Opinion
Opening Cross: To Ensure Data Quality, Keep Long Leases on Short Leashes
Sell-off-and-lease-back strategies require supreme—award-winning, even—confidence in your partners.
Some Thoughts After FIA Boca
Anthony looks at three topics that were repeatedly on delegates' lips during the conference.
Golden Copy: ‘Regtech’ Challenges
Who drives regulatory compliance data into real time, and how, will influence its future
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 9: Cyber Risk North America, Deutsche Börse-LSE Deal
Dan shares his thoughts on Cyber Risk North America and the agreement between Deutsche Börse and LSE.
IRD's Editor on Machine Learning
StockViews and Bloomberg moves are just the latest additions to a growing field
March Madness: The Financial Technology Trends Tournament
Dan analyzes eight of the biggest trends in the space.
Opening Cross: Raising a Glass to Market Data’s Master Mixologists
Cocktails are an art. So is market data.And those who perform their task exceptionally deserve recognition.
Institutional Investors Give Mixed Message on Cybersecurity
In a recent survey, institutional investors said they both care very deeply about cybersecurity, but aren't making a significant investment on prevention technologies.
Golden Copy: Learning to Master the Machines
More machine learning efforts are arriving for financial data management, but are they well guided?
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 8: Consolidation of Risk Platforms, Open Source
Dan and Anthony analyze mergers on the buy side for vendors of risk platforms and the usage of open source in financial services.
Pipe Dream: Marijuana's Potential Move to Wall Street
Could weed be the next great commodity in the capital markets?
Golden Copy: Risk Data Nuances ... And Déjà Vu
Could BCBS risk capital framework changes prove useful for risk data management?
Opening Cross: Don’t Undervalue the Unusual
Vendors are finding innovative ways to capture proprietary content, and to mine value from its increasing volumes.
Agile: The CIOs’ Pressure Valve
Victor Anderson argues that as pressure continues to mount on CIOs to provide examples of the value they deliver to the organization, the Agile development methodology offers them some wiggle room and might well provide them with something of a pressure…
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 7: Machine Learning, Climbing the Corporate Ladder
Dan and Anthony look at machine learning and the best way to get promoted.
Dan DeFrancesco: Know Before You Build
Why it's important to understand whom you're building for.
Anthony Malakian: Questions Abound About Machine Learning
"There’s a lot of promise in machine learning, but there are still massive unknowns and risks."
March 2016: When Is Agile Not Agile?
"Agile means different things to different organizations and some have adopted it to a greater extent than others."
Max Bowie: Data Romance Isn’t Dead; It’s Just in an Open Relationship
"The more clients you can provide access to, the more attractive a channel your platform becomes, and more third-party vendors will be willing to make their content available via your platform."
How to Make it to the Top: A Simple Guide to Climbing Technology's Corporate Ladder
The keys to going from back-office developer to CIO.
Michael Shashoua: Dogs Ate the Regulators’ Homework
Financial services firms are seeing positive news on two different regulatory fronts of late — first from the confirmed delay of the Mifid II compliance deadline and secondly from the less obvious delays in implementation of the Common Reporting Standard…
Golden Copy: Maybe It's Not a Tale of Two Identifiers
Could there be a standard that helps market participants find liquidity?
Opening Cross: Forget the Harlem Shake; Do the Deutsche Shuffle
Even before they confirmed merger negotiations, it was clear to see that the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse had much in common.
Some Thoughts on the Apple–FBI Debate
When it comes to digital privacy, this case could prove seminal for issues down the road.