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Bloomberg Responds to EMIR and MifID II Consultations With Call for Inclusion of FIGI in Reporting
Bloomberg has responded to a European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) consultation on European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) suggesting the Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI), formerly the Bloomberg Global Identifier (BBGID), should be used as an instrument identifier for reporting under the regulation. While the ESMA consultation opened on November 10, 2014 and closes today,…
Avox Adds Web-Based APIs to Speed Up Access to Legal Entity Data
Avox has added web services to the channels it offers for customers to access its legal entity reference data. The services are based on application programming interfaces (APIs) that are designed to support fast access to entity data. The APIs also allow customers to pull Avox content directly into in-house applications or into enterprise data…
Interactive Data’s Plans for Continuous Evaluated Pricing
Interactive Data, which has historically had strong roots in the back office with its end-of-day pricing services, has been ramping up to provide streaming evaluated bond prices in the form of its Continuous Evaluated Pricing (CEP) service and is seeking to expand its reach into core middle and front office functions within the financial enterprise….
Opinion – BCBS 239 Compliance: Slip Slidin’ Away?
By Jennifer L. Costley, Ph.D., Principal, Ashokan Advisors “Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip slidin’ away…” – Paul Simon A couple of weeks ago, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued their second annual progress report on the adoption of the Committee’s Principles for…
Bureau van Dijk offers Datasets that Fulfil Expected Requirements for LEI Data Hierarchies
Bureau van Dijk (BvD), a provider of company information, is ready to meet financial institutions’ requirements for Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) hierarchy data once the data is defined by the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the LEI or agreed by financial market participants for use in the Global LEI System. The lack of defined LEI…
Mizuho International’s Implementation of GoldenSource EDM Reduces Operational Risk and Improves Data Quality
Mizuho International has reduced operational risk, improved data quality and cut down the time it takes to onboard clients by replacing legacy systems and manual processes with an enterprise data management (EDM) solution from GoldenSource. The London-based securities and investment banking arm of Mizuho Securities, part of the Mizuho Financial Group, selected GoldenSource EDM in…
Global LEI System Makes Progress with Regulatory Commitment to Implement LEI Data Hierarchies
The Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System is moving towards completion following a statement from the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) on the introduction of LEI hierarchy data and the opening of a website by the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) that will provide access to a centralised database of all issued LEIs. Work is also being…
Codestreet Plans Expansion Post Venture Capital Investment
Codestreet, a provider of fixed income liquidity discovery and matching solutions, is planning to expand its product portfolio and extend its geographic reach following minority investments from venture capital firms Cerium Technology and Rochester Advisors. Codestreet’s flagship product is Teamwork, a software-as-a-service solution that exploits the network across a fixed income trading desk to expose…
Legal and General Investment Management Picks Sun Street’s Curium for Data Quality Management
Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) has completed its initial implementation of Curium DQM across its data management and investment operations teams in London and Chicago as part of its drive to meet key data governance objectives and visibility of data across the enterprise. At LGIM the first phase of Curium DQM adoption provides a…
EDM Council Sets Out Progress of FIBO
The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council is pushing on with the development of a Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) and this week received final approval from the Object Management Group (OMG) for the Foundations element of the ontology. FIBO is an open source, industry standard common language that describes the structure and contractual obligations of…