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EFIS Keynote: HSBC Chief Data Officer Baker Defines Value of Data
Unlike precious assets such as gold, the value of market data is governed not by its rarity, but by its significance and usefulness, which depends on its ability to inform decisions and solve problems-and which in turn depends on having a dedicated…
EFIS Live: Tarrill Baker Keynote
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua reported live from the keynote address at the European Financial Information Summit in London on September 26, delivered by Tarrill Baker of HSBC.
Swift Helps BAML Cut Cost of ISO 20022 Migration in Japan
Bank of America Merrill Lynch will benefit from a period of free messaging after becoming an early adopter of SwiftNet for its connection to the Japan Securities Depository Centre
Raising Fatca Stakes
Data operations necessary for compliance with the US foreign accounts tax law, even with a delayed deadline, still need a lot of work, Michael Shashoua reports. Firms are considering the structure of their data repositories and approach to client…
Don't Delay, Do Fatca Compliance Today
Experts on the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) spot hurdles including governments' agreements, data security and incomplete parts of the rules, but say that shouldn't delay anyone from getting prepared
IRD's Editor on Finding Value From Data
Michael Shashoua considers how the industry defines value in relation to data management
The Impact of FATCA on Data Operations -- webcast
Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on September 6, 2013 to discuss how firms are managing the data demands created by Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the initiatives being implemented to ensure compliance.
Choosing Data Battles
Choices concerning the value of data, the use of data utilities and planning data governance are gaining importance to firms preparing to meet data demands produced by new compliance requirements
HSBC CDO Defines Value Of Data Chain
HSBC data executive Tarrill Baker defines structures for data management and finds worth in hierarchies. She speaks with Michael Shashoua about how this is achieved and when automation is useful
Light and Shade In LEI Outlook
Shifts in legal entity identifier guidelines attract attention to the differences between countries on how to implement the identification standard
HSBC, Citi Contend With Standards Variations
Data management professionals continue to face multiple data standards that prove challenging when trying to achieve consistency. Michael Shashoua explores how semantic data is proving useful to aggregating data generated under these different standards.
Osborne Swaps UBS for HSBC
Jacklyn Osborne, previously global head of client data policy at UBS, has joined HSBC as Americas chief data officer.
SIX Names New Chairman
Alexandre Zeller, previously CEO of a Swiss unit of HSBC, succeeds Peter Gomez as chairman of SIX, the parent company of SIX Financial Information
HSBC CDO: "Reporting Regs Emphasize Need To Manage Data Throughout Lifecycle"
HSBC's Peter Serenita told delegates at the North American Financial Information Summit that firms need processes for managing data throughout the trade lifecycle in order to comply with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's new reporting…
IRD Awards Results
The results of the Inside Reference Data Awards for 2013 were announced at a dinner in New York on May 21
Gu Rejoins HSBC to Head Financial Institutions Group in China
Rani Gu has taken charge of HSBC's global payments and cash management's financial institutions group in China.
2012's Financial Crime Coups Raise Stakes, Anxiety
Global regulation was the year’s obsession, but criminal probes─from rate rigging to rogue trading; sanctions violations to insider bets─won the headlines in 2012. Not every financial crime has a ready tech fix, but with buy-side cornerstones like SAC…
Money Laundering Problems Fuel Support For LEI
The legal entity identifier and hierarchical data can help to prevent anti-money laundering failures like the high-profile cases at HSBC and Standard Chartered, according to data management experts
UBS, HSBC Complete RMB Repo with Euroclear
UBS and HSBC have completed their first cross-border renminbi triparty repo, using Euroclear Bank and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) as collateral agents.
HSBC's Childe: Back-Testing Key to Mitigate Algo Failures
Panelists at the European Trading Architecture Summit (ETAS) yesterday discussed how to mitigate algorithmic trading errors that can cause catastrophic losses, saying that thorough back-testing is crucial to performance stability.