Opinion
IRD's Editor Recaps Sibos
Surprises abounded concerning ISO 20022 messaging, KYC and the LEI
Requiem For Sibos
Annual financial messaging and standards conference yielded unexpected turns on key topics like ISO 20022, KYC and instrument identifiers
Opening Cross: It’s Not What You’ve Got, It’s the Way that You Use It
Storing data isn't the same thing as managing or governing data.
Divorcing Bitcoin From Blockchain
Anthony says first we need to make clear, once and for all, that 'bitcoin' and 'blockchain' are not used interchangeably.
What Price Paradise?
Capital markets firms must move in an enterprise-wide risk management direction.
Everybody's a Data Storage Company Now
Reflecting on Google's Symphony Stake, Dell's EMC gambit.
IRD's Editor on Data Management Milestones
October issue stories note meaning of recently achieved industry milestones
Control and Automation
Ownership of data seen as large factor in achieving data quality
Mila Should Take a Page Out of Nasdaq Nordic’s Book
Dan DeFrancesco compares Nasdaq Nordic to Mila and wonders why one has succeeded while the other has failed.
Opening Cross: Disrupt or Die (Or Rather, Prepare to Be Disrupted)
Disruptive technologies can bring direct and indirect advantages, if you embrace them.
Time In A Bottle
Pivotal changes happening for data utilities, cloud resources and compliance
What's Hot at BST North America
Tim recaps this year's event.
Max Bowie: Are You a Governator?
While the ideas of managing and governing something may initially sound the same, there’s a logistical and practical chasm between them. However, as the post of chief data officer evolves, Max says new approaches are bridging—if not closing—the chasm.
Michael Shashoua: Message Received
Know-your-customer data concerns have registered a greater presence on the industry’s radar, as seen in the agenda for Sibos this month. Michael Shashoua analyzes what efforts KYC data will require, and how communication can be crucial to data governance…
Cyber Security: To Insure or Not to Insure
Anthony says this is an area where there is no right answer, other than making sure that you have a well thought-out plan.
Tim Bourgaize Murray: Heads of Trading, Back with a Vengeance
After profiling JPMorgan Asset Management’s Curt Engler, Tim ponders the potential and consequences of Luminex, Plato Partnership and other buy-side consortia seeking to build their own dark pools. Can they deliver on their massive potential?
October 2015: Tamper at Your Peril
Mergers and acquisitions are on the upswing in the capital markets. Victor argues that the acquired companies should be allowed to continue to operate in the way that made them successful and worth acquiring in the first place.
Opening Cross: Why a Data Deal Isn’t Just a Data Deal
An investment in data is an investment in the success of your business.
Technologists as Traders: Sitting in the Hot Seat
The question is this: Should a technologist's training include some time spent as a trader?
Reference Data Utility on the WFIC Agenda
Bi-annual conference promises insight into where the proposed SPReD utility may take data management
With the Slow Drip of Bad News, Liquid Holdings Fights One Last Battle
The OEMS provider held huge promise, but it evaporated almost as quickly.
Cyber Dawn: Wall Street Opens Up About Cyber Security
Anthony looks back at this week's Cyber Security and Risk Management Briefing and wonders what's to come.
Taking the Pulse of Reporting and Capital Adequacy Compliance
Commonalities in European rulemaking still need to be translated into industry systems
IRD's Editor on Communication for Data Governance
EFIS conference speakers cite internal communication as key to data management progress