Data Management
Open Source LEI Data Model Launches
Element 22, in collaboration with several industry firms, has launched the Fimod (φmod) Open Source Project, an open-source model for the legal entity identifier intended to help promote LEI adoption
The Case for a Data Czar
As firms struggle to manage their data needs, maybe it's time to consider adding another C-level executive to the Board of Directors: A Data CIO.
Basel III Trickle-Down
The Basel Committee's change to the liquidity coverage ratio thresholds in its capital adequacy rules will impact data management operations
DCM Preps Social Sentiment Datafeed
The relaunched former Derwent Capital Markets Twitter fund plans to release an API for banks, hedge funds and brokers to leverage its social media sentiment data
Data is a Mess, So Why Not Unify it
As data volumes skyrocket, their efficacy is getting more opaque. Organizations need to get their data under control, in one location, so they can squeeze better value out of it.
'Dynamic' Ucits Beget Questions of Internal Data Governance, Administration
Since initial implementation of the fourth iteration of the European Commission's Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities in 2011, and with two further directives, Ucits V and VI, already set to be respectively voted on by the…
IRD's Editor on Construction of Compliance Utilities
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua discusses management of data through compliance utilities for risk management purposes
Fiera Capital Integrates Eagle Platform and Cloud Service
The Canadian investment management firm has picked up on Eagle Investment Systems' platform and Access cloud service, used by Natcan, an investment firm it acquired in April
Rimes Adds Bloomberg Open Symbology to Data Service
Bloomberg tickers will now be fields in Rimes Technologies' benchmark data offering, and Bloomberg security identifiers are now live on Rimes' data service, giving Rimes users more information overall
Data Opportunities Abound
Compliance initiatives based on improving the foundations for data communication in the financial industry are both a way of strengthening the foundations of data management and chances for the industry to perform better