Data Management
HSBC, Citi Contend With Standards Variations
Data management professionals continue to face multiple data standards that prove challenging when trying to achieve consistency. Michael Shashoua explores how semantic data is proving useful to aggregating data generated under these different standards.
Volante Joins SwiftRef Partner Program
The data integration software vendor says joining SwiftRef's partner program will give its customers access to a single source for payments reference data
Max Bowie: Will Ratings Rethink Restore Credit Confidence?
Rightly or wrongly, credit rating agencies are often blamed for the financial crisis. But with new stricter rules for rating agencies now in force, Max says why not rethink the entire issue of regulating ratings, and give them the same status as any…
Bloomberg Bows Range of OTC Indexes
The data giant unveils a play for OTC index business, leveraging its existing index and analytics tools, and market penetration.
IRD's Editor on Metadata
Metadata is emerging as an important part of data management models.
RBC Exec: Sharing and Collaboration Are Keys to Mapping Data
Donna Rudnicki, who rejoined the firm as head of data management in July after serving as an outside project consultant, has developed a data road map to set up structured data governance and cross-functional work.
Fixed Income special report
June 2013 - sponsored by: BI-SAM, Equinix
Maximizing Metadata
The concept of metadata is emerging in importance for financial services industry firms' data management operations. It's a field that could produce great benefits for managing risk through more accurate management of data