Interview
Plain Sailing
In the past year, Swift has upped its presence in the standards space, joined the board of XBRL US and teamed up with DTCC to further help the community increase automation. Swift's Chris Church speaks to Tine Thoresen about standards initiatives and…
Markit Boat: Navigating Data Quality
MiFID did more than open up competition for trade execution by enabling the launch of new multilateral trading facilities; it also gave rise to new over-the-counter trade reporting facilities such as Markit Boat. Inside Market Data recently spoke to Will…
Spotlight on David Merrill
FinAnalytica, a portfolio risk management software developer, has appointed David Merrill as chief executive as part of a new management team; Andrew Huddart has been named chairman and Boryana Racheta-Iotova promoted to president. Merrill discusses…
Born in a storm
James Caird Asset Management could not have launched in a more challenging environment when it opened its doors for business in July last year. Victor Anderson speaks with Olivia Erby about the ongoing challenges facing the fund, its reliance on…
All Tooled Up
One side-effect of the financial crisis is a growing demand for more complex data and fast data delivery. Tine Thoresen speaks to Ranko Batljan, BNY Mellon, about improving flexibility and utilizing tools to meet new data access requirements
Time for Actions
IRD Speaks to Manmohan Singh, solutions head TCS BaNCS CA & SLB, TCS Financial Solutions, Tata Consultancy Services, about the timeliness of corporate actions
Spotlight on Robert Hegarty
After a ten-year career at TowerGroup heading the consultancy's securities and investments practice, Robert Hegarty has moved to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). As managing director of market structure at the DTCC, Hegarty will lead…
Excelling in a toxic playground
Scott Dowle, chief technology officer of London-based hedge fund Credaris, talks to Victor Anderson about his firm's remarkable performance in the volatile credit markets during 2008, his preference for home-grown technology, and the need for keeping it…
Speed vs Spend
Latency continues to be a top priority for trading firms' market data infrastructures. But with dire economic conditions necessitating tight spending controls, firms are struggling to invest in technologies capable of providing a competitive edge through…
Risky Business
For chief risk officers, it is all about transparency and seeing the bigger picture, but recent credit events have revealed how deep data issues prevent them from doing their job. Tine Thoresen speaks with Elliot Noma, senior risk advisor at Asset…
Old dog new tricks
Linedata Services is a name long associated with the buy side through its LongView OMS, various accounting and electronic trading tools, and more recently its 2005 acquisition of Beauchamp Financial Technology. But as Victor Anderson discovers during his…
Spotlight on Patricia Watters and Mason Snyder
Buy-side industry veterans Patricia Watters and Mason Snyder have launched Catalina Partners, a new risk advisory firm focusing on institutional investors and investment advisors. Watters and Snyder explain that through their new venture, they will cover…
Weathering the Storm
The current financial crisis is squeezing firms' income and budgets, while data requirements are growing in complexity and scale. Inside Market Data speaks to Jon Robson, head of Thomson Reuters' Enterprise division, about how the vendor is helping…
Go Figure
It might seem like reference data is all about quality, but in reality, it is all about the figures behind that quality. Tine Thoresen speaks to Saxo Bank's Claus Thorball
Spotlight on Richard Tibbetts
StreamBase Systems has promoted one of its founders, Richard Tibbetts, to chief technology officer. He speaks with Stewart Eisenhart about ongoing efforts to expand the use of complex event processing among buy-side managers, as well as his work on the…
Miller's crossing
Paul Miller recently left specialist buy-side consultancy Morse, although he is still participating in the consulting game - but this time for himself. Victor Anderson speaks to him about technology rationalisation across the buy side, the need for tight…
Pan-European Data: Consolidated Tape, or Just Red Tape?
The fragmentation of European equity trading and trade reporting has prompted suggestions of a deterioration in data quality, and even calls for further regulation. But not everyone believes that regulation is the answer. Inside Market Data spoke to…
Keeping it Fresh
Corporate actions is not all about issuer announcements. Tine Thoresen speaks to Northern Trust's Justin Chapman about how counterparty risk and volatility are emerging as pressing challenges in the corporate actions space
Spotlight on Fred Jacobs
Financial software and services developer SS&C Technologies recently hired fund ad-ministration industry veteran Fred Jacobs to head sales for its own fund administration unit, SS&C Fund Services. He discusses the parameters of his new role, as well as…
Coming of age
John Comerford spent many years on the buy side in a variety of roles relating to trading, technology, and portfolio management, before he jumped ship to join Nomura and then Instinet, where he is now global head of trading research, based in San…
Creating a Savvy ‘Network Effect'
The relentless march of trading venues has put pressure on network and hosting service providers, as trading firms seek low-latency access to multiple liquidity sources. But how do you keep pace with the changing market landscape when budgets are being…
Big Fish Among Sharks
Merger advisory firm Marlin & Associates recently brokered the sale of Tenfore Systems to Morningstar. Chief executive Ken Marlin spoke to Inside Market Data about his views on the M&A landscape, his predictions for activity in the market data industry,…
The Perfect Escape
While firms are under growing pressure to do more with less, client demands must still be met. Tine Thoresen speaks to HSBC Securities Services' Chris Johnson about this year's priorities
Northern exposure
Grant Speirs recently made the northern trek from Cape Town to London to assume the position of group financial director at investment manager M&G, the holding company of his previous firm, Prudential Portfolio Managers. He speaks with Victor Anderson…