Regulation
New Settlement Rules Mandate T+2 in Europe
Europe publishes enhanced regulation for CSDs.
Up For Discussion
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Identification Specifics Take Shape
This month's Inside Reference Data coverage of the legal entity identifier (LEI) and OTC derivatives identification efforts finds that specifics about the standards, as well as the choices firms must make, are coming into focus
Data’s Seat at Risk’s Table
Strapline: Data Management
Are Open Standards in Data's Future?
Strapline: Industry Warehouse
SS&C Unveils Form PF Offering
The new regulatory solution is cloud-based.
Over-the-Counter, Under the Radar
ISINs may not be be appropriate for identifying every over-the-counter derivative, creating a challenge for instrument identification. Nicholas Hamilton reports on efforts to find a fitting standards format in the asset class
Can Open Data and EDM Cooperate?
Different data standards models being advanced by Open Data Model and the EDM Council raise questions as to whether they can blend together to users' benefit
HFT Is the SEC's Fault, Says a Former Exchange Operator
Steve Wunsch has long been a critic of the SEC. Now he's blaming them for the problems caused by high-frequency trading, and for the reactions, like a financial transaction tax, that may follow.
HFT Is the SEC's Fault, Says a Former Exchange Operator
Steve Wunsch has long been a critic of the SEC. Now he's blaming them for the problems caused by high-frequency trading, and for the reactions, like a financial transaction tax, that may follow.
Advances In Automation
Strapline: Interview With
Data Standards Competition Heats Up
Open Data Model espouses a classification-based approach to data standards models, while the EDM Council focuses on making various standards compatible. Which approach will be more effective?
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…
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…
Open Data Model Unveils Classifications
Strapline: Data Management
Asset Control Adds Bi-Temporal Capability
Strapline: Data Management
Omgeo Adding LEIs To Alert
Strapline: Data Management
Industry Leaders Offer LEI Insights to the FSB
A panel of private sector representatives is providing advice to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on the development of the legal entity identifier. Nicholas Hamilton speaks to Graeme Austin, one of the participants in this advisory group, about how…
The Match Game
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
FSB Panel Considers LEI Eligibility Criteria
The complexities of including funds within the remit of the legal entity identifier (LEI) has been highlighted by the Industry Advisory Panel, which is aiding the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in its work on the standard
Many Fingers In Many Pies
Diversification is the key for exchange growth, it seems.
European Fatca Information-Sharing Could Spread
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
The Road To European Harmonization
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
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…