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Standard Chartered Hires Nelson in Hong Kong
Barnaby Nelson, previously an executive at BNP Paribas who worked on messaging standards issues, has joined Standard Chartered in a managing director role
Swift Partners with Major Banks on KYC Utility
Swift plans to launch a central utility for know-your-customer data later this year and is working with six major banks, who are sharing their views on the processes, documentation and data needed
APFIC Panel: In Buy-vs-Build Debate, Vendor Value is Key
Data sourcing professionals at financial firms want to see vendors focus less on entrenching themselves via long-term deals to retain business and more on winning and earning business through innovation and competitive pricing─though vendors say they…
Banks, Providers Failing to Innovate on Data, Says APFIC End-User Panel
Neither end-user firms nor vendors are doing enough to innovate their way out of budgetary woes towards growth, with internal cultures contributing to stagnation by not fostering creative ideas, said a panel of consumer firms at the Asia Pacific…
For Big Data, the Mindset Outweighs the Concept
Panelists at the Asia-Pacific Trading Architecture Summit, held last week in Singapore, discussed the effect of big data on financial services firms, but remained skeptical that the widely debated phenomenon was anything more than a natural evolution…
Taking Action Against Asian Fragmentation
The diverse nature of the Asia-Pacific region has long caused problems for the timely processing of corporate actions data. Nicholas Hamilton finds out how market participants manage these challenges and what is being done to improve standardization and…
Clearstream, Standard Chartered Partner on Collateral Management
Deutsche Börse's post-trade arm, Clearstream, has announced that it will develop a collateral management platform alongside Standard Chartered Bank to service mutual clients.
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
APFIC Live: Opportunities and Competitiveness In 2013
Inside Reference Data reporter Nicholas Hamilton reported live from a discussion covering opportunities and competitiveness in the coming year, at the Asia-Pacific Financial Information Conference in Hong Kong
Infographic: Major Bank Fines in 2012
A visualization of some of the largest regulatory penalties levied this year.
Asia-Pacific Tour Diary 4
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua asks if data professionals feel lucky concerning what parts of operations they seek to preserve
Max Bowie: Asia Tackles Data Cost, Co-Lo, Competition Concerns
Asia-Pacific remains the darling of the global capital markets as other economies continue to struggle. But, says Max, as the region matures technologically, inevitable issues around cost, competition, connectivity and regulation may gradually turn…
