Data Management
BlackRock, Thomson Reuters to Provide Fixed-Income Analytics for Buy Side
Investment management firm BlackRock and data vendor Thomson Reuters will partner to create a distributed fixed-income derived analytics set through BlackRock Solutions (BRS), the firm's solutions provision arm.
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
Interactive Data Launches ASX 24 Feed on 7Ticks
The new futures feed will provide data to trading firms based primarily in Chicago who want access to the Australian derivatives market
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
Innovation Revs Up
Take a look beyond a list of acronym-named regulations to the innovations and reconsidered management approaches in reference data, as presented and discussed at EFIS and reported by Inside Reference Data
Majedie's Foray into Contextual Blogging Seeks to Eliminate Internal Email
Combining relationship management information aggregation with scalable IT architecture represents a paradigm shift for nimble fund managers.
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
Divining Downstream Data Flows
Data managers are considering how to best and most accurately handle distribution of varied types of reference data. Michael Shashoua heard from financial firms and their providers on the challenges they are seeing and what course they are taking
Data Principles Important But Elusive
A firm-wide set of data management principles—such as a single version of the truth, as one audience member at the Buy-Side Technology North American Summit put it—are difficult to formulate in siloed environments, and when different business units…
SimCorp: Low Buy-Side Confidence in Data Quality
A poll revealed major doubts about accounting data. The problem is too many interfaces, says SimCorp North America chief business consultant Jenny Ravenscroft.