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Citi’s internal cloud project gets open-sourced
Through Finos, a project that started internally to help Citi get a better handle on its cloud controls now includes the likes of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, RBC, BMO and LSEG.
CFTC Hires Former White House Privacy Analyst
Cutshall takes over as chief privacy officer.
Taming Unstructured Data
Deriving metadata from unstructured information in document form helps support know-your-customer compliance
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 42: US Treasuries Platforms, Bats CIO, Accenture Blockchain
Dan and Emilia discuss the November features.
Chris Isaacson, Best Ex, Julia and More: November Features
John provides a breakdown of the Waters features for November, including the state of Indian HFT and algo trading, and the lack of speed in treasury platforms.
Treasuries Platforms: Where Speed Is Not Their Forte
New treasuries platforms want to be alternatives to high-frequency trading.
Icap Provides US Treasury Pricing, FX Spot Rates to Wind Clients
Icap and Wind expand an existing deal for Wind to distribute Icap data in mainland China.
Director of OFR Stresses LEI Importance, Collaboration on Data
Richard Berner, director of the Office of Financial Research at the US Treasury, discussed LEI progress and the benefits of sharing data.
Treasury's Cyber Head Julia Philpp Lays Out Security Blueprint
Julia Philipp looks at cyber best practices, info sharing and incident response.
OFR Names Advisory Committee Members
Interactive Data's Stephen Daffron and Northern Trust's Kay Vicino are among the new appointees to the US Treasury unit's advisory group
VWD Adds Tullett US Bonds Data to Terminal
Frankfurt-based market data vendor VWD has added data on US Treasury bonds from Tullett Prebon Information, the data arm of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, to its VWD Market Manager real-time data desktop application, in response to increasing demand…
Securing LEI Success
From more regulatory mandates to standardized data quality checks, there was no shortage of suggestions of ways to ensure the success of the LEI project at the North American Financial Information Summit, writes Nicholas Hamilton
OFR's Reed Sheds Light on LEI's Omission from Fatca
Matthew Reed, of the Office of Financial Research and Regulatory Oversight Committee of the legal entity identifier project, says the LEI was not ready when the Internal Revenue Service made key decisions about Fatca, but suggests it will be added in the…
Sifma tells FSOC Chair: More Regulators Must Require LEI
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has highlighted the fact that only one US regulation requires the legal entity identifier and more than twice as many entities in Europe have registered for the identifier than in the US
Fatca's Endgame
Firms are thinking about the ways and means of complying with Fatca foreign tax withholding rules, even with incomplete guidance and preparation, as a key July 1 deadline approaches
US Treasury's OFR Welcomes Brown
Tom Brown, a longtime financial industry data standards professional, has left dual roles at ISITC and Brook Path Partners to join the US Treasury's Office of Financial Research
US Regulators' Technology Burden
The passage of the Dodd–Frank Act in the US, while necessary, has not just stressed many Wall Street firms’ IT budgets—it has also required a substantial investment on the parts of the US regulators. Anthony Malakian charts the progress that has been…
US Postpones Fatca Deadlines, Citing Need For International Agreements
Due diligence and tax withholding requirements of the US anti-tax evasion regulation have been postponed until July 1, 2014 to allow time for more countries to sign intergovernmental agreements with the US Treasury
LEI Governance Body Established With US Treasury's Reed As Chair
The Regulatory Oversight Committee has chosen Switzerland as the location for the legal entity identifier foundation and taken over responsibility for launching the global identification system
Sifma LEI Live: Regulatory Adoption
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua tweeted live from Sifma's Legal Entity Identifier seminar on December 11 in New York