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Basu Departs Citi For JP Morgan
Data management executive to implement new data environment
Confluence Names Pent COO
London-based exec role reflects the vendor's committment to the region, officials say.
JP Morgan Organizes New Global Credit Index Business
Expands credit department with new unit.
Rebuffing HFT, Nine Buy Sides to Launch Luminex Dark Pool
Fidelity will have the largest ownership stake in Luminex Trading & Analytics
AFTAs 2014: Best Cross-Asset Trading Initiative—JPMorgan Markets
Launched in January 2013, JPMorgan’s Nexus platform has won the American Financial Technology Award for best cross-asset trading initiative twice, this year edging out Interactive Brokers’ Trader Workstation.
Waters USA 2014: FX Primed to Suffer More Trading Scandals
Panel talks possibility of rogue trader in FX
Desirability Of Data Management Strategies
Chasing greater insights through combinations of sources is proving more attractive than cost-cutting
Panel: Firms Must Tap Talent to Exploit More Value from Regulatory Datasets
Waters USA panel says firms can wring more value from regulation-mandatated data
Waters USA 2014: JPMorgan's Ashton-Rigby Talks Priorities
Firm's co-CIO discusses what changes JPMorgan sees in the industry and how it approaches them.
Risk Data Aggregation Begins With Division, Executives Say
Panelists Advocate Ownership Interest in Specific Pieces of Information
Going on the Offense
Data management proves more effective when stakeholders take an active interest
Major Banks Fined Billions for FX Market Abuse
Tier-one firms collectively penalized in joint regulatory action.
Goldman-Led Consortium Unveils Symphony Communication Services
In what's seen as an effort to compete with the likes of Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and Markit, Goldman Sachs and 13 other industry partners have invested in a new company called Symphony Communication Services Holdings, after it acquired Perzo Inc.,…
Top Banks, Hedge Funds Buy Perzo Messaging Platform for $66M
A consortium of 14 major financial firms has acquired Palo Alto, Calif.-based messaging platform provider Perzo and renamed it Symphony with a $66 million investment to provide an open-source, secure and compliant messaging platform for financial…
EFIS 2014: Tighten Inventory Controls, Seek New Sources to Combat Cost Pressures, Says User Panel
Trading and investment firms still facing budget pressures are being more proactive about managing data costs, but are also being forced to be more proactive about seeking out new, cheaper alternative sources of data and managing their data usage to…
Markit Eyes Federated Chat Integration Capabilities
Markit is building out the integration services component of its Collaboration Services initiative, an open messaging network for financial professionals to communicate and share information across any messaging platform.
The More Things Change
Innovation in financial services data management has progressed significantly since a call to arms at Sibos 10 years ago, as shown by new initiatives from Finra and BNY Mellon. But how far has it come?
Inside Market Data Hall of Fame: Bill Lee - 'The Statesman'
With his infectious chuckle and statesmanlike demeanor, Bill Lee could have been a diplomat. Instead, he has devoted his career to the market data industry, where he found an abundance of opportunities to put his negotiating skills to good use.
IRD Awards Include Big Wins For Fenergo, Interactive Data
Fenergo and Interactive Data score big in the Inside Reference Data Awards, as Thomson Reuters recaptures one prize, and Markit is honored for humanitarian work
NAFIS 2014 Live: Regulatory Landscape Challenges
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua reported live via Twitter on the first panel in the reference data stream of the North American Financial Information Summit on May 21
Through Acquisition, Japan's Buy Side Grows its Presence Globally
According to NRI's Kazumitsu Yokokawa, asset managers in Japan are working to grow their global presence largely through acquisition. Additionally, the regulatory and economic environment in the nation is changing in a way that may prove favorable to buy…
Credit's IT Crunch
Credit teams face tremendous operational stress on both sides of the Street, while new kinds of data governance schema and advanced analytics are popping up, helping them to cope. A quartet of buy-side and sell-side technologists give their take on where…
JPMorgan Expands UK South-Coast Facility Investment
JPMorgan Chase has announced a $48 million investment in its Technology and Operations Center, located in Bournemouth, UK.