Data
Open Platform: Don’t Get ‘Owned’ By Data Ownership
The future of financial firms’ market data organizations will be defined by effective governance of external data and proprietary prices. But lack of standards and myriad disparate policies is creating opacity, confusion and potential liabilities, says…
Mixed Messages About LEI
Has the Financial Stability Board allowed enough time with its March 2013 deadline for the legal entity identifier (LEI) to set up local authorities, much less actually assign all the LEIs, as was once expected?
Latest FpML Version Addresses CFTC Reporting Requirements
The latest version of the Financial products Markup Language standard includes new templates for the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's requirements to report to swap data repositories and for real-time reporting purposes
OpenGamma Raises $15M, Preps Hosted Data Delivery, Targets Smaller Shops
New investment will fund expansion, product development to target new client base
DataSift Preps Financial Play for Social Data
Vendor hires industry vets to spearhead financial push
FSB Does Not Expect LEI System To Be Live In March
The Financial Stability Board does not expect the global legal entity identifier (LEI) system to be live and ready to use in March, according to an executive who took part in the inaugural meeting of the LEI Private Sector Preparatory Group in July
Omgeo Names Gray As Chairman
Andrew Gray, a managing director at DTCC, will succeed Donald Donahue as chairman of the board of the post-trade processing services provider
Single Sources of Proof Gain Traction in Canadian Market
Canadian firms are starting to consider single data repositories spanning across their lines of business, due to risk management concerns, according to BMO executive
Square Peg
Canadian firms and regulators are debating whether proposed risk management policy makes the country’s market incompatible with global standards. Michael Shashoua reports on the industry’s preparations
Rinse, Repeat?
Will the industry ever get past the same corporate actions arguments? Aite Group’s Virginie O’Shea points to Italian and Japanese CSDs as examples worthy of study
Big Challenges And Big Opportunities
During an Inside Reference Data webcast about big data, panelists described how the phenomenon is redefining established approaches to data management, and how firms can harness the opportunities it presents. Nicholas Hamilton reports
Enterprising Strategies
Data vendors are showing increasing interest in enterprise data management, but insist they will not bundle products. Nicholas Hamilton finds there are many potential benefits to be had
Solving a Solvency II Dilemma
European regulator's announcement that an important code in its capital adequacy directive will not be harmonized through all countries could undermine the regulation itself
