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Data Governance Webcast: Accepting Accountability

If last year’s industry buzzwords were “big” and “data,” this year is all about data governance — the variables that all financial services firms need to develop and implement in order to improve the accuracy, transparency and accountability around their…

Filling the Void: Buy Side Steps into Shadow Banking

As banks back out of the direct lending sector due to capital constraints, buy-side firms are filling the void. While that has provoked growing concerns from regulators, the returns have been solid for hedge funds in particular, but it has also required…

Michael Shashoua: Central Potential

The ongoing and increasing efforts to centralize key reference data elements in single locations could be coupled with other data management innovations now being explored or already underway. Michael identifies these elements and innovations, and…

James Rundle: Patterns of Behavior

While technology has allowed for ever more intelligent market manipulation over recent years, James argues that the intelligent application of emerging methodologies also provides the sell side with the means to effectively and comprehensively beat the…

Edwin Marcial: No More Mr. ICE Guy

Edwin Marcial has been in the technology driver’s seat since before ICE’s meteoric rise. In the early 2000s, he wore the ‘upstart’ label like a badge of honor. But with the purchase of the NYSE, he doesn’t seem so comfortable with it anymore. By Jake…

Is the Low-Latency Race a Zero Sum Game?

Financial services firms will always strive to be faster and more efficient. But increasingly, the cost and risk of this evolutionary drive are proving too great for some. As a result, the ability to measure and monitor latencies across the enterprise…

Max Bowie: New Data Types Need a Big KISS

As market data becomes more voluminous and more complex, Max says providers of new content and the technologies for making sense of it are not only expected to provide clarity from the data, but also guidance on how to get the most out of it so potential…

Michael Shashoua: Focusing on Fatca’s Readiness

The US Fatca foreign tax compliance regulation has received significant recent attention, although not because firms falling under its purview are ready to comply with its requirements. Michael says it’s time to turn that attention into action and…

James Rundle: The Gray Debate Around T2S

The Target2–Securities debate has shifted from asking whether it will happen, to when it will happen. The deadlines seem to be set in stone, but many question whether they’re as solid as they seem. This is a dangerous game, James says, considering the…

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