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Burning Issues: Could an Instant Message Be Worth a Thousand Bloomberg Terminals?
Max Bowie takes a well earned vacation this week, leaving Faye Kilburn to discuss Markit's Open Federated Chat, a potential alternative to Bloomberg's Instant messenger
Governing Data Governance
High-level data officers are being tasked with development of data governance frameworks. Michael Shashoua hears about some of the methods they are using to set up complete systems.
SIX Announces Departure Of CEO
Thomas Gross left SIX Financial Information on June 5 after serving as CEO for four years
BAML Exec: "Granular Data Creates Aggregation Challenges"
A Bank of America Merrill Lynch director told delegates at this week's North American Financial Information Summit that firms face challenges aggregating the more granular data now required for risk management
SIX Hires Chiam in Singapore
Dolly Chiam, who has served as a manager and analyst for the Singapore Exchange, Credit Suisse and Thomson Reuters, has joined SIX Financial Information as data acquisition manager in Singapore
Credit Suisse Taps Markit for Loans Data
The Swiss bank is using Markit's pricing and liquidity data to develop its Leveraged Loan Index series and sub-indexes, in what the vendor says is a growing trend of adoption by financial institutions.
NATAS Panel: Big Data Governance, Mindset, Needs Work
Jennifer Costley, director of enterprise architecture at Credit Suisse, is critical of existing data governance structures at large financial institutions. Costley, who spoke at this week’s North American Trading Architecture Summit, says they need to…
NATAS Panel: Cloud Service Brokerage Isn't Here
Cloud service brokerage — the concept of shopping workload around to multiple cloud providers — was a popular idea at today’s North American Trading Architecture Summit (NATAS). Unfortunately, none of the panelists who addressed it have been able to…
Despite Automation, FX Still a Relationship Game
Panelists at TradeTech Europe, organized by WBR, debated the incorporation of foreign exchange (FX) trading into traditional equities practices today, but said that despite growing trends towards electronic transactions, personal relationships between…
Moscow Exchange Announces IPO
Moscow Exchange has announced the successful pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) in Moscow, which has been set at RUB 55 ($1.83) per share.
Stewart to Lead Credit Suisse in Australia
Rob Stewart has been appointed CEO of Credit Suisse in Australia, effective Feb. 1. He will remain co-head of the investment banking department.
Credit Suisse Chooses Market EDM Platform for Data Consolidation
Credit Suisse has selected Markit Enterprise Data Management's (EDM) platform to consolidate data management within its research department.
Flexibility Key to Infrastructure Agility, Responsiveness
Despite the economic environment dictating high-level sign-off on new technology deployments —- something that is becoming harder to obtain-— firms must build an element of flexibility into their market data infrastructures if they are to create best-of…
Multi-Asset Platforms Are Efficient, But Don't Force It
As various asset classes sprung to life over the years, the trading desks that handled them often blossomed independently. Futures, options, equities, bonds, and the like became robust, yet siloed, at the big banks. Separate trading systems evolved to…
Mobile Initiatives, Increased Regulation and Big Data on the 2013 Radar
Three issues ─ mobile initiatives, the specter of increased regulation, and the challenges and business opportunities around Big Data ─ dominated discussions during yesterday’s annual Waters USA conference in Manhattan, suggesting these concerns are…
Credit Suisse's Muthu: Multi-Asset Platforms Good For IT, Not Necessarily Revenue
The bottom line at any financial institution is always the bottom line, as in the dollars and cents. As he wrapped up a panel discussion on the consolidation of trading desks and multi-asset class strategies, it was appropriate that moderator Greg Wood,…