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Perry Discusses Goldman Sachs’ Creation of a Central Instrument Reference Database for its Global Operations
Goldman Sachs has taken a step by step approach towards developing a centralised instrument reference database to support its global operations, according to Jim Perry, vice president of product data quality at the investment bank. Speaking at FIMA earlier this month in London (in addition to his earlier panel slot on regulation), Perry elaborated on…
UBS’ Berry Sounds Call for an End to Vendor Identifier Complexity via Regulation, Again
In keeping with his work for the Information Providers User Group (IPUG), David Berry, executive in charge of market data sourcing and strategy at UBS, called for an end to vendor complexity by eliminating the use of proprietary instrument identifiers. “Vendors introduce complexity into the market by attempting to differentiate themselves on the basis of…
Strike While the Iron’s Hot for Data Management Buy in, Says RBS’ Waters
There really is no better time than now to build a business case for investment in data management, said Lorraine Waters, global head of reference data management at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), to delegated at last week’s FIMA conference in London. Highlighting the current strategic role of reference data within her own organisation and…
NYSE Technologies Promises Consolidated Tape for European Equity Markets
NYSE Technologies’ plans to develop a consolidated tape for European equity markets should come to fruition in the third quarter of 2011, when the company will deliver a service aimed at providing broad access to post-trade market data at a lower cost than today. The tape is a response to the current MiFID debate on…
Goldman’s Perry Highlights Instrument Data Challenges of the OTC Derivatives Reforms Within Dodd Frank
The reform of the OTC derivatives markets as part of the US Dodd Frank Act will likely cause a whole heap of instrument identification challenges, according to Jim Perry, vice president of product data quality at Goldman Sachs. Speaking at last week’s FIMA conference in London, Perry indicated that the central clearing of these products…
Xtrakter’s New Reference Data Capabilities Attract First Client
Xtrakter, a provider of capital markets data, trade matching and regulatory reporting, welcomes TFG Fund Services as the first client to access Xtrakter’s recently launched reference data product, known as XREF. Xtrakter, part of the Euroclear group since 2009, now offers a rich and detailed source of static data on over 300,000 different fixed income…
Paul Capital Selects SunGard’s Investran Data Exchange for Investor Reporting
Paul Capital, a global private equity firm, has selected SunGard’s Investran Data Exchange solution to manage the firm’s investor reporting processes. Investran Data Exchange is a web-based, multi-directional portal that provides document management, reporting and workflow solutions to assist alternative investment firms in their fundraising, investor relations, portfolio monitoring and M&A processes. Investran Data Exchange…
Manual Processes Persist in Data Management for Nearly Half of Aim Software’s Survey Respondents
Nearly half (at 48%) of the respondents to Aim Software’s seventh annual reference data survey still use terminals for data look-up and manual processing, in spite of the leaps and bounds made in the development of sophisticated data management technology over the last few years. The survey, which was co-sponsored by SIX Telekurs, conducted between…
US SEC Adds More Data Requirements to its Proposed Hedge Funds Rules
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has added a further set of data disclosure requirements to those it is proposing for the hedge funds market as part of the Dodd-Frank reforms. Under the proposed reforms, more organisational and operational information will be needed for SEC registration purposes from investment advisers and the private funds…
SIX Telekurs’ Newbury Highlights Potential Clash Between MiFID Best Ex and IFRS for the Valuations Sector
The valuations business is facing an unprecedented amount of change as a result of the barrage of regulatory requirements coming down the pipe and some rule changes could potentially conflict with each other, thus causing serious challenges for those caught in the compliance trap. One such potential clash is between the revised best execution requirements…