Utilities
How Many Utilities Does the Industry Need?
The industry will not see the full benefits of the utility model if it becomes spread thinly across a multitude of rival offerings
Swift Partners with Major Banks on KYC Utility
Swift plans to launch a central utility for know-your-customer data later this year and is working with six major banks, who are sharing their views on the processes, documentation and data needed
Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain
European legal entity identifier requirements have created a lot of work for data management practitioners. But HSBC’s Hany Choueiri tells Nicholas Hamilton that in the long term, the identifier can help firms manage big data, make a success of data…
Euroclear's Groot on Data Utilities
Martijn Groot of post-trade services vendor Euroclear explains how data utilities can help financial firms reduce costs and improve data quality
It's Good to Share
It's Good to Share
Video: Ventura on the Move to Utilities
Tine Thoresen speaks to Inside Reference Data's training course tutor, Ed Ventura, president, Ventura Management Associates, about the concept of managing data in utilities
CCDM Proposes Utility in the Cloud
The Central Counterparty for Data Management (CCDM), a group set up by Financial Intergroup Holdings, has developed a utility concept where a searchable index of reference data would be hosted in a cloud environment and made accessible to regulators.
Video: Industry Expert Grody on the Central Counterparty for Data Management
Allan Grody, president, Financial Intergroup Advisers, speaks to Tine Thoresen about the central counterparty for data management and the group's current activities in the reference data space
Ongoing Ref Data Utility Discussions Lead to Growing Concerns
To what extent a reference data utility is the inevitable way forward for the industry has sparked debate in the data management world. Carla Mangado explores the concerns and expectations of this year’s Sibos attendees on the utility, and on achieving…
Reference Data Utility Discussions Reveal Practitioners' Growing Concerns
Discussions regarding the reference data utility at Sibos revealed practitioners' concerns are on the rise
Obtaining Utility from a Utility
The market would have benefited from more public debate about the reference data utility proposal, says Xenomorph's Brian Sentance
Users: Utility would Resolve Increasing Data Costs
Conference-goers support the set-up of a reference data utility to reduce costs and avoid duplication
Firms Assess OFR Impact
A Utility For All?
Users: Utility Would Resolve Increasing Data Costs
Users have claimed a data utility would resolve the ongoing challenge around data costs. However, some market participants question whether a utility would add value at all
Data Veterans Engage Industry Leaders To Create a Central Counterparty for Data Management
NEW YORK - US-based data specialists are engaging C-level executives at global firms to set up the Central Counterparty for Data Management (CCDM), an initiative focused on global data standardization and cleansing in the financial services industry,…