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Now is the Time for Reference Data Collaboration, TowerGroup Says. But is it Really?
When it comes to reference data, TowerGroup has something of a reputation for spotting a trend just as it is about to become a major industry focus. Statistics from the analyst’s first major report on the subject in 2001 and its updated iteration in 2005 are still liberally cited by industry commentators in print and…
Reuters Adds OTC Equity Options Prices to DataScope Select
In its third quarterly release this year of its hosted data management and extraction platform DataScope Select, Reuters has incorporated what it says are significant enhancements to the solution in the areas of OTC equity options pricing and counterparty data. The evaluated pricing services within Reuters DataScope Select have been extended with the provision of…
‘Assume Role of Vendor’ to Ensure Rigour in Applying Data Licences, State Street’s John White tells FIMA
A clear and thorough understanding of precisely how data is utilised within investment firms, tied to “differentiating” data usage, is essential before data licensing can be effectively and successfully embarked upon, John White, principal data management, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), has contended. Knowing “upfront” what is explicitly covered within contracts signed with data vendors…
Will EC, DoJ Reuters-Thomson Inquiries Strike at the Heart of the Matter: RICs?
The European Commission’s “in-depth investigation into Thomson’s takeover of Reuters” – announced earlier this month – is only to be expected. Whether it will put a dampener on things – by either quashing the deal or insisting on some very visible ‘sacrifice’ by the parties involved – remains to be seen. Mechanically speaking, the EC investigation – whose announcement coincided…
ICMA Ltd Plans Data Products, Extension Of TRAX2 to More Instruments
Data products will be at the heart of a new raft of offerings being developed by ICMA Ltd, the market services division of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA). In an effort to more effectively utilise the data assets it has acquired through its provision of the TRAX trade matching and transaction reporting system for…
A-Team Analysis: Future of IBEI in Question as Eight Countries Vote it Down; Could the BIC Be the Answer?
The results of the second ballot among national markets on ISO 16372 International Business Entity Identifier (IBEI) are in – and with eight countries voting against and six for (plus three abstentions and four no votes), the future’s not looking very bright for the standard. That said, as one industry observer puts it, “it’s not dead…
A false sense of securities?
Swift’s Sibos event in Boston in early October was the biggest ever (don’t they always say that?) and there was no shortage of involvement from the enterprise data management suppliers and some of the bigger reference data vendors. Even the delegates seemed pretty interested in all things data related, as the strong turnout for the panel…
Panic Abates as FSA Says Firms Won’t Have to Use Alternative Code
The UK Financial Services Authority has calmed market practitioners’ fears about the new Alternative Instrument Identifier (AII) for use in identifying some derivative instruments in MiFID transaction reports (Reference Data Review, September 2007) by clarifying that individual firms will not have to use the code for the time being. Rather, reporting entities will just have…
Oracle and BEA … A Low Latency Lowdown
Oracle caused a bit of excitement at the end of last week when it made an unsolicited bid for BEA Systems. BEA’s rejected it of course, saying it undervalues the company. All standard procedure. We’ll see what Oracle’s next move is. But if the transaction does happen, it will bring together some useful technologies that…
Perception is Everything!
Last month, Low-Latency.com ran an online poll asking whether Microsoft or Sun Microsystems was better at offering low latency solutions. The result: 30 percent went with Sun, seven percent with Microsoft. But the majority – 63 percent – reckoned neither company is a player in this space. I have to say I feel a little…