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Publishing Reference Data in a Post-MiFIR World
By Chris Pickles, Co-Chair of FIX Trading Community’s Reference Data Subgroup and Member of the Bloomberg Open Symbology Team One area where a delay in implementing MiFIR would allow market participants and regulators much needed time to sort out vital details is the area of reference data publication. ESMA has made it clear that, in…
Feature: Sizing the Problem and Finding Solutions for Risk Data Aggregation
Risk data aggregation became a hot topic after the financial crash in 2008, when it became clear that banks did not have the necessary risk information readily available to understand their exposures to counterparties and inform regulators of their positions. Senior managers were making poor decisions based on poor data and supervisory regulators failed to…
MiFID II Delay Would Provide Time for a More Considered Approach
By Daniella Huggins, global marketing manager at Velocimetrics As speculation solidifies into reality, it’s looking increasingly likely that MiFID II’s implementation date will be pushed back by a full year, extending the rather unrealistic 13-month compliance timeframe to a much more manageable 25 months. MiFID II is a far-reaching regulation with an impact on multiple…
Talking Intelligent Trading With Andrew Delaney: ITS – The Story So Far
Out of the ashes of A-Team’s highly successful Low Latency Summit conference series riseth the Intelligent Trading Summit, scheduled for this coming February 4 in London. Born of the concept that it’s no longer enough simply to be fast – you have to be smart, too – the Intelligent Trading Summit uniquely brings you the…
Talking Data Management with Andrew Delaney: It’s Data Management, Jim, but Not as We Know It
Markit’s decision to use Livingstone’s software asset management (SAM) services, announced last week, is the company’s first visible deal in our space since Dan Simpson, former head of CADIS Software, left his company’s acquirer to become Livingstone’s CEO some 10 months ago. Because it’s Markit, we at Data Management Review find the deal interesting. But…
ModelDrivers Outlines the Potential of Data Point Modelling to Meet Regulatory Demands
ModelDrivers is piloting its ModelDR data point modelling solution at a large US headquartered investment bank that initially intends to use the software to support MiFID II reporting. To date, the European Banking Authority (EBA) is the only major financial services organisation that has adopted data point modelling – the authority’s Common Reporting and Financial…
Exchange Data International Adds ISO 15022 Compliant Corporate Actions Feed
Exchange Data International (EDI) has introduced a fixed income corporate actions service based on the ISO 15022 messaging standard. The service is a response to customer interest in moving away from corporate actions services based on proprietary formats and towards services that are compliant with the ISO 15022 standard. The fixed income ISO 15022 feed…
The Train on Platform MiFID 2 is Delayed by One Year
This is a contributed article from Steve Grob, Director of Group Strategy, Fidessa. Not surprising to see that it now looks odds-on that we’ll get a full one year delay on the implementation of MiFID 2. This will embarrass the politicians who don’t want to be seen as going soft on those “wreckless” bankers, but…
Calypso Adds Portfolio and Risk Management Functionality to Trading Platform
Calypso Technology has extended its trading and collateral optimisation platform with the integration of real-time portfolio and risk management functionality. The integration aims to support growing numbers of investment managers trading both derivatives and cash securities. The complete solution, Portfolio Workstation, builds on existing Calypso capabilities in areas such as pricing and position keeping to…
Thomson Reuters Details Build Out of Org ID Managed Service for KYC
Thomson Reuters is building out its Org ID Know Your Customer (KYC) managed service – winner of this year’s A-Team Award for Best KYC & Client On-Boarding Solution – with the addition of nearly 2,000 entity records a month, plans for geographic expansion, and expectations of signing an additional six deals for the service in…