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Reliance on Data Vendors, Cost and Poor Data Quality Remain Hurdles to Transparency, Says City of London Paper on MiFID
As the MiFID review process rumbles on ahead of a potential sequel, more and more attention is being directed towards the data quality issues underlying the barriers to post-trade market transparency. On this note, the City of London’s recently published report into the impacts of MiFID (handily titled “Understanding the Impacts of MiFID”) indicates that…
Rongo Partners with Talend to Meet Real-time Data Demands
Rongo, the Finnish consulting company focused on information management, has partnered with Talend, an open source data management specialist, furthering its commitment to delivering the highest quality and cost effective tools to its customers. The company was established in 2006, and operates out of Espoo and Tampere. Rongo provides consulting and information management solutions, spanning…
Jeff Nason Joins Butterfield Fulcrum to Lead Global and Strategic Relationships
Asset management professional Jeff Nason has joined Butterfield Fulcrum, a leading top five independent fund services provider, as Managing Director, Global and Strategic Relationships. In this newly created position, he will be responsible for further developing Butterfield Fulcrum’s relationships with large, complex alternative asset fund groups. Based in the New York office, Mr. Nason will…
Omgeo Appoints Clare Fraser as Managing Director of Strategy
Omgeo, the global standard for post-trade efficiency, today announced the appointment of Clare Fraser as managing director of strategy. In this role, Fraser will be responsible for driving Omgeo’s growth by identifying new market opportunities and overseeing the global marketing function, while providing strategic guidance on the firm’s business worldwide. Fraser is based in London…
Netik’s Mason Elaborates on Plans for CorrectNet Integration
In its first acquisition since its management shakeup last year, Netik recently bagged client reporting and data distribution focused vendor CorrectNet, in a move that aims to bolster its end to end data management capabilities. John Mason, who was appointed chief operating officer of the vendor in August last year, explains that the two vendors…
Project Brokers Signs Global Deal With Noad
Project Brokers, the global business intelligence (BI) consultancy, has signed a deal with NOAD, the leading provider of high-performance, enterprise platform management software, to become its only Global Services & Reseller Partner. The partnership brings NOAD’s market-leading enterprise change management software solutions into Project Brokers’ BI portfolio. NOAD’s EQM product suite supports QlikTech’s QlikView BI…
ISDA Releases 2011 Operations Benchmarking Survey Results
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the publication of its 2011 Operations Benchmarking Survey. This publication includes results from G14 respondents as of year-end 2010, and follows the release of survey highlights at ISDA’s 26th Annual General meeting in April. The survey notes the continuing decrease in confirmations outstanding, particularly among…
CFTC Plans 8 June Roundtable to Discuss Instrument Identification Standards
In keeping with its push to keep data standardisation high on the industry agenda and the establishment of a new regulator subcommittee on the subject earlier this month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has indicated that it will be conducting a public roundtable on 8 June to discuss the technical aspects of the introduction…
Quantifi Survey Reveals Industry-Wide Move to Overhaul Counterparty Risk Systems
Quantifi, a leading provider of analytics, trading and risk management solutions for the global capital markets, today announced the preliminary findings of its counterparty credit risk survey. Quantifi recently participated in the Global Derivatives and Risk Management conference in Paris and surveyed a cross section of financial firms to gain insight into the various approaches…
DTCC’s Thompson Cautions on Potential Data Sharing Issues Due to Furore Over Dodd Frank’s Extraterritoriality
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) managing director and general counsel Larry Thompson has this week cautioned that data sharing arrangements between regulators could be disrupted by the legislative language of Dodd Frank and the global pushback on US extraterritoriality. This issue is of particular concern for DTCC given its intent to act as…