Data
Barclays Hires Bannocks
Christopher Bannocks, previously head of enterprise data management at Nomura International, has joined Barclays as global head of reference data
iGate Appoints New Sales Director For EMEA
Amitabh Roy has been appointed to acquire new financial services customers for iGate’s consulting, technology and business process outsourcing services in Europe, with a particular focus on reference data
Getting To Grips With Semantics
Businesses in a number of industries are seeing the benefits of using semantic technology for data management. Nicholas Hamilton asks where this approach may fit in the financial services sector and what advantages firms can expect to see
Divining Downstream Data Flows
Data managers are considering how to best and most accurately handle distribution of varied types of reference data. Michael Shashoua heard from financial firms and their providers on the challenges they are seeing and what course they are taking
McMorrow Leaves AIB To Start Consultancy
After 30 years at Allied Irish Banks, Michael McMorrow has left and will now provide consultancy services on data issues
Fenergo Adds Auto-Classification to Fatca Service
The lifecycle management systems provider expects a 60% reduction in Fatca filing efforts through use of its compliance service
CounterpartyLink Adds LEI to Databases
The legal entity data vendor is helping firms prepare for Fatca by providing greater transparency into the beneficial owners of legal entities
Ed Flynn on Data Budgets and Regulation at Inside Market Data Chicago
Ed Flynn, principal of consultancy The Flynndex Company, discusses end-user data budget trends and the impact of new regulation on data consumption, after moderating the opening panel at Inside Market Data Chicago 2012.
Analytics Critical for Tackling Big Data, But Humans Remain Paramount
As the amount of data firms must manage grows—due to both rising volumes from existing datasets and the exploration of new sources of data—firms increasingly turn to analytics to help make sense of the data. But analytics comes with its own set of…
Credit Suisse CIO: Tap Unmeasured Data For Investment Advantages
Credit Suisse’s Adam Broun tells Michael Shashoua about his approach to demonstrating the need to build data management technology within a firm
Citi Readies Corporate Actions Data Service
Event Master Central, a new service from the bank's asset servicing unit, will begin its roll-out in selected markets
Standards Coronation
The ISO 10962 Classification of Financial Instruments code is due for an overhaul, says Martin Sexton of London Market Systems. What will the new reigning standard look like?
EDM Council Tackles Data Quality
The industry association has begun collecting feedback on data quality requirements set out in Basel III regulation, to plan a data quality initiative