Data Management
FactSet to Introduce Single-Name Exposure Offering
FactSet is taking client portfolio data and combining it with entity reference data to support single-name exposure risk management processes
IPUG: Open Letter to Bloomberg to Support Inclusion of Identifiers in Xymbology
IPUG has written a letter for members to send to Bloomberg in support of including Bloomberg symbologies in the FOW TRADEdata symbology mapping offering, Xymbology
SimCorp Teams up with AIM Software
SimCorp and AIM Software have entered a partnership to provide data management capabilities to asset management firms using the SimCorp platform
Outsourcing Data Quality
The Rise of Data Outsourcing
Ref Data Industry Embraces Free Data Trend
Data vendors Avox and Bloomberg started making some data items free last year. With increased regulatory pressure and a move towards openness, market participants expect to see more vendors adopting a similar approach in coming years
Outsourcing of Data Quality Efforts on the Rise
Firms are increasingly exploring the use of outsourcing strategies as part of data quality programs
Anna Follows up with ISO on RA Agreement
Anna has asked ISO for a meeting about the newly revised registration authority agreement for the ISIN standard, which is yet to take effect
Ucits IV on the Horizon
Those firms taking a wait-and-see-approach to what the new Ucits IV directive has to offer should beware, says Stewart, lest they end up playing a tricky game of catch-up as next summer’s deadline approaches.
Who Could Be Director of the Office of Financial Research?
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act created a new position in the US government—that of the director of the Office of Financial Research, a new data collection and analysis center. Tine says the best candidate for the job may be in our own backyard.
Getting your data (ware)house in order
Up-to-date, accurate and verified benchmark data is becoming more and more important to asset managers. With tightened budgets and cost efficiencies to consider, outsourcing data provision and management can work to asset managers’ advantage. By Stephen…