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Taking Responsibility for Entity Identification

With the go-live date for the legal entity identifier system still far off, a growing number of pre-local operating units are set to begin issuing entity identifiers. Nicholas Hamilton finds out why they have taken on the task, what challenges they face...

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Regulation & Standards | 08 Apr 2013

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Judging When To Take Exception In Processing

The establishing steps of corporate actions are more conducive to automation, participants in a webcast said, writes Michael Shashoua

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Corporate Actions | 05 Apr 2013

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Surveying the Social Data Frontier

New guidance from US regulators on what is permitted for communicating via social media could create a new source for securities reference data for data managers to consider. Michael Shashoua reports on the significance of the SEC and Finra moves, as...

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Regulation & Standards | 05 Apr 2013

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Easing the Evaluated Prices Regulation Burden

During an Inside Reference Data webcast, panelists discussed the steps that have been taken to improve confidence in evaluated prices and what pricing vendors can do to ease the regulatory burden on their customers, writes Nicholas Hamilton

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Pricing & Valuations | 03 Apr 2013

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Getting a Grip On The Investment Book of Record

Accurate start-of-day positions are essential for the successful operation of the front office, but are not always immediately available. Nicholas Hamilton discovers how an investment book of record can be used to ensure portfolio managers and traders...

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Data Management | 03 Apr 2013

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Metrics Man: BNY Mellon CIO Suresh Kumar

Suresh Kumar moved to the US at 24 to find a job in technology. Along the way to becoming CIO at BNY Mellon, he directed the first online brokerage, built a laudable technology stack at Pershing, and installed a software company back home in southern...

Waters | Feature | People | 28 Mar 2013

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High Stakes: An Examination of Risk Management on the Buy Side (Part 1)

In part one of his two-part feature, Anthony Malakian examines the state of risk management at the portfolio/trade-book level among buy-side firms. Part two will look at the middle- and back-office functions of risk across the buy side.

Waters | Feature | Risk Management | 26 Mar 2013

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Players on Loan: Data Governance, Settlement Automation Nearer as CLOs Reemerge

Leveraged loans are touted as an alternative to uneven bond yields, while collateralized loan obligations are scratching at pre-crisis levels. Yet despite years of collective pushes toward straight-through processing, loan products remain the “last...

Waters | Feature | Clearing & Settlement | 22 Mar 2013

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Regulators Take Aim at Market Malfeasance with Industry-Supplied Surveillance System

The SEC has shown global regulators the way with its adoption of Tradeworx’s Midas market data feed and plans for software testing and a consolidated audit trail. But is it too little, too late? By Steve Dew-Jones

Waters | Feature | Regulation & Standards | 20 Mar 2013

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Front-Office Data Focus Spurs IBOR Push

Data management and aggregation are perennial challenges for all market participants. But for buy-side firms, elements of these disciplines have crystallized into an Investment Book of Record—an overview combining position-level data, cash flows, maturities...

Waters | Feature | Data Management | 12 Mar 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...