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Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference

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Communicate and Aggregate

As regulations and reduced budgets add to existing challenges, data professionals point to standards and shared services as the best way to improve risk...

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Data Management | 10 Jan 2013

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S&P's Eccleston On Learning From Other Industries And Prioritizing Innovation

S&P Capital IQ's Lou Eccleston tells Nicholas Hamilton about big data and other innovation issues in the industry, in the first of a three-part interview

Inside Reference Data | Interview | Data Management | 13 Dec 2012 | video

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Further Fatca Hurdles

With 12 months left to prepare reporting capabilities for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, entity classification is presenting serious challenges, and the effect of intergovernmental agreements has not become clear, writes Nicholas Hamilton

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Regulation & Standards | 06 Dec 2012

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Michael Shashoua: Play the Game

Taking cues from other industries, data management operations executives are looking to techniques including “gamification” as ways to solve problems in their field. Michael details the ways and means such methods are being applied.

Waters | Opinion | Data Management | 26 Nov 2012

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Is It Time For Data Management To Get Its Game On?

Delegates at last week's Asia-Pacific Financial Information Conference were fascinated by the suggestion that data management can be improved and made more engaging by adopting techniques from the computer games industry

Inside Reference Data | Opinion | Data Management | 12 Nov 2012

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Opening Cross: Politics Aside...

The US election may be over, but the political posturing that goes hand-in-hand with politics, remains. We congratulate President Barack Obama on winning four more years in office, and trust that his second term will be able to deliver the kick-start...

Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 12 Nov 2012

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Asia Firms Warm to Alternative Suppliers

As part of cost-cutting initiatives across Asia-Pacific that are placing increased pressure on data budgets, banks in the region are becoming more willing to consider services provided by data suppliers beyond the premium terminal vendors, and market...

Inside Market Data | News | Events | 09 Nov 2012

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Keynote: Draw Inspiration from Other Industries

How data vendors harness imagination—rather than simply having a knowledgeable and client-focused approach—will be the crucial differentiator in developing future products, said Lou Eccleston, president of S&P Capital IQ, during his keynote speech...

Inside Market Data | News | Events | 09 Nov 2012

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Regulations Yield Challenges, Opportunities in Asia

Data vendors are positioning themselves to take advantage of anticipated growth from their Asian operations as markets in the region mature, but are also grappling with local regulations, which can present both challenges and opportunities, according...

Inside Market Data | News | Events | 09 Nov 2012

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Costs, Regulation, Diversification Dominate Asia’s ‘New Reality’

As regulations compel firms to capture and store increasing amounts of data for compliance purposes, cost efficiencies enacted during the financial crisis are remaining part of firms’ long-term practices, with end-user firms, exchanges and data vendors...

Inside Market Data | News | Events | 09 Nov 2012

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