Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference
Further Fatca Hurdles
With 12 months left to prepare reporting capabilities for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, entity classification is presenting serious challenges, and the effect of intergovernmental agreements has not become clear, writes Nicholas Hamilton
Michael Shashoua: Play the Game
Taking cues from other industries, data management operations executives are looking to techniques including “gamification” as ways to solve problems in their field. Michael details the ways and means such methods are being applied.
Is It Time For Data Management To Get Its Game On?
Delegates at last week's Asia-Pacific Financial Information Conference were fascinated by the suggestion that data management can be improved and made more engaging by adopting techniques from the computer games industry
Mizuho Exec: "Asia Has Opportunity To Create Uniform Approach to Fatca"
The different approaches Asian countries have so far adopted towards the US anti-tax evasion regulation could cause operational complexity for firms in the region, but the postponement of the regulation has created a chance to agree on a consistent…
Soc Gen Exec: "Global LEI Adoption Will Take 20 Years"
The experience of the International Securities Identification Number suggests it will take 20 years for the legal entity identifier to be adopted globally, a Société Générale Securities Services executive has told delegates at the Asia Pacific Financial…
Bank Of China Exec: "Vendors Should Address Data Gaps For Basel II"
Vendors should provide data on both investment-grade and non-investment-grade assets for use in the validation of Basel II risk estimates, a Bank of China executive told delegates at the Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference in Hong Kong this week
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
2012 and Raising the Standards
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Michael Shashoua: The Culture of Data Management
In Asia, investment firms and the vendors that serve them are considering creating the role of a data czar in addition to centralization and data integration. Michael hears the pros and cons of different approaches and their effect in and outside the…
Western Identifiers, Eastern Practices
Western service providers looking to ride the coat-tails of securities identification initiatives spreading into the Asia-Pacific region must bridge cultural and communication differences
