Emerging Technologies
'Issuer-Pays' Rating Model Draws Fire
Rating Agencies came under fire last week as former senior executives from Moody's and Standard & Poor's gave testimony to the US House of Representatives suggesting that potential conflicts of interest could have contributed to the sub-prime crisis.
Gambale, Hemsley, O'Donnell
POSITION KEEPING
CMA Preps Asian Office for Local Support
CME Group subsidiary Credit Market Analysis plans to open up a regional office in Hong Kong by the end of this year to support growing interest in its credit data products in Asia.
Get Ready for APFIC
With the financial markets in turmoil, my girlfriend and I last week made our first foray into the commodities markets with the purchase of a diamond. Yes, it's an engagement gift, but it's also an investment that can become an heirloom and an item of…
BNP to Take Over Fortis Data Admin
The recently announced break-up of the Fortis banking and insurance group between the Dutch government and BNP Paribas will result in a major reshuffle of data administration functions and marks the end of Fortis' group-wide market data competency center…
Whither Exchanges
Now that we have reached the latter half of October, the multilateral trading facility (MTF) space is set to heat up as Bats Europe prepares to go live ( see story, page 11 ) and interdealer broker Icap announced its intention to bring yet another MTF…
A Sense of Re-Purpose
Thomson Reuters' enterprise division head Jon Robson understands the importance of standing out from the crowd. Tine Thoresen talks to him about the value of doing things differently, and the wisdom behind "re-purposing" his division's offerings
FISD Details 'Fee-Free' Data, Preps Standards
Industry association FISD has posted the results of a survey of exchanges' policies around fees for data use in non-trading applications on its Web site, and is preparing a best practices document to promote an industry-wide standard around charging for…