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A Dose of Latency Nourishment
Plenty of food for thought this week for those of us who need to think deeply about latency. No, A-Team isn’t wrestling with how to squeeze out interparty latency, cut the tails of its jitter curves or ensure ROI on new high-speed venue connections (although we know many of you are). No, our current deep…
CFTC Staff to Host Public Roundtable to Discuss Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public roundtable on 28 January 2011, from 9am to 5pm to discuss issues related to swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The roundtable will assist the CFTC in the understanding and implementation of Section 728 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection…
Regulatory Tsunami or Just a Washout?
The last two weeks have been a bit of a rollercoaster for US regulatory reform, with President Barack Obama signing an executive order this week that may see the current Dodd Frank requirements scaled back dramatically in order to ensure there is the “right balance” to foster economic growth going forward. On the individual regulator…
BT’s Pickles on Legal Entity Data Developments and the OFR’s Intentions
Ahead of the end of month deadline for responses to the Office of Financial Research’s legal entity identification consultation, Reference Data Review is speaking to a number of industry participants about their views on the entity data challenge in the current market. BT Global Services’ head of marketing for financial markets and wholesale banking Chris Pickles…
Data Storage Group Receives Patent For Innovative Data Deduplication Technology
Data Storage Group, an industry leader in data backup and disaster recovery software, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company US Patent 7,860,843 for the firm’s core data deduplication technology. DataStor’s unique and innovative software-based approach, known as Adaptive Content Factoring?, is a technological breakthrough offering significant advancements…
ESMA Issues Call For Evidence About Credit Ratings Agency Registration Requirements, Technical Standards Incoming
Following on from its predecessor’s work last year, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is reaching out to credit ratings agencies and the users of ratings to provide feedback on its proposals for endorsement guidelines, which will form the basis for technical standards that will need to be adopted by 7 June this year….
UCITS IV Compliance Requirements are Driving Interest in SunGard’s FastVal Solution, Says Compton
Regulatory change has been kind to the valuations solution vendor community of late, with requirements for increased transparency and independence providing these firms with a perfect ‘in’ to financial institutions’ back offices. Accordingly, SunGard’s FastVal solution has witnessed this uptick in interest as a result of the increased investment in derivatives by the more traditional…
Modernise Data Protection Laws says Former UK Information Commissioner
Former UK Information Commissioner Richard Thomas CBE called today for a modernised European framework for data protection to address the realities of the digital world of the 21st Century. “The pace of technological change is increasing both benefits and threats,” said Thomas, now a strategy adviser at leading international law firm Hunton & Williams and…
NFA in the Frame to Take Over Derivatives Registration from the CFTC, But What of Regulatory Follow up?
Last week, Reference Data Review noted that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is contemplating ceding control over data registration requirements to another body, namely industry group the National Futures Association (NFA). The result of such an action, which itself is being driven by the regulator’s funding woes, could mean that power and influence is back in…
Q&A: SpryWare’s Daniel May on Boosting Ticker Plant Performance
Chicago-based SpryWare recently announced its ticker plant can process 10 million messages per second. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com talked to the company’s co-founder Daniel May about the market data explosion, how SpryWare is responding, and trends for 2011. Q: The latest capacity test on your MIS ticker plant show that it can process 10 million messages per second….