Articles by Nicholas Hamilton
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
OTC Fin Integrates Solvency II Engine Into Data Platform
The engine guides end-users through the completion of the Quantitative Reporting Templates and leverages the data warehouse of the technology company's PATOne data platform
Money Laundering Problems Fuel Support For LEI
The legal entity identifier and hierarchical data can help to prevent anti-money laundering failures like the high-profile cases at HSBC and Standard Chartered, according to data management experts
FSB Plans To Include Hierarchical Data With LEI
The Legal Entity Identifier Implementation Group and Private Sector Preparatory Group are developing plans to include hierarchical and relationship data with the LEI, while legal experts are exploring Switzerland's suitability as the site of the LEI…
Identifier's Infancy
During a webinar about the legal entity identifier, panelists discussed the opportunities the code presents for data vendors to create new products and the immaturity of current offerings, writes Nicholas Hamilton
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
HSBC Exec: "Regulations Require 10 New Data Types"
Chris Johnson of HSBC Securities Services has identified 10 new types of data that will be required by upcoming regulations and says firms must start asking vendors for the data so they will have business cases to create appropriate products
Omgeo Updates ProtoColl For CFTC Reporting
The post-trade processing services provider says it can help firms provide the daily mark-to-market reports on open derivatives positions that are required by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Legal Entity Identifier webcast: Plans For 2013
During a webcast about the legal entity identifier on November 27, industry participants provided insights into the Financial Stability Board's work on the identifier, discussed firms' implementation plans and considered the lessons that can be learned…
Equity Trustees Chooses Calastone For Order Routing
The Australian managed fund and financial services firm says the order routing service will help it to reduce the potential for error in back-office transactions
First Boston Exec: "Don't Assume Private Clouds Are Secure"
Private clouds are not free from security issues, because they are often "intertwined" with public clouds, a First Boston Global Capital Markets executive has told delegates at the European Trading Architecture Summit
UBS Exec: "Don't Centralize Processing Of Big Data"
It is easier to process big data where it resides than to centralize it first, a lead architect at UBS Investment Bank has told delegates at the European Trading Architecture Summit
CounterpartyLink Brings On Two From Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters sales and account executives Helga Saraiva and Catherine Michel-Lefebvre have joined legal entity data vendor CounterpartyLink as business development managers
Advise Makes Reporting Tools Available On Abacus Cloud
Software vendor Advise Technologies has made its Consensus RMS suite of regulatory reporting tools available on the AbacusFLEX private cloud to satisfy the needs of the increasing number of hedge funds it says are choosing to migrate their applications…
Torstone Hires Global Head Of Sales
Jonny Speers has moved from OpTier to Torstone Technology, where he will lead global expansion of the software vendor's business
Bloomberg Makes Data Available To Third-Party App Developers
The data vendor says if a developer comes to it with an idea for an app that uses Bloomberg's reference data, it will include the product in a new portal
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
Mizuho Exec: "Asia Has Opportunity To Create Uniform Approach to Fatca"
The different approaches Asian countries have so far adopted towards the US anti-tax evasion regulation could cause operational complexity for firms in the region, but the postponement of the regulation has created a chance to agree on a consistent…
Soc Gen Exec: "Global LEI Adoption Will Take 20 Years"
The experience of the International Securities Identification Number suggests it will take 20 years for the legal entity identifier to be adopted globally, a Société Générale Securities Services executive has told delegates at the Asia Pacific Financial…
Bank Of China Exec: "Vendors Should Address Data Gaps For Basel II"
Vendors should provide data on both investment-grade and non-investment-grade assets for use in the validation of Basel II risk estimates, a Bank of China executive told delegates at the Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference in Hong Kong this week
APFIC Live: Opportunities and Competitiveness In 2013
Inside Reference Data reporter Nicholas Hamilton reported live from a discussion covering opportunities and competitiveness in the coming year, at the Asia-Pacific Financial Information Conference in Hong Kong
Interactive Data Integrates CICI Into Business Entity Service
The data vendor has integrated the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's interim compliant identifier into its Business Entity Service and will link the standard to hierarchical data to give customers a more comprehensive understanding of their risk…
Wells Fargo Exec: Some Hedge Funds Uncomfortable With Vendors' Evaluated Prices
A valuations executive at the fund administrator told delegates at this week's Frankfurt Financial Information Summit that although pricing and valuations vendors believe they have become much more transparent, some hedge funds are still not comfortable…
Nord LB Exec: Use Agile Development To Manage Uncertainty Of Regulations
An executive from the German bank told delegates at this week's Frankfurt Financial Information Summit that agile software development methodologies may be the best way to prepare for new regulations which are still being developed