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Balancing Adaptability with Consistency
Defining a singular version of financial data information is being weighed against adaptability for diverse users, risk data experts are saying. Michael Shashoua hears the implications for BCBS 239 compliance
Exegy Taps FX Vet Wilson for FX Solutions Account Management
Wilson's end-user background will anable Exegy to present its solutions in a way that resonates with FX business executives.
Empirasign Hires in Engineering, BizDev
The vendor is adding to its technology and sales expertise witih hires in New York and London.
Golden Copy: MiFIR's Tallest Orders
Specific challenges for compliance with European market information rules become clearer
MiFIR Draws Closer
Identifiers, data centralization and data quality emerge as primary compliance concerns
Michael Shashoua: Before and After NAFIS
Points made at the annual New York-hosted North American Financial Information Summit illustrate how blockchain and data science can or should pivot to better serve data management operations. Michael considers what legal entity identifier efforts could…
Golden Copy: What We Heard At NAFIS
Robust debate on how to manage and work with data
Panelists: As All-to-All Trading Inches Forward, Single-Dealer Platforms Wither
All-to-all platforms are slowly gaining favor to address some of the ills facing the fixed-income market. But they're not cure-alls, either.
AFTAs 2015: Best Global Deployment—Nomura Securities
The URL-driven content browser concept allows .Net windows filtering Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications to be downloaded, installed and launched directly from URLs.
Acadian AM Names Buzzelli Head of Data Governance
The Nomura, Thomson Reuters and BNY Mellon veteran will oversee policies and standards for market and reference data at the firm.
Acadian Hires Buzzelli For Data Governance
Former Nomura executive joins Boston asset management firm
Icap Ties Knott for Post-Trade Risk, Info CEO
Broker taps former Standard Bank CEO to run its data and post-trade services businesses.
NAFIS 2015: Panel Describes Struggle to Define BCBS 239 Risk Data Rules
With proposals more akin to guidelines than prescriptive rules, the industry must define compliance.
Panel Cites Storage, Prescriptive Analytics as Key Technical Challenges, Opportunities
Panelists highlight evolution of analytics from historical to predictive, and ultimately, prescriptive.
Data's New 'Cool' Invites a Fresh Set of Problems, Panelists Say
The evolution of data has certainly helped the industry, but it has also created problems for those involved in the space.
Compromise in the Cards
Industry members raise concerns as the potential implementation date for Finra's Cards comes closer
EuroCCP Reignites the Debate on Limit Switch
The European Central Counterparty (EuroCCP) has initiated a discussion around the need to deploy a limit switch mechanism, or kill switch, to avoid the contagion of erroneous trades.
Waters USA 2014: Top Fear for 2015? Cyber in a Landslide
Impromptu C-level survey reveals anxiety about internal, external vulnerabilities
Waters USA 2014 C-Level Panel: Measuring Tech's Cost—While It's Under Siege
Tech & ops chiefs say budget cuts, cyber threats to continue in 2015
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…
Markit, Pirum Pair on Securities Finance Data
The financial information provider and securities finance post-trade processing vendor are partnering to provider mutual customers more timely and transparent data sets.
Bannocks Leaves Barclays, Sets Up Consultancy
After holding senior data management roles at Barclays, Nomura and Thomson Reuters, Chris Bannocks has set up a consultancy that provides services for financial institutions and technology vendors
NAFIS 2014: ‘Compliance Consumer' is Drain on Data Resources, Users Say
End-user firms are feeling the pressure of not just complying with new regulations, but also of meeting the data management burden to support compliance, making experienced market data staff and business analysts ever-more valuable, said panelists at…