Articles by Nicholas Hamilton
SmartStream Adds Swift Support To Make STP Affordable
The software vendor has added support for Swift's Global Electronic Trade Communication system to help users achieve greater levels of automation and focus on exception management
LEI Advocates Must Target Critical Mass
As doubts remain about some jurisdictions' plans for the legal entity identifier, proponents must focus on driving adoption in the majority of major economies
TR Exec: "Third-Party Pricing Has Missed Out On Regulatory Push in Asia"
Regulations have helped to drive adoption of third-party pricing in the US and Europe, but this has not been the case in Asia, delegates have heard at this week's Tokyo Financial Information Summit
Morgan Stanley Exec: “LEI Can Make Onboarding More Efficient”
John Sproat, Morgan Stanley's Tokyo-based Asia head of enterprise data, said the legal entity identifier will help prevent firms from unnecessarily onboarding clients multiple times
SIX Exec: "Model Pricing Has Important Role Despite Central Clearing"
Ian Blance, Zurich-based director of evaluated pricing at SIX Financial Information, told delegates at the Tokyo Financial Information Summit that model pricing will remain important for fixed-income assets that are infrequently traded
Traiana Launches Trade Reporting Connection With LEI Functionality
The post-trade services vendor has launched a connection to trade repositories that helps firms manage legal entity and swap identification requirements
Data Validator Criticizes DTCC's Identifier Database
A Bloomberg data official points to 600 duplicate files—about 1% of the total—in DTCC's database for CICIs, the LEI precursors. DTCC's CDO counters: It's still the most accurate database of its kind
Mizuho Chooses Wolters Kluwer For Regulatory Reporting
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has a data warehouse that consolidates reference, market and counterparty data, and which will enable Mizuho International and Mizuho Corporate Bank Nederland to automate regulatory reporting
Torstone Makes Inferno Available In Virtual Private Clouds
The software vendor has migrated its clearing, settlement and accounting system's reliance on non-standard operating system libraries to standard libraries
65,000 Entities Meet CICI Deadline As Self-Certification Continues
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation has issued identifiers to entities all over the world and continues to see others certify data that was submitted on their behalf by third parties
IRS Publishes Draft Fatca Registration Form
The draft of the form firms will have to complete as part of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act asks them to supply entity information and choose between four options to describe their status in relation to the US anti-tax evasion regulation
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…
Bloomberg PolarLake Integrates Fitch Credit Rating Data
The managed enterprise data management service provider says it has integrated data from the unit of the ratings provider, which will save costs associated with onboarding, processing and managing data
GoldenSource Upgrades Products To Facilitate LEI Usage
The enterprise data management software vendor has begun mapping to the legal entity identifier, which its customers can choose to use as an additional entity identifier or as their primary entity identifier
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
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…
Aberdeen Australia Increases Fund Order Automation To 50% With Calastone
Australian arm of the asset management firm adopted Calastone's order routing service because it can accept messages of any size and format, and because the vendor has shown commitment to the local market
Danish Bank Chooses SmartStream for Corp Actions Processing
The software vendor says its TLM Corporate Actions product will help Ringkjøbing Landbobank transform the management of corporate actions into an exception management process rather than a manual one
Ruffer Automates Trade Notifications With New Calastone Service
The new service is intended to help firms reduce costs and operational risks by generating trade notifications and sending settlement instructions to custodians
Mediobanca Chooses Xenomorph For Data Validation
The vendor's TimeScape product will help the Italian bank save time and effort by bringing together data validation tasks in a single automated process for the front, middle and back office
Deutsche Bank Exec: "Business Users Must Be Responsible For Data"
Shannon Walker, Deutsche Bank's lead data architect, said responsibility for data lies with business users, but they must be supported by IT and architecture staff
StatPro Integrates Interactive Data's Fixed-Income Evaluations
The portfolio analytics vendor says the partnership creates a one-stop shop for data and analytics
Information Mosaic Integrates Thomson Reuters' Corp Actions Data
The software vendor says integrating the ISO-based data, which covers 94,000 companies in 93 countries, will help clients reduce the time and money they spend on data integration
Calastone Opens Zurich Office, Appoints Swiss Sales Director
Vittorio Pujatti has been appointed director of Swiss sales and business development at Calastone and will be responsible for building on the 10 clients the fund transaction network provider already has in the country