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IRD's Editor on Corporate Actions Automation
Inside Reference Data's recent webcast on corporate actions raises questions on automation of processing
Wells Fargo Exec: Pricing Providers Are Segmenting
Wells Fargo’s fund services unit is adapting to a different landscape for pricing sources. Michael Shashoua hears from Daniel Johnson of Wells Fargo Global Fund Services about how the firm works with clients to best serve their price data requirements
Aberdeen Australia Increases Fund Order Automation To 50% With Calastone
Australian arm of the asset management firm adopted Calastone's order routing service because it can accept messages of any size and format, and because the vendor has shown commitment to the local market
Corporate Actions Processing's Slow Boil
A conversation about corporate actions processing raises more questions about the progress of automation
Bloomberg Ups Nasdaq Tape C Admin Fee
Bloomberg is increasing its monthly administration fee for the Tape C feed of Nasdaq Level 1 data from $2 to $3 -- a seemingly insignificant increase, though end-users say it increases the vendor’s administration revenues while firms are still struggling…
Wizards of Oz: Why ‘Down Under’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Down-and-Out’
Australia is about as far as you can get from the financial centers of New York, Chicago and London. But that isn’t stopping Antipodean entrepreneurs from setting their sights further afield.
ISITC Groups Drafting MBS, Portfolio Value Guidelines
ISITC working groups plan to collaborate with Sifma to meet a June deadline on mortgage-backed securities margin requirements, and to revisit total portfolio value standards. ISITC as a whole will continue work begun last year on the legal entity…
Max Bowie: Fighting Fragmentation: The Rising Cost of Connecting the Dots
Regulator-led trading market structure changes also require regulator-mandated changes to data consolidation. But without that—or at least, universal support from participants—Max wonders whether such initiatives are doomed to being expensive headaches…
Getting Ready To Meet The CICI Deadlines
Two important dates for adopting the US precursor to the legal entity identifier will soon be here. JP Morgan's Robin Doyle presents the steps firms need to take in response
Corporate Actions Webcast: Feeling the Heat of Automation
During a webcast about corporate actions on March 25, participants discussed efforts to automate corporate action to help mitigate risk, the value of cloud resources and outside hosting for corporate actions processing, the challenges in automation, and…
