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Interactive Data and Thomson Reuters Q2 Results Highlight Endurance of Pricing and Ref Data Space
If Interactive Data and Thomson Reuters’ second quarter results are anything to go by, it seems that the data vendor community is more than adequately making ends meet in terms of its traditional reference data and pricing offerings. Interactive Data had a strong second quarter performance in spite of its ownership change at the end…
Virginie’s Blog – Entity Data Management Falls Down Cross Border
In the same week that the Royal Bank of Scotland’s US ops were slapped with a cease and desist order by the Fed for anti-money laundering (AML) and risk management failures (see more on which here), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) produced a working paper on the state of cross border AML compliance highlighting the…
Virginie’s Blog – More Than a Question of Technology
This afternoon I conducted my first ever twitterview (a twitter interview conducted via my handle @virginieateam) with Marcus Cree, director of risk solutions for SunGard’s capital markets and investment banking business (@MarcusCreeRisk), and Michael Versace, director of global risk at analyst firm IDC-Financial Insights (@versace57). Amusingly, given the format, the topic of conversation was the…
Fed’s Cease and Desist Order for RBS Highlights the Data Issues Underlying its AML and Risk Management Practices
The issuance of a joint consent cease and desist order by the US Federal Reserve Board and a number of other state regulators last week for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group’s New York, Illinois and Connecticut branches indicates some of the data issues underlying its risk management and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance functions. The…
Breaking New Ground with Ultra Low Latency Messaging
Inter Thread Communication (ITC) is not a new concept. Developers have been doing it for quite some time. However, doing it fast and well has been tricky. This mimics almost all of the modern day messaging communication primitives, such as IPC and reliable multicast. That is why I believe that ITC is the new ground…
ING Investment Management Adopts Bloomberg Research Platform
ING Investment Management has adopted Bloomberg’s proprietary research management platform to share ideas globally and track the effectiveness of trade ideas, Bloomberg and ING IM announced today. ING IM is the first investment firm to use the technology to create a network for portfolio managers, buy- and sell-side analysts to communicate and collaborate. The software…
Indexium Signs with Cadis
Cadis , the global EDM specialist, has been selected by Indexium, to streamline its data management process. Indexium, the Swiss-based startup firm will calculate and distribute all indices for the STOXX Ltd, SIX Swiss Exchange and Deutsche Börse Group. After a successful Proof of Concept (PoC), Cadis is enabling Indexium to create new data feeds,…
EXCLUSIVE: DTCC’s Chief Data Officer Ron Jordan on His Experiences at NYSE, Regulatory Developments and DTCC’s Future Plans
Earlier this year, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) appointed ex-NYSE Euronext market data guru Ron Jordan to the position of chief data officer (CDO) and gave him the responsibility of guiding DTCC’s commercial and regulatory data business activities. Reference Data Review speaks to Jordan about his career highlights in the exchange sector and how these…
Another One Out the Door at Thomson Reuters: Wenig Departs from Markets Division as Part of Structural Shake up
In yet another shock departure from data giant Thomson Reuters over the last few months, Markets division chief Devin Wenig has left and CEO Tom Glocer is due to take on his responsibilities. Wenig, who has long been thought the natural successor to Glocer, is departing the vendor as part of a management and structural…
Alexander Forbes Offshore appoints Richard Buchanan
Alexander Forbes Offshore, part of the Alexander Forbes International Group has appointed Richard Buchanan to Operations Director, based in Jersey. Richard joins Alexander Forbes from Alpha Bank Jersey where he was Managing Director. He has extensive operations, marketing and sales management experience gained over many years in the offshore financial services arena. He has also…