Regulation
Real-Time Surveillance: Mission Impossible?
European regulator ESMA wants trading venues to perform market surveillance and abuse monitoring in as close to real time as possible. But is the technology and operational capacity in place to make this initiative work? By Steve Dew-Jones
Suing the Lawmakers: Deutsche Börse Takes on Brussels
Deutsche Börse's threats of a legal challenge to the European Commission have raised eyebrows.
FPL Releases Support For Fixed-Income Trading
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
The Medium Is (Not Just) The Message
Strapline: Interview With
A Question of Characters
Financial InterGroup (Fig) is taking another shot at challenging the favored ISO 17442 standard for the legal entity identifier by specifying an 11-character LEI. The challenger has an uphill climb to catch on
FSB Announces LEI Workshop, Standard Details
Members of the public and private sector will share their views on the Financial Stability Board's (FSB’s) work on the legal entity identifier (LEI) at a meeting in Basel at the end of the month.
FSA Chief to Depart in June
UK regulatory boss to depart agency.
Whither Volcker? Firms Brace for Deadline as Delays Anticipated
The Volcker Rule’s deadline for public comment has passed, with a sea of responses from organizations all over the world. Implementation dates are currently debatable, but compliance with the regulation will require structural and technological change…
Futures SRO Committee Makes Fund Recommendations
Formed in response to MF Global's loss of customer funds, the committee makes four new recommendations regarding proper segregation.
CFTC Sets Interim LEI Standard
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked market participants to apply to be identifiers of swap counterparties, and also introduced CICI, an identifier designation designed to fill the gap until the Financial Stability Board issues its own
Financial InterGroup Proposes Alternative LEI Format
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Focus on Risk, Regulation Drives LSE's LCH.Clearnet Deal
The LCH.Clearnet deal could mark a new beginning for the London Stock Exchange.
Swift Stakes Position on Reference Data, Risk Reduction and Identifiers
Patrik Neutjens, head of reference data at Swift, discusses the value of end-to-end data systems, and how the organization aims to advance the legal entity identifier globally as one of the administrators for the LEI standard.
Thomson Reuters Responds to EU Comment on RICs
The data provider is reviewing the use of Reuters Instrument Codes after an EU official said a test by the company was insufficient to ease antitrust concerns
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.