World Financial Information Conference
Could cloud kill the data licensing debate and shake up pricing models?
Market participants say cloud has the potential to reimagine data licensing. But moving to the new operational model comes with a raft of unanswered questions.
Digital rights group debuts ODRL, plans common tech framework
The community group is building a referencing architecture to test the theory that all participants in the data supply chain behave as originators, providers and users.
Digital Rights Project for Data Usage Faces Legal, Operational Hurdles
Keen to trim the resources they expend on interpreting licenses, investment firms are exploring how they can turn data agreements into machine-readable code. Doing so is fraught with challenges.
Reference Data Utility on the WFIC Agenda
Bi-annual conference promises insight into where the proposed SPReD utility may take data management
Markit's Johnson Explains Collaboration Services
Heidi Johnson, managing director of Markit Collaboration Services and Markit Library talks to Inside Market Data at FISD's recent World Financial Information Conference in Lisbon about the vendor's new chat initiative which seeks to bring open…
IDC's Sargeant Reflects on WFIC Future Industry Trends Panel
Roger Sargeant, managing director for Europe at Interactive Data discusses the future of technology and market data, following a panel discussion at the World Financial Information Conference in Lisbon.
Tom Jordan Discusses WFIC and Lifetime Achievement Award
Tom Jordan, recipient of the 2013 FISD Lifetime Achievement Award discusses his accolade as well as other trends at this year's World Financial Information Conference
BT's Cooper on Gaining Benefits from Big Data
Michael Cooper, CTO, Radianz, at BT Global Banking and Financial Markets, BT, explains how financial firms and vendors are harnessing the potential of big data, at the World Financial Information Conference hosted by the Financial Information Services…
NYSE Cancels Global Agreements as WFIC Attendees Call for Data Admin Standards
NYSE Euronext has confirmed that it has put the introduction of its proposed new Global Data Agreements (previously known as Global Data License Agreements)—which seek to standardize the international exchange group’s multiple legacy data policies—on…
Markit's Chidsey on Plans for Corp Actions Validation Service at WFIC 2013
Ed Chidsey, managing director, global co-head of data services, at Markit explains that the data and services vendor is rebuilding the platform of the Global Corporate Actions Validation Service it acquired in June, at the World Financial Information…
SIX's Raskin on Fatca, Solvency II at WFIC 2013
Barry Raskin, managing director at SIX Financial Information, discusses the challenges of monitoring which assets are in scope for reporting under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and offers advice on managing uncertainty surrounding Solvency II…
S&P Capital IQ's Carvalho on LEI Integration at WFIC 2013
Rui Carvalho, managing director at S&P Capital IQ, explains why adoption of the legal entity identifier is leading firms to take an enterprise-wide approach to data management, at the World Financial Information Conference hosted by the Financial…
Industry Welcomes Markit Chat, Says More Participants Needed
Markit Collaboration Services, the new open messaging network initiative that allows financial professionals to communicate and share information across any communication platform, garnered a positive response from attendees at FISD's World Financial…
IDC's Hepsworth on Data Centralization at WFIC 2013
Mark Hepsworth, president, pricing and reference data, at Interactive Data speaks about the benefits and challenges of data centralization at the World Financial Information Conference hosted by the Financial Information Services Division in Lisbon
