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The Struggle to Implement Dodd-Frank Act Changes
Surveys of financial services industry CEOs and operations executives find that a majority recognize that the US Dodd-Frank Act and the SEC’s implementation thereof will force them to change their business models. Yet the same researchers indicate that…
Leveling the Latency Playing Field
As high-frequency trading continues to get a bad rap, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission floats a number of ideas to level the playing field when it comes to co-location and proximity hosting services. Are they practical and will they work? By…
Addressing Real-Time Deficiencies
Recent crises have drummed home that banks need to calculate risk exposures in as close to real time as possible. To do that, risk managers must process huge amounts of data, but current systems often lack the capability. How can banks address this…
Entity Data: Know Your Exposure
Know Your Exposure
The New Counterparty Data Attributes
At a time of regulatory uncertainty and calls for increased transparency, the importance of counterparty data quality is high up the agenda, and the focus is now on adding more data fields. Ensuring access to more attributes has become a priority, says…
OFR: Setting Reference Data Standards
OFR: The Road to Standardization
Corporate Actions: The Recruitment Challenge
In on the Actions
Awaiting the MiFID Review
MiFID Machinations
Vaden’s Vision: Nomura’s Drew Vaden Drives US Expansion
Nomura’s Drew Vaden talks to Anthony Malakian about his plans to grow Nomura Holdings and challenge the existing Wall Street hierarchy
Meeting the FIX Family
Tanzeel Akhtar meets up with a number of the protocol's early European adopters and looks at how FIX has become the most pervasive technology across our industry.
New Skills of the Trade
Joe Morgan looks at how buy-side traders have had to adapt their skills as sophisticated technologies and trading practices continue to evolve.
SIFMA 2010
Time for Management
Cloud Computing for Data Management
Data management software vendors are looking at how to create flexible and scalable platforms fit for the future – a future that may be up in the clouds. Tine Thoresen explores how newer types of technologies can be utilized in the reference data…
How to Measure Data Quality Downstream
While data management programs are maturing, firms are taking data quality measurement to a new level. It is no longer only about implementing rules as part of a golden copy platform. More firms are starting to measure quality downstream to detect…
