Inside Reference Data/Feature
To Disclose or Not to Disclose?
Many banks seek to 'Know Your Customer' and the US Government wants to know as well. Swift, the global banking network, is now mired in a publicly tangled process of transatlantic diplomacy. Peter Guest investigates
Reinventing Corporate Actions Solutions
Corporate actions events have the power to influence trades in any number of random and surprising ways. Yet the industry continues to manage these events with a system of Word documents and manual entry. Elizabeth Lumley investigates the march of…
Electric Shock Therapy
In the electricity markets, bringing modern data standards to an industry that still communicates largely by fax has been an uphill struggle for trading associations across Europe. Peter Guest investigates
A Model of Leadership
One might think that talk of dictators and federations belongs in a different world to that of reference data. But a recent industry discussion about how best to manage data used those concepts to develop some data leadership models
How Clean is Your Data? (No-one Knows...)
Every financial firm and data vendor scrubs and cleans their data. But can the industry really recognize and measure accurate data? Elizabeth Lumley searches for the answer
Getting Data Faster, Making it Right
The massive growth of algorithmic trading is putting enormous stress on reference data, as algo traders demand that it be delivered faster, cleaner and in greater volumes than ever before. Sherree DeCovny reports
Markit RED: Invaluable Standard or Monopoly?
Credit default swaps are supported by a single reference entity standard, Markit RED. This has brought stability and efficiency to the market. But, asks Elizabeth Lumley, is Markit's dominance cause for concern?
Outsourcing: More Flash Than Cash?
Reference data managed services is a growing sector. But can moves toward outsourcing become an established trend in the face of hurdles relating to control, risk and internal politics?
A Little Misunderstanding?
Reference data seems to offer a straightforward opportunity for the established 'big three' market vendors to expand beyond the front office. But, asks Elizabeth Lumley, do they really understand reference data? (This article updated 5th May 2006)
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