate management of data
The Challenges of 24/7
As more firms look to expand their global presences, operations and technology units are being tested in new ways as they try to support a 24-hour business.
Marking Time on Mifid II
Europe, surprisingly, seems to agree on something.
IRD's Editor on Risk and the Drive to ISO 20022
With risk management being the biggest driver for corporate actions processing improvements, that ought to translate to support for the ISO 20022 messaging standard
Hedge Fund Technologists Give Back
Next week, the Alternative Investment Technology Executives Club (AITEC) will hold its first annual charity golf event. Anthony applauds its efforts.
Risk Waiting
Will concern about reducing corporate actions exposures be enough to push the industry toward advancing the ISO 20022 messaging standard?
The Migration to Trade-Date Matching
This month, Omgeo's Tony Freeman takes us through one of the key enablers for reducing settlement times.
IRD's Editor on Collateral Data Growth and Data Governance
The June issue of Inside Reference Data features closer looks at the growth of collateral data and its effects for data managers, as well as developments concerning data governance
Work is a Thing You Do
Getting to grips with new ways of working.
Dodd-Frank Grows Up So Fast
July will mark the three-year anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Dodd–Frank Act into law. Anthony wonders what's ahead.
Growing Gravity For Collateral and C-Level Execs
As collateral transaction data grows in volume, its importance to data management also grows. Also, C-level data executives are wielding more influence to direct data management methods and trends
IRD's Editor on Collateral Issues
The growth in volume of collateral transaction data means the industry must ramp up technological capabilities for managing this data.
Keeping Up With Collateral
The growth of collateral transactions and data should inspire firms to improve their capabilities for managing collateral data
James Rundle: SEF Regulation: The Art of Compromise
The passage of final rules governing how swap execution facilities will operate provides for a new era in how derivatives are traded. James says that the final form of the rules, while prescriptive, also incorporates a measure of compromise and a regard…
June 2013: Nothing Typical About the Buy Side
While a wide array of financial firms can be categorized as "buy-side" institutions, Victor says that when it comes to their technology needs, they can be as different as chalk and cheese.
Max Bowie: Hacked Off: News Scandals and the Future of Trading
Some of the great names of the market data industry—Reuters and Platts, for example—grew out of news organizations. But having risen from the ashes of commoditization as an input to algo trading applications, news has recently come under fire for several…
Michael Shashoua: E.T.—The Extra-Territorial
Extraterritoriality, an idea that seemed alien at first, is rapidly increasing in importance for data management. Michael provides some explanations and considers how this concept may make an impact on multiple functions at financial services firms.