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Is There a Disconnect Between Basel III and the US FSOC on SIFI Criteria?
Chris Brummer, a senior fellow at the Milken Institute, reckons the current manner in which Basel III is taking shape may conflict with rules being developed by the US Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) regarding the criteria by which firms are categorised as “systemically important financial institutions” (SIFIs). FSOC, the European Financial Stability Board (FSB)…
US SEC: XBRL for Financial Statements
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted rules requiring companies to provide financial statement information in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) to improve the information’s usefulness. This is an overview for companies that are required to begin submitting XBRL data during 2011 and summarises some of the main process issues, lessons learned to date and…
Algorithmics Makes Case for Data Oriented Risk Management
In its latest paper, Algorithmics sets out the case for an integrated data-oriented approach to risk management, and outlines the practical steps risk IT professionals can take to achieve this. Based on Algorithmics’ innovative risk technology and decades of experience working with financial institutions around the world, the paper provides insight into risk-specific data issues,…
Exclusive: Fed CDO and DMRAV Headliner Bottega Takes on OFR Advisory Role
The US Office of Financial Research (OFR) has bagged another advisor in addition to recent Treasury appointee and ex-Morgan Stanley economist Richard Berner in the form of chief data officer (CDO) for the Markets Group at the New York Federal Reserve John Bottega. Bottega, who joined the Fed as CDO back in 2009 and is headlining…
SEC Announces Agenda and Panellists for Roundtable on Money Market Funds and Systemic Risk
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the panellists and final agenda for the Money Market Funds and Systemic Risk Roundtable to be held 10 May. The roundtable will address the potential for money market funds to pose a systemic risk to broader financial markets – what makes money market funds vulnerable to runs and…
Omgeo Launches Hedge Fund Operations Forum
Omgeo, the global standard for post-trade efficiency, announced today that it has launched the Hedge Fund Operations Forum (HOF), an industry peer group for UK-based hedge fund operations professionals. Members of the HOF will meet on a quarterly basis to exchange ideas and knowledge of operational best practice implementation that goes beyond current regulatory requirements….
Talend Introduces Industry’s First Unified Platform for Data Services with New ESB Offering
Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced the industry’s first unified platform for data services, advancing its leadership in the converging data and application integration markets. Users of the new data services offering benefit from a unified platform with a common development, deployment and monitoring environment for both data management and application integration….
Hudson Bay Capital’s Black Discusses Bloomberg Vault Implementation, Cost Saving Benefits of Cloud-Based Data Storage
The expanded registration requirements under Dodd Frank for firms that once fell under exemptions have resulted in many more firms being compelled to invest in data storage solutions in order to ease the data retrieval process and keep costs down. One such firm is buy side firm Hudson Bay Capital Management, which has recently rolled out…
Calypso Technology Releases Version 12
Calypso Technology Inc., the global capital markets platform provider, today announced the release of Calypso Version 12 (V12) of its cross-asset, front-to-back office platform. The new release improves on best practice standards with stronger seamless integration across asset classes and between functional layers. V12 also builds on Calypso Technology’s growing status as a single-source-of-truth for…
CFTC and SEC Describe Data Focused Investment Plans for 2012, CFTC Establishes Data Standardisation Subcommittee
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have once again testified before the Senate regarding requests for an increase in their budgets for next year, including US$66 million earmarked by the CFTC for technology and US$78 million for the same on the part of the SEC. During his testimony,…