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Experts Debate the Timeline, Benefits and Challenges of the Global LEI System

The expert panel on this week’s A-Team Hot Topics webinar on global legal entity identifier (LEI) expects the new standard to be fully operational by the end of 2013, as it builds momentum following next month’s official roll-out. With the establishment of a Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) early this year, the creation of a Central…

Talking Reference Data With Andrew Delaney: Markit Set to Join Corporate Actions Fray as It Ponders DTCC’s GCA VS

At the risk of sounding like the proverbial Boy Who Cried Wolf, it now seems that Markit is at due diligence phase in its attempt to acquire the DTCC’s Global Corporate Actions Validation Service (GCA VS). You’ll recall that just a few weeks ago Markit abandoned its interest in EDM stalwart Asset Control, ostensibly having…

TriOptima Partners Global Valuation Ltd. to Power triQuantify Counterparty Risk Analytics Service

TriOptima is planning a pilot programme for a counterparty credit risk analytics service for OTC derivatives called triQuantify. The solution is based on principles of massively parallel computing and is expected to be widely available later this year. TriOptima, a specialist in OTC derivatives post-trade risk management services owned by interdealer broker Icap, has licensed…

Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: The Great LEI Road Show Comes To Town

Right on cue, the Office of Financial Research (OFR) this week released a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs), to help practitioners get their heads around the new legal entity identifier (LEI) ahead of its launch next month. The FAQs help set the scene for the long-awaited introduction of this crucial data standard, and it’s…

Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: DMS Down to the Wire

Bang on schedule, the program for our Data Management Summit in London on March 12 has crystallised into a must-attend event for anyone whose fortunes are tied up with enterprise data and the technologies used to manage it. I’m particularly thrilled to have a stellar line-up of keynote speakers, and a great response to our…

Risk Data and Technology Take Centre Stage at A-Team’s Data Management Summit

Bang on schedule, the programme for our Data Management Summit in London on March 12 has crystallised into a must-attend event for anyone whose fortunes are tied up with enterprise data and the technologies used to manage it. As you’d probably expect, risk features strongly in this year’s programme, with sessions dedicated to risk data…

Trading Ecosystems and Liquidity

Liquidity is King Liquidity is a vital, if nebulous,  conundrum. For a securities exchange, it is of the essence. Traders love it. Corporate issuers consider it crucial when choosing where to list. Yet at times it can depend on nothing more substantial than market sentiment. It is proverbially ‘sticky’ – liquidity attracts liquidity, yet it…

Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Markit-Asset Control – New Dawn Fades

The buzz around Markit’s alleged interest in Asset Control reached fever pitch a week or so ago when an anonymous caller to Reference Data Review suggested the deal was done and Asset Control’s senior management relieved of their duties. But just a few days after we went public with speculation of a transaction, the deal…

Opinion: Will Banks Meet The Regulatory Challenge?

By Stuart Grant, EMEA Business Development Manager – Financial ServicesSAP If we examine today’s regulatory landscape across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), we see a minefield of complexity and requirements that financial organisations must meet. In the UK specifically, with Basel III and papers such as The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s (BCBS)…

Thomson Reuters Pushes DataScope Select into Front Office with DataScope Workflow License

Thomson Reuters is pushing DataScope Select, its delivery platform for non-streaming pricing and reference data, into the front office with the offer of data sets dedicated to the operation of transaction systems including order management systems (OMS), execution management systems (EMS) and portfolio management systems (PMS). Initial content is available immediately for OMS solutions under…