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The Bottom Line in 2009
The data management world is already anticipating how the credit crunch will affect the industry in the coming year. Carla Mangado asks what the future holds for reference data teams, budgets and priorities
Standards Matter
The lack of standard symbology continues to be a fundamental problem in financial markets, and the credit crunch has further emphasized that there is an imminent need to fix this issue. Carla Mangado explores the opportunities for a commercial entity to…
ECB and Finsoft Propose Reference Data Utility
The European Central Bank (ECB) and Finsoft Financial Systems have jointly proposed the introduction of a public securities reference data utility. The data model of the Centralized Securities Database (CSDB), the financial instruments database at the…