Data
Battling Inertia In Corporate Actions
Automation efforts in corporate actions processing have stayed at stagnant levels, according to Inside Reference Data webcast surveys. Industry professionals are looking for a catalyst to spur improvements
GoldenSource Appoints Head of Sales for Americas
Bret Bange has rejoined the enterprise data management software vendor to take responsibility for its sales in the Americas, after spending more than two years at First Derivatives
DTCC Units Name New Execs, Including Deriv/SERV Data CEO
Marisol Collazo is one of several new appointments at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation.
Nasdaq Preps US Feed Changes
Exchange group Nasdaq OMX is launching new feeds for its equities, futures, BX and PSX markets, in a effort to replace legacy technology with higher performance alternatives.
On the Record: Mercado Keeps it ‘Simple'
Emilio Mercado has spent the bulk of his career working for market data vendors. Now, he's working for himself, running his own vendor, Simplified Financial Information, and aiming to simplify how firms manage market data usage and infrastructure, when…
IRD's Editor on Harnessing Big Data
Author Douglas Rushkoff advocates "personifying" the management of big data. What path will the financial industry take?
Open Platform: Value at Risk - The New Data Challenge
Following the financial crisis, the industry is reevaluating how it uses and calculates Value at Risk. But more accurate and frequent VaR needs the ability to capture and analyze more frequent underlying data, requiring a new approach to risk data…
Stay On The Ball
HSBC Securities Services’ Chris Johnson has won the respect of his peers for his close analysis of how regulatory change will impact data management. Johnson tells Nicholas Hamilton why EMIR, Dodd Frank and Fatca need the most urgent attention and warns…
OpenGamma, Risk Focus Partner on Risk Management Distribution
Software provider OpenGamma and consultancy Risk Focus will distribute real-time risk management services that support customized systems for users.
Soul of a New Data Machine
Ideas about how to harness the power of big data for data management purposes can come from unlikely sources. A conversation between an author and a podcaster inspires consideration of the value of human assessment in big data processes
Pre-LEI Portal Launches Data Sets
P-lei.org, a legal entity identifier consortium launched in June, has begun making pre-LEI data available daily, notably for the US, Germany and France
