Data
SIFMA 2012: Market Data Neighborhood Watch
This year at SIFMA, attendees will see the launch of SIFMA Tech Neighborhoods, which group exhibitors by product or service, to help attendees navigate through the expo hall more efficiently. To help guide data professionals through the neighborhoods of…
Low Latency and Virtualization: Not Such an Odd Couple After All
Traditionally, achieving low-latency performance or the cost efficiencies of virtualization has meant a trade-off between polar opposites. But advances in on-demand cloud infrastructures mean that firms no longer need compromise, says Mark Casey, chief…
Data Gaining C-Level Treatment, Survey Finds
Data professionals are getting or will soon get chief data officer roles or report directly to higher levels within firms, according to a client survey conducted by data software provider GoldenSource
Open Platform: To Avoid Indecent Exposures, Go Big (Data) or Go Home
Managing risk exposure requires a wealth of market and position data, and the ability to monitor it effectively. Firms have this data, but may still be exposed to catastrophic risk if they don’t have sufficient data capacity and analytical processing…
Roundtable: Financial Data Opens Up to Open Technologies
Until recently, the closest that financial firms came to open-source technologies was the Linux operating system. However, firms have been exploring projects to create open standards for data integration that would enable them to combine best-of-breed…
End-Users Must Understand Their Data Products Better, Paris Delegates Told
End-user firms are too quick to buy additional data products when those they already have may fulfill their requirements, Sue Baldwin of JP Morgan told delegates at the Paris Financial Information Summit
DST-QED Alliance Enhances Anova Platform
The newly renamed QED Anova data and analytics platform combines downstream processing of transactions with analytical viewing and distribution capabilities for an improved offering
Taking the Pulse of the Sifma Tech Expo
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua asks if the Sifma Tech Expo will reflect reference data users' needs and the changing nature of managing data?
Exegy Taps Rai for TREP Integration Module
Integration module will allow Exegy clients to use the vendor's direct feeds over incumbent data platforms.
Sifma: Questions Remain About Implementation Of FSB's LEI Proposals
Sifma has expressed its support for the Financial Stability Board's legal entity identifier proposals, but says questions remain about how they will be implemented
Buy Side Needs LEI Education, Says HSBC's Johnson
"Extensive education programs" are needed to bring those on the buy side up to speed on the LEI, as sell-side firms are usually responsible for transactional reporting, Chris Johnson of HSBC Securities Services has told delegates at the Paris Financial…
MarketPrizm, OneMarketData Launch Cloud Tick Data Service
Hosted tick data and analytics service will enable customers to reduce infrastructure costs.
Banks Should Mandate LEI Themselves, Paris Delegates Told
Thomson Reuters' Tim Lind has called on global banks to take the lead in the legal entity identifier project by making the code a requirement for all their clients