Financial Industry Business Ontology (Fibo)
Broadridge data ontology aims to simplify multi-asset trade data
The tech provider is using the ontology internally to integrate multiple systems and sees prospects for wider industry adoption.
To Be Prepared For the ‘New Normal,' Raise Standards
State Street's David Blaszkowsky sees firms putting more effort into data governance in 2016
Path To Alignment
Data infrastructure improvement requires carefully attaching meaning to data
EDM Council Begins Development of FIBO
Architect of ontology points to practical allocations, issues readiness evaluation system
EDM Council Releases FIBO Process
Implementation guidelines backed by Bloomberg, Wells Fargo
Battles Over Data's Value
Debate about privacy and value of retail consumer data illustrates similar issues with financial industry data. Financial services firms and proponents of open standards are seeking ways to break others' grips on valuable data
Study Recommends Open Standard For Taxonomies
London-based companies eTrading Software and Expand, working with broker-dealers, concluded that FIBO and ISMAG fixed-income data efforts would coordinate better with an open standard
Finding Value in Semantic Visualization
Strapline: Industry Warehouse
EDM Council Adds Kendall to FIBO Efforts
Elisa Kendall of Thematix Partners will work with EDM Council executive Dennis Wisnosky under a contractual arrangement
EDM Council Campaigns For Semantic Technology
As the EDM Council prepares to release key elements of its FIBO ontology later this year, David Newman tells Nicholas Hamilton how financial services can benefit from semantic technology in the way other industries have done
State Street's Saul: FIBO is Adding Transparency, Reducing Risk
State Street's David Saul has put himself right in the middle of efforts to promote the FIBO ontology as a means to reduce risk through better data management. He speaks with Michael Shashoua about FIBO's progress and the virtues of "smart data"
IRD's Editor on FIBO's Part in Centralization
The Financial Industry Business Ontology standard is looking useful for centralization of reference data management.
The Risk Rationale
More careful tracking and management of data, driven by the desire to reduce risk, requires multiple efforts. One of these, the FIBO ontology, is proving to be a key piece of the puzzle
HSBC, Citi Contend With Standards Variations
Data management professionals continue to face multiple data standards that prove challenging when trying to achieve consistency. Michael Shashoua explores how semantic data is proving useful to aggregating data generated under these different standards.
EDM Council Readies FIBO Specs, Works With Bank of England and Microsoft
The EDM Council and the Object Management Group are preparing to issue specifications for their ontology, which is being aligned with Bank of England templates. The EDM Council has also piloted its data maturity model with Microsoft
GoldenSource Implements FIBO Standard
The enterprise data management software vendor says it can help its clients improve clarity and efficiency by combining the semantic standard with the physical data it holds
Wisnosky Brings Government Experience To EDM Council Ontology Efforts
Regulation & Standards
Numerix Updates Data Infrastructure For Multi-Curve Modeling
The analytics software vendor has updated the reference data infrastructure of its trade capture application to support multi-curve modeling functionality
Risk Reduction Isn't Just Semantics
Crossing the “semantic barrier” requires alignment of “tribal knowledge” with the actual meaning and concepts being described. Financial industry consultancy IQ3Group’s Mack Frankfurter considers how this can be accomplished through data standards
FIBO Semantics Initiative Addresses Interest Rate Swaps
The EDM Council and Object Management Group have presented their FIBO Semantics Initiative to US regulators as a way to gain data consistency and transparency
Here Comes The LEI Flood
Comments, actions and discussions concerning the legal entity identifier have increased and will continue to do so as key organizations make decisions and recommendations now and in the near future