Opinion
Settling Into Compliance
Accurate settlement instruction (SI) data is necessary to prevent trade failures and ensure compliance with industry standards. Omgeo’s Bill Meenaghan describes the role of the SI Compliance Scan on its Alert system, and how that capability improves…
Seeking the Path to Data Quality
Trying to produce quality data requires a complex, intertwined effort comprised of making standards compatible and moving to more advanced data management methods. Achieving this result, however, is necessary for current regulatory compliance challenges
Max Bowie: Mind Your P’s and Q’s
High-frequency and algorithmic trading have changed the playing field for low-latency data, leading to the creation of dedicated, high-performance infrastructures. But, warns Max, firms can’t afford to treat these in the same way as other data platforms,…
Michael Shashoua: In Japan, Half Measures Don’t Pay
Foreign financial firms and service providers find time and again that taking part in the Tokyo market requires an “all in” strategy in data operations. Michael sees opportunity for those willing to make the leap.
Anthony Malakian: Studying the Bottom of a Pint Glass
According to Anthony, few individual get work completed ahead of schedule. This is also true of the buy-side space, where many hedge funds ─ and even vendors ─ are waiting until the last minute to address Form PF.
Rob Daly: Smarter, Not Faster, Wins the OTC Race
As US regulators finally define the parameters of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, dealers and other market participants are racing to have their systems ready to trade on the first day of the new regulatory regime. Rob…
An Algorithm in Every Household
What will happen if algorithmic trading technology inevitably trickles down to the retail investor? We consider the possibilities for industry operations and regulation
Sorting Through Sibos Alphabet Soup
Along with LEI, Sibos participants contend with a tangle of regulatory and standards initiatives that some say clouds the industry's ability to reach common ground
Tokyo Diary 4
Foreign data vendors should heed centralization challenges when trying to enter the Japanese market