Inside Reference Data/News
Counterparty Reporting Still Below Standard, Say Market Supervisors
According to an international group of market supervisors, five years after the financial crisis, firms are not meeting their expectations in relation to the consistent, timely and accurate reporting of their counterparty exposures
Markit Eyes Front-Office Push with thinkFolio Acquisition
Markit has acquired London-based portfolio management system (PMS) provider thinkFolio, in a deal that will see the buy-side stalwart join Markit’s enterprise software division.
Swift Chooses SmartStream for Calendar Data
Swift has chosen to work with SmartStream partly because the software and managed services vendor is itself a user of calendar data
Customers Begin Testing Swift Services for EMIR Reporting
The messaging services vendor is providing two ways for market participants to report data on over-the-counter derivatives trades, when European regulatory requirements to do so come into effect on 12 February
Nominees for LEI Foundation Directors Published
Gerard Hartsink has been nominated as chair of the board of directors of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation and says he and the 15 other nominees understand the foundation and central operating unit must move quickly
DTCC's Arthus Appointed Omgeo President, CEO
Paula Arthus will take over from Marianne Brown as president and chief executive officer of Omgeo on February 21
Traiana Embeds Reconciliation Engine to Address US Swaps Rules
Traiana has integrated Duco's reconciliation engine so it can reconcile reference data from central counterparties, swap execution facilities and futures commission merchants ahead of the introduction of new regulations for the US swaps industry
Metadata Gains Role in Semantic Modeling
Semantic data modeling efforts, which have gained traction in the financial services industry, are increasingly being driven by metadata, said an IT processing services company executive
BIS Names New Americas Council Chair
José Dario Uribe begins the next two-year term as chair of the BIS Consultative Council for the Americas, succeeding Agustín Carstens
ROC Endorses More Pre-LOUs
The Regulatory Oversight Committee, which supervises legal entity identifiers globally, has approved pre-local operating units in Russia, Poland, the Netherlands and Finland
HSBC's Chung Moves to Product Management
Michelle Chung of HSBC's Hong Kong office has changed roles, becoming senior product manager, market data
McCarthy Joins UBS As Program Manager
Jim McCarthy, a reference data project manager and business analyst with extensive experience at Thomson Reuters and Deutsche Bank, has joined UBS
US Treasury's OFR Welcomes Brown
Tom Brown, a longtime financial industry data standards professional, has left dual roles at ISITC and Brook Path Partners to join the US Treasury's Office of Financial Research
DTCC Hires Shuman As Counsel
Ann Shuman, previously an attorney and managing director at CME Group, has joined DTCC as managing director and deputy general counsel
Moody's, Nasdaq Sign On For CRISP Contracts
The organizations will beta test the standardized appendix for data contracts developed by a group from the FISD industry association.
Industry Group Publishes Private Equity Data Standard
AltExchange's Group One data standard includes data on capital accounts, schedules of investments and cashflow activity, and is intended to replace the guidelines the private equity industry currently relies on when exchanging data
CUSIP Numbers Created for MAC IRS Contracts
SIFMA AMG and ISDA have worked with CUSIP Global Services to create CUSIP numbers for Market Agreed Coupons, a type of interest rate swap contract launched in April
SimCorp, TechMahindra Collaborate on Contingency Service
The vendors are preparing to pilot a new service that will help asset managers improve their contingency planning by providing critical data points if one of their service providers fails
Xenomorph Integrates Aqumin Data Visualization Technology
Integration of Aqumin's data visualization functionality will allow users to view data in multiple dimensions and gain a deeper, contextual understanding of it
Mizuho Chooses GoldenSource for Data Quality, Regulatory Compliance
Mizuho International will use GoldenSource's enterprise data management platform to help it comply with regulations such as the European Market Infrastructure Regulation by improving data quality and transparency
Irish Pre-LOU Endorsed, Future LEI Guidance Planned
Pre-legal entitiy identifiers issued by the Irish Stock Exchange can be used for regulatory reporting in the jurisdictions represented by members of the Regulatory Oversight Committee, after its pre-local operating unit was accepted as part of the…
Traiana Facilitates Reporting of Common UTIs
The post-trade and risk management vendor is using its Harmony network to allow counterparties to exchange unique trade identifiers and ensure they report the same codes to trade repositories
Website Offers Detailed Pre-LEI Searches
OpenCorporates has created a new website designed to make it easy for users to conduct detailed searches of pre-legal entity identifier data and spot data quality issues
Evaluated Pricing Head Blance Leaves SIX
Ian Blance has left SIX Financial Information after almost four years as head of its evaluated pricing business, and has returned to independent consulting. Mirko Silvestri fills Blance's former role at SIX.