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Fed’s Tarullo Pushes For Mandatory Reference Data Reporting and Standardisation
This week, US Federal Reserve governor Daniel Tarullo brought the issue of data standardisation to the attention of the US Senate during his testimony before the Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance, following up on his comments last year about the data challenge related to living wills reforms. He is proposing to establish…
European Regulators Ready to Engage With Data Management Community, Says CESR Tech’s Voipio
As Fed governor Daniel Tarullo’s speech drives forward the data agenda in the US, across the pond, Arja Voipio, senior advisor at the Financial Supervisory Authority in Finland (FIN-FSA) and chair of CESR-Tech, the information technology governance structure of the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR), told delegates to Marcus Evans’ reference data conference that…
QuIC Financial Technologies Promotes Wilson to Chief Operating Officer
QuIC Financial Technologies, a provider of risk management, pricing and analytic solutions, today announced the promotion of Stephen Wilson to the position of chief operating officer as part of a series of management moves to enhance QuIC’s capability in executing on it’s long-term growth strategy. “Steve’s in depth experience with QuIC makes him the ideal…
ECB’s Utility Has a Place But Not Before Standardisation, Says BarCap’s Nagle
The old adage of not putting the cart before the horse was pertinent this week, during discussions at the Marcus Evans reference data conference on the European Central Bank’s (ECB) proposed reference data utility. The concept has been a topic of significant debate for some time now and panellists including Llew Nagle, who is in charge…
BarCap Adds ABN Amro’s Thomas to Entity Data Role and Nagle as New Head of Data Quality
Barclays Capital has promoted ex-project manager for global reference data Llew Nagle to the brand new position of head of data quality for the bank and added ex-ABN Amro entity data specialist David Thomas as a vice president in charge of client data. In their new roles, Nagle is responsible for the management of data…
BNP Paribas Securities Services Selects Asset Control for Centralized Securities Reference Data
BNP Paribas Securities Services has chosen Asset Control, the world-wide leader in financial data management solutions, to provide a centralized data management platform for “golden copy” securities reference data. Using AC Plus, BNP Paribas Securities Services will be able to source, store and process a wide range of securities instrument data and quickly bring on…
RBC’s Sutton and JWG’s Di Giammarino Promote Customer Data Best Practices
This week, JWG has published its finalised industry guidance on the maintenance of wholesale customer data, which was compiled by the industry think tank’s Customer Data Management Group (CDMG). Julia Sutton, who last year joined the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) as a director of global reference data, explains to Reference Data Review that the industry…
Cadis Launches Centre for Excellence Certification Programme
The data management space is littered with failed implementations and long consultancy projects. Cadis has launched a centre for excellence, which enables clients to effectively self-install Cadis implementations. While Cadis implementations are already typically achieved in under 12 weeks, the new programme will build on users’ competency levels, decrease project risk and reduce costs. “We…
StormHarbour Securities Selects Quantifi for Advisory Business Support
Quantifi, a provider of analytics and risk management solutions to the global credit markets, today announced that StormHarbour Securities has selected Quantifi XL for pricing and analysing liquid, illiquid and esoteric financial assets. Olivier Renault, structurer at StormHarbour Securities, says, “We recognised that having access to independent market-tested pricing tools and analytics was important in…
DST Global Solutions Appoints Sales Director
DST Global Solutions has appointed Paul Manson as sales director to develop the company’s sales strategy across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Reporting to Tony Armour, DST Global Solutions Global Sales Director, Manson brings a comprehensive knowledge of technology solutions and over 18 years of experience in the financial technology sector. Armour commented:…