Opinion
March 2012: Wide Awake in India*
Jet-lag didn't slow Victor down during his recent trip to India.
Business Continuity in the Cloud
The cloud offers enhanced IT service availability and flexibility, but customers need to understand their responsibilities in order to achieve this. By Mike Small
Max Bowie: Vote for Democracy—Data Democracy!
In politics and finance alike, incumbents that don’t live up to expectations are shown the door when their terms run out. With abstraction, virtualization and open-source technologies set to facilitate previously complex displacements, Max says vive la…
Michael Shashoua: Selling Fatca Globally
Firms in the US and abroad are beginning to get a clearer picture of what foreign tax withholding regulation will look like, following the release of proposed rules under the law. Yet US regulators can expect varied levels of cooperation from other…
Anthony Malakian: Getting Schooled in Data Quality
After writing a feature on data quality this month, Anthony has some new opinions on the issue of data quality—even if he still knows more about how to bet on horses than solving the industry’s data woes.
James Rundle: The Devil in the Details
The regulatory freight train is rushing full speed ahead in the opening months of 2012, but not without sincere attempts to derail it along the way. As well as that, James says, regulators are making efforts to gain real insight into how the financial…
Zombies and Clouds and BCP—Oh My!
Sure, a zombie attack is unlikely, but isn't preparing for the unexpected the whole point of business-continuity planning?
Insert Cloud Pun Here
The maturation of discussions over cloud computing is an encouraging sign for the technology.
The Next Big Data Debate Emerges
Having apparently settled on cloud computing as the preferred solution for big data needs, the industry is now addressing the volume and velocity of this data
Not All Attacks Are Hacks
Were the DoS attacks on Nasdaq and Bats the first wave of a greater assault to come?
Many Fingers In Many Pies
Diversification is the key for exchange growth, it seems.
Has Fatca Arrived Stillborn?
US authorities have issued proposed rules for the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) and reached agreements with European countries for their cooperation. But will the lack of business benefits and other key allies for enforcement make it…
The Vendor Community and Data Quality
Have vendors failed to address the issue of data quality? Some hedge funds say yes.
Smashing Through The Speed Of Light
The latency debate continues unabated as we move further into 2012.
A Minnow, a Monster and the Mother of All Services Firms
Monday, February 6, was hectic—there’s no other way to describe it. It was manic, frenetic, and tiring. But it was also brilliant.
Four Horsemen of Reference Data
Legal entity identifiers are being joined by bi-temporal data, Fatca and Target-2 Securities as major issues for firms to address this year and in coming years
Greetings From the Land of the Little Master
It’s taken me four-and-a-half decades to get to India, and if the next 72 hours are anything like the first 12, the wait would have been well worth it.
Greetings From the Land of the Little Master
It’s taken me four-and-a-half decades to get to India, and if the next 72 hours are anything like the first 12, the wait would have been well worth it.
It's All Greek to Me
What would happen if Greece converted back to the drachma? Anthony explores the possibilities.
A Black Day For Europe
The blocked merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse could have significant implications for exchange consolidation in the future.
Nothing Like a Bit of Irony to Pep Me Up
The recent electrical outages affecting Incisive Media's Broadwick Street offices are a potential catalyst for change, the endpoint of which must surely reside in the cloud.