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UBS Fines Highlight Valuation Function Vulnerabilities

It remains to be seen whether firms have invested enough on price verification, an analyst has said, after UBS Global Asset Management (UBSGAM) has been...

Inside Reference Data | News | Pricing & Valuations | 07 Feb 2012

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As Industry Group Releases MMT Standards, Participants Question Consolidated Tapes

Industry participants, standards bodies and data vendors last week published version 1.0 of the Market Model Typology (MMT), a framework for standardizing trade flags across Europe as the basis for creating consolidated tapes of pan-European post-trade...

Inside Market Data | News | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 30 Jan 2012

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Bottega Hire Elevates CDO Role

Bank of America's naming financial data veteran executive John Bottega as chief data officer is a rare instance of raising data issues to the level of upper management.

Inside Reference Data | Analysis | People | 11 Jan 2012

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Getting Smarter in Dark Pools

Though the percentage of dark pool volume in the US has stabilized between 11 and 12 percent, there are changes happening below the surface. Smart order routers are living up to their name, and the buy side is starting to ask questions. By Jake Thomases...

Waters | Feature | Smart Order Routing | 29 Nov 2011

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High-Frequency Trading Emerges in Brazil

Brazil’s stock exchange is in the midst of a strategic initiative to lure high-frequency traders. Jake Thomases looks at what BM&FBovespa is doing to entice them, including a $200 million platform upgrade, and whether it is producing results. In January...

Waters | Feature | High Frequency Trading | 29 Nov 2011

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Rogue Trading Scandals Call Risk Controls into Question

The recent rogue trading debacle at UBS has once again thrown the issue of corporate fraud into the spotlight. How was another mid-level trader able to circumvent his firm’s risk controls in such a spectacular manner? By Sitanta Ni Mathghamhna Like...

Waters | Feature | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 28 Oct 2011

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Opening Cross: Fixated on Fixed Income as MiFID Expands Reach

The European Commission last week released proposals for the second iteration of its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, which shook up equities trading in Europe, prompted the creation of new  multilateral trading facilities, and caused trading...

Inside Market Data | Opinion | Regulation & Standards | 24 Oct 2011

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Seeking the Path to Data Quality

Trying to produce quality data requires a complex, intertwined effort comprised of making standards compatible and moving to more advanced data management methods. Achieving this result, however, is necessary for current regulatory compliance challenges...

Inside Reference Data | Opinion | Data Management | 06 Oct 2011

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McCormick Joins Interactive Data

Fritz McCormick has left his position as a senior analyst at Aite Group and joined Interactive Data as senior director, reference data product development. In his new job, McCormick reports to Marty Williams, vice president, reference data product...

Inside Reference Data | News | People | 19 Sep 2011

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A Done Deal

There are two ways of looking at Broadridge Financial Solutions' acquisition of Paladyne Systems: 1) It's a blow to the buy side because Paladyne's solutions will become diluted, or 2) This will be a good thing in the long run because Paladyne will be...

Buy-Side Technology | Opinion | Buy-Side Operations | 09 Sep 2011

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