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SEFs at the Starting Gate, Technologists Prep for Challenges

On May 16 this year, US regulators finalized long-awaited rules that govern various aspects of how swap execution facilities will operate. Several years...

Waters | Feature | Regulation & Standards | 19 Jun 2013

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Lessons from the Hash Crash

Over the past few months, a series of glitches similar to the one that caused the Hash Crash has made it clear that the financial markets are at the mercy of high-frequency trading machines. Some of these systems feed mostly on social media content, raising...

Waters | Feature | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 18 Jun 2013

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Putting a Value on Collateral

With the European Market Infrastructure Regulation set to impose margining requirements on parties to over-the-counter derivatives trades, firms are examining their own policies for valuing their collateral, writes Nicholas Hamilton

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Regulation & Standards | 07 Jun 2013

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Taking Action Against Asian Fragmentation

The diverse nature of the Asia-Pacific region has long caused problems for the timely processing of corporate actions data. Nicholas Hamilton finds out how market participants manage these challenges and what is being done to improve standardization and...

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Corporate Actions | 04 Jun 2013

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Governing Data Governance

High-level data officers are being tasked with development of data governance frameworks. Michael Shashoua hears about some of the methods they are using to set up complete systems.

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Data Management | 04 Jun 2013

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Private Equity's Data Play

In private equity, general partners (GPs)—which invest directly in portfolio companies—are becoming more sophisticated about monitoring those companies’ performance, while limited partners, which invest in the GPs’ funds, are in turn scrutinizing...

Waters | Feature | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 04 Jun 2013

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SocGen's New Lease: CTO Bob Schmeider Prepares a Built-to-Spec New York Trading Floor

In July, Société Générale is heading east to its new home at 245 Park Avenue. With the massive infrastructural consequences in store, Americas CTO Bob Schmeider has found a project—la nouvelle maison Americaine—that is ideally fit. By Tim Bourgaize...

Waters | Feature | People | 03 Jun 2013

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DTCC, ISITC, Major Firms Plan Collateral Data Processing Improvements

Lessons learned from transaction reporting, fund processing and settlement advances could prove useful in managing the growing trove of data being generated in the collateral space. Michael Shashoua uncovers the issues confronting collateral data management...

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Data Management | 31 May 2013

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Mobility Webcast: Anytime, Anywhere

In a recent Waters webcast on mobility, a number of key themes were addressed, including treading the fine line between regulatory obligations and personal privacy, managing multiple devices and a burgeoning IT infrastructure, and using mobile strategies...

Waters | Feature | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 31 May 2013

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The Lost Generation of Corporate Bond Platforms

Corporate bonds today remain among the most manual instruments to trade. But it did not have to be this way. Starting as far back as the late 1990s, attempts have been made to automate institutional credit trading. In part one of this two-part feature,...

Waters | Feature | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 31 May 2013

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Key challenges in data architecture

Complex, dated and unwieldy data infrastructure is not uncommon among even the most progressive companies in the world of finance. As financial regulations...

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Key challenges in legal entity identification

With the launch of a new legal entity identifier (LEI) looming, the financial services industry needs to get ready to ensure efficient and timely implementation...