Data
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
Interactive Data Integrates CICI Into Business Entity Service
The data vendor has integrated the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's interim compliant identifier into its Business Entity Service and will link the standard to hierarchical data to give customers a more comprehensive understanding of their risk…
Update: Datacom Expands Sales Staff, Trading Tools
Vendor brings on new staff, independent representatives to boost sales of new monitoring products to trading firms and network providers
Totan IT Taps MDX for OTC Price Publication
Japanese broker's IT arm uses MDX Tech as component of price distribution platform, mulls expansion for OTC pricing
Wells Fargo Exec: Some Hedge Funds Uncomfortable With Vendors' Evaluated Prices
A valuations executive at the fund administrator told delegates at this week's Frankfurt Financial Information Summit that although pricing and valuations vendors believe they have become much more transparent, some hedge funds are still not comfortable…
Exponential Growth in Benchmark Data
Greater competition among benchmark data providers, along with a willingness to look at other industries' data management practices, could spur innovation in financial reference data management
Nord LB Exec: Use Agile Development To Manage Uncertainty Of Regulations
An executive from the German bank told delegates at this week's Frankfurt Financial Information Summit that agile software development methodologies may be the best way to prepare for new regulations which are still being developed
MarketAxess to Expand Xtrakter Data, Post-Acquisition
MarketAxess mulls expanding Xtrakter's market data services as part of acquisition
Drilling Down On Benchmarks
Buy-side firms are scrutinizing their benchmark data sourcing more closely to ensure more accurate performance reporting and attribution, according to officials and leading service providers participating in an industry discussion. Michael Shashoua…
Nothing Less Than the Best
Francis Gross, vice chairman of the legal entity identifier Implementation Group, discusses strategies for avoiding standards duplication of the standard and tells Nicholas Hamilton they're determined the identifier will fulfill its potential
Full And Fair Disclosures
When it comes into force next year, the IFRS 13 accounting standard will place significant requirements on end-users to provide new disclosures about the prices and evaluations they use, but pricing vendors are well placed to help them comply, writes…
Bottling Other Industries’ Expertise
It is widely acknowledged that data management in the capital markets is less advanced than other industries, but what are the reasons for the difference? The retail, telecommunications and energy industries have some lessons to teach, Nicholas Hamilton…
Nord LB Builds Clearing Business From Dodd-Frank Compliance
The regional German bank plans to use its clearing facilities interfaces to offer clearing services for client banks that lack resources to create their own connections that meet regulatory mandates
