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Best AI/Machine Learning Data Initiative: Indus Valley Partners
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Supporting Services Provider: Axon Financial Systems
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Low-Latency Data/Technology Provider: Quincy Data
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Data Analytics Provider: FactSet
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Most Innovative Market Data Project: IHS Markit—MSCI
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Research Provider: Fitch Solutions
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Real-Time Market Data Initiative: Barchart
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Market Data Provider (Vendor): Thomson Reuters
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Market Data Provider (Exchange): London Stock Exchange
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best New Data Product: S&P Global Market Intelligence
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Contract Win of the Year: Bloomberg
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Market Data Provider (Broker): TP Icap
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Mifid II’s Reference Data Problems Drag On
Nearly half a year after Mifid II went live, sticky reference data issues are standing in the way of smooth compliance operations.
Mifid II’s ‘Free’ Data Lockdown
Traders say Mifid II transparency is failing partly as a result of questionable practices by trading venues and APAs, which publish pre- and post-trade data, and that the data is not always available to the public for free as the law requires
Building Bridges: Nordic Collaboration Boosts Innovation, Compliance
Common business practices among Nordic coutries may mean the region is better placed to handle the data management aspects of new regulations.
Global Fragmentation Looms in FRTB Data Pooling Stand-Off
The upcoming FRTB market risk framework allows financial firms to take different approaches to non-modelable risk factors: either capitalize risk factors that lack observable pricing in-house, or use a vendor-run data pooling utility. But, as Dan…
Mind the Governance Gap: Data Key to SEC Modernization Compliance
Good data governance plans will be key to compliance with new sweeping legislative changes from the SEC. But for those who haven’t established effective data governance practices—and even for many who have—the changes could prove a steep and arduous…
Wonder Women: Highlights from the Women in Technology and Data Awards
Inside Data Management profiles six of the 23 women recognized in the inaugural Women in Technology and Data Awards for their contributions to the advancement of women in the financial services industry.
Big Problems, Short Codes: A Potential Solution to GDPR's Info Privacy Challenges
Looking ahead to GDPR, ARMs and trading venues are developing ways to better protect the personal data they are required to collect, report and store under Mifid II, while investment firms tasked with providing personally identifiable information to the…
Wrestling Over Competing Mifid II, GDPR Data Demands
The data gathering, retention and reporting requirements of Mifid II seem at odds with the enhanced personal data protection rules of the GDPR. But with careful consideration, financial institutions can balance their regulatory obligations under the two…
Light at the End of the Tunnel, But Will Mifid Dark Pool Rules Add Up?
Esma has released the first figures to support Mifid II’s caps on the percentage of equities trading that can be transacted on dark pools. However, critics warn that although the delay has given Esma more time to validate data and clean up queries, the…
An Officer and a Regulation: Finding A GDPR Superstar
When the General Data Protection Regulation comes into force on May 25, most financial companies will require a data protection officer. With an entire industry racing to meet GDPR’s compliance deadline, will there be enough candidates to go around?…
Esma’s LEI Xmas Extension: Last-Minute Gift or Lump of Coal?
Jamie Hyman talks with an LEI issuer, advocate and end-user about how Esma’s LEI grace period will impact operations during the first half of 2018.
The KIDs Are Alright (But the Priips Still Have Issues)
Europe’s Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products becomes law on January 1, 2018. In-scope market participants racing to meet its significant data and reporting challenges all face the same hurdle: how to calculate implicit costs. Jamie…