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Taxed by Tax
The US market has been forced to adapt operational processes to prepare for changing tax regulation related to cost-basis reporting and foreign accounts. As these types of projects have become key activities in corporate actions departments, changing tax…
Looking Beyond Golden Copy
The golden copy concept has once again gained traction in the data management industry, with firms continuing to assess the best ways to manage reference data. Carla Mangado explores why it is being questioned
Spreadsheets: How to Excel
Reducing the industry’s reliance on spreadsheets is a common aim, but such an undertaking is fraught with obstacles. In the meantime, Faye Kilburn asks what firms should be doing to reduce “spreadsheet risk”
BNY Mellon's Kerry White on Mitigating Valuation Risk
As pricing teams are faced with increased complexity and growing data volumes, firms have had to expand operations to meet customer requirements. Tine Thoresen speaks to BNY Mellon Asset Servicing’s Kerry White about the best strategies for reducing…
Dark Matters: Liquidnet Unfazed by Dark-Pool Regulations
Anthony Malakian catches up with Liquidnet's two principals – Seth Merrin and Neal Goldstein – and quizzes them on their expectations relating to the SEC’s dark pool regulatory stance, and the firm's recent partnership with SIX Swiss Exchange.
Japan Rises from Ruin
Given the scale of the devastation affecting Japan's north-east coastline in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, it is likely to take years before that region of the country returns to normality. But as Sitanta Ni Mathghamhna…
Countering Counterparty Risk
The market has seen an upsurge in firms investing in improving counterparty data systems and processes to mitigate risk in the years following the fall of Lehman. But have the investments paid off? Inside Reference Data gathered a panel of leading…
Big Versus Small
Big Versus Small
Celebrating Five Years with Inside Reference Data
Inside Reference Data was launched in 2006, when the concept of enterprise data management really started to take off. The publication has since followed the industry through five years of turmoil, with increased pressure from regulators and a growing…
Customer Care
Customer Care
The Exchange of Data
With a growing focus on expanding the information side of the business, many exchanges have in recent years started generating an increased percentage of revenues from data sales. But real-time data has been the star act, and reference data has so far…
Master and Commander: Rohatyn Group CTO Warren Master Leads the Data Charge
Anthony Malakian meets Warren Master, CTO of The Rohatyn Group, currently overhauling the fund's data management practice that is likely to touch everyone from the very top of the Manhattan-based firm down.
Russian Roulette: Is HFT in Russia Worth the Risk?
As one of the four emerging BRIC markets, Russia is fast becoming a prime target for international investors. But, asks Faye Kilburn, are the high-frequency trading rewards worth the risk?
