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Evaluated Pricing Webcast: Examining The Perception Gap
During a webcast about evaluated pricing on March 13, industry representatives discussed how vendors are trying to improve confidence in their evaluated prices and help firms comply with new regulations by being more transparent about the data and…
Leveraging Identifiers and Systems
Inside Reference Data speaks to Robin Doyle, managing director, regulatory strategy and policy, at JPMorgan, about the implementation of legal entity identifier registration set to begin soon
LCH.Clearnet Selects New US CEO
David Weisbrod has been appointed as the new CEO of LCH.Clearnet's US subsidiary, the clearing group announced.
New 'Agora' Enables Shift in Quants' Roles
Flush with financial engineering knowledge as never before, firms are deploying quants to tackle new challenges. Tim Bourgaize Murray reports on a fresh discourse among them about technology—including communication, memory, and intuition—indicating a new…
Collateral Transformation's Influence on Optimization
Some people see collateral transformation and collateral optimization as equivalent solutions to the margin demands of central counterparties. In reality, they should not be considered different sides of the same coin.
Moscow Exchange Announces IPO
Moscow Exchange has announced the successful pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) in Moscow, which has been set at RUB 55 ($1.83) per share.
Optimize: The How and Who
Collateral optimization is a reality for a few institutions, an attainable goal for a few others, and a pipe dream for the rest. In the second part of his feature on optimization, Jake Thomases checks in on who is optimizing and who isn’t, and on what an…
Collateral Transformation's Influence on Optimization
Some people see collateral transformation and collateral optimization as equivalent solutions to the margin demands of central counterparties. In reality, they should not be considered different sides of the same coin.
Out With The Old, in With The New
Stories covering AIFMD, IFRS 13, phase-out of old data management processes, JP Morgan's data restructuring and possible open source LEI all point to key changes that have happened in the past month for the industry
Evaluating the Quality Chain
Is data management carrying out all the imperatives set by regulations intended to address risk issues? Michael Shashoua assesses the chain of cause and effect linking new rules with data quality and operational issues
FX Has a Place in Emerging Markets, Too
When most people think of trading in emerging markets, they think of equities first. Equities uses well-established procedures and technology and is therefore easiest to implement. In a webcast on foreign exchange (FX) technology, though, FX specialists…
Art and Science: Credit Valuation Challenge II
Although the technical requirements for calculating credit valuation adjustment can be significant, other factors also need to be considered in order for an efficient counterparty risk management operation to be established. The second part of this…
JP MorganReaps Benefits of Data Reorganization
Following the merger of back-office and front-office securities services units in July, the firm is consolidating its databases over the course of 2013
Anfang Moves to Asset Management at JPM
Richard Anfang has been appointed as JPMorgan Asset Management's CIO, in a shift from the same role in the bank's Worldwide Securities Services business.
Regulators Cite 'Critical Deficiencies' in JPMorgan Monitoring, Reporting, Risk Controls
JPMorgan Chase has been sanctioned by US regulators eight months after an outsized credit default swap led to trading losses of $6.2 billion.
Laying Compliance Foundations
With regulatory change looming large over the financial industry, Nicholas Hamilton finds out how extensible systems, best practices and good communication are helping firms to manage the uncertainty of evolving requirements and deadlines
JPMorgan Consolidates Operations with Single Platform
JPMorgan has launched a single electronic trading platform, consolidating more than 30 individual platforms onto a single user interface.
Identification Breakdown?
The structures and parameters for global implementation of a legal entity identifier are in place, but industry professionals are finding cracks in the registration process that undermine its accuracy. Michael Shashoua describes some of the issues now…
A Year in Profiles
Anthony takes a look back at the individuals who were profiled in the pages of Waters magazine from 2012.
Identifier's Infancy
During a webinar about the legal entity identifier, panelists discussed the opportunities the code presents for data vendors to create new products and the immaturity of current offerings, writes Nicholas Hamilton
The Long Crawl to Basel III
Continued uncertainty about a phased compliance timeline for Basel III capital adequacy rules is likely to complicate data management for the foreseeable future, Michael Shashoua writes
Multi-Bank FX Platforms More Ubiquitous, Less Popular
Foreign exchange (FX) traders are getting more comfortable with algorithms and electronic platforms, says Ugur Arslan, CEO of New York-based quant fund AienTech, at a webinar hosted by Lexington, Mass.-based complex event processing (CEP) software vendor…
Mobile Initiatives, Increased Regulation and Big Data on the 2013 Radar
Three issues ─ mobile initiatives, the specter of increased regulation, and the challenges and business opportunities around Big Data ─ dominated discussions during yesterday’s annual Waters USA conference in Manhattan, suggesting these concerns are…