Inside Reference Data - 2010-01-01
Articles in this issue
Industry Prepares
For February Options Symbology Change, OCC Announces New Test Date
Issuer and Short Names Standards
Work Delayed by EC Proceedings against S&P
Data Consumers Form Working Group to Prevent Intro of Bloomberg SPA Contracts for Fund Admin Clients
LONDON - Data professionals affected by Bloomberg's planned New Year introduction of service provider agreement (SPA) contracts for fund administration clients have joined forces to oppose the change, which now appears to be delayed, officials tell…
Relying on Regulation
While cost cutting was an overriding theme in the data management industry in 2009, the improved economic environment now means value-adding projects to help manage risk and meet regulatory requirements are back on the agenda. Inside Reference Data…
Picture This
One of the key focus areas for the new year is liquidity risk and valuation risk. But to deal with the upcoming challenges, firms are looking for more granular and better integrated data. Tine Thoresen speaks to AIG's Suresh Jayaraman about what data…
Managing Corporate Actions Risk
Despite industry efforts to reduce financial losses typically associated with corporate actions processing, managing risk remains one of the major challenges for the corporate actions industry. On November 18, Inside Reference Data gathered leading…
Crossing the Data Chasm
The main driver for outsourcing reference data management is typically cost control, but data control is also a key concern. Netik's Colin Close explains how this can be addressed