Articles by Nicholas Hamilton
Nothing Less Than the Best
Francis Gross, vice chairman of the legal entity identifier Implementation Group, discusses strategies for avoiding standards duplication of the standard and tells Nicholas Hamilton they're determined the identifier will fulfill its potential
Full And Fair Disclosures
When it comes into force next year, the IFRS 13 accounting standard will place significant requirements on end-users to provide new disclosures about the prices and evaluations they use, but pricing vendors are well placed to help them comply, writes…
Bottling Other Industries’ Expertise
It is widely acknowledged that data management in the capital markets is less advanced than other industries, but what are the reasons for the difference? The retail, telecommunications and energy industries have some lessons to teach, Nicholas Hamilton…
Nord LB Builds Clearing Business From Dodd-Frank Compliance
The regional German bank plans to use its clearing facilities interfaces to offer clearing services for client banks that lack resources to create their own connections that meet regulatory mandates
GoldenSource Partners With Neoflex To Crack Former Soviet Countries
The vendor of EDM software believes its partnership with a Russian firm will help develop business in the region, where it says it has secured a contract with "a large financial institution" and has "an active pipeline of additional interest"
1 View Solutions Launches LEI Adoption Assistance Website
Firms can use 1 View Solutions' Ref-Data.com to compare their data with that of external sources, including CICI, the CFTC's interim identifier
Euroclear To Launch Online Service For Corporate Actions
EasyWay has been developed in close collaboration with five financial firms and will provide users with a consolidated view of corporate actions data, including uninstructed balances, pending instructions and tri-party collateral
Private Sector Group Weighs Thin Versus Fat LEI Structure in Basel
Regulators will consider whether the legal and governance structures of the legal entity identifier system should be “thin” or “fat,” following presentations on the topic by private sector representatives at a workshop held by the Financial Stability…
LEI Operating Arm Should Be Lean And Fast, Say Basel Delegates
Regulators will consider recommendations that the operating arm of the legal entity identifier system should be kept lean and fast to begin with, following a meeting of the Financial Stability Board's Private Sector Preparatory Group
Polaris Appoints New Head Of Worldwide Sales
In his new role of president and head of worldwide sales and account management, Jitin Goyal will report to the CEO of the technology and services vendor
Dyson Appointed Deputy CIO At SEC
In her new role, Pamela Dyson will be responsible for continuing to modernize the information technology systems of the regulatory body, which is headquartered in Washington, DC
SunGard Enhances Treasury Management Suite With Analytics
The integration of analytical tools into the suite is intended to address disconnects between executive-level perception of risk and the actual risks taken
Insights Into Prices
During an Inside Reference Data webcast on September 11, 2012 about prices and valuations, industry experts explained the changes they are making to achieve new levels of transparency and how industry developments are impacting them, writes Nicholas…
A Down-to-Earth View Of the Cloud
Speakers at an Inside Reference Data webcast on October 2, 2012 highlighted the many benefits of cloud technology, but also emphasized a number of areas of concern that vendors are focused on overcoming, writes Nicholas Hamilton
Reference Data In The Cloud Webcast
During an Inside Reference Data webinar on October 2, industry experts explained how cloud technology can benefit the management of reference data and outlined challenges that need to be overcome before the technology is more widely adopted
Sentry Uses Eagle To Create 'Best Reference Data' For Analytics
Eagle Analytics enables the asset management firm to bring in reference data from multiple sources and create rules to determine what it calls "best reference data," which is then fed into analytics calculations
iGate Appoints New Sales Director For EMEA
Amitabh Roy has been appointed to acquire new financial services customers for iGate’s consulting, technology and business process outsourcing services in Europe, with a particular focus on reference data
Getting To Grips With Semantics
Businesses in a number of industries are seeing the benefits of using semantic technology for data management. Nicholas Hamilton asks where this approach may fit in the financial services sector and what advantages firms can expect to see
McMorrow Leaves AIB To Start Consultancy
After 30 years at Allied Irish Banks, Michael McMorrow has left and will now provide consultancy services on data issues
CounterpartyLink Adds LEI to Databases
The legal entity data vendor is helping firms prepare for Fatca by providing greater transparency into the beneficial owners of legal entities
Benefitting From The Best Of Breed
Data managers are showing a determination to learn from innovations in other industries
Esma Recommends Use of LEI For Emir
Paris-based regulatory body says that if a global legal entity identifier is available and endorsed by the European Union, it should be used as part of reforms to the over-the-counter derivatives market in Europe. Otherwise, an interim entity identifier,…
DST Corporate Actions Module Links Data Cleansing And Accounting System
Software vendor expects strong take-up in Asia and Australia of its HiPortfolio corporate actions module, which it says solves a persistent industry problem
Daiwa Europe Consolidates Back-Office Ops With Torstone
Investment bank hopes to benefit from improved efficiency and cost reduction by using Torstone Technology's Inferno application for all back-office operations