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Video: Standardisation Panel & Debate at FIMA 2009
A panel discussion titled “The Drive to Standardisation” with a lively discussion among Mike Atkin, Managing Director of EDM Council, Francis Gross, Head of the External Statistics Division of the European Central Bank, and PJ Di Giammarino, CEO, JWG-IT. Video of 7797099
France’s Banque Accord Opts for Joint Informatica and Teradata Offering
French bank Banque Accord has rolled out a joint solution from data integration software vendor Informatica Corporation and data warehousing vendor Teradata. The bank, which is a subsidiary of the Auchan Group, decided to implement the joint solution to replace its fragmented data management systems architecture and therefore increase its efficiency and expedite its decision…
Experian and S&P’s FIRMS Partner for Securitised Loan Market
In yet another addition to its portfolio this month, Standard & Poor’s Fixed Income Risk Management Services (FIRMS) business has partnered with credit data and analytics solution provider Experian Capital Markets to provide investors with more data on the individual loans backing US mortgage backed securities (MBS). The two vendors have established a strategic alliance…
Video: Data Quality & Risk Management Panel at FIMA 2009
A-Team Group CEO Angela Wilbraham leads a panel discussion at FIMA 2009 titled, “Leveraging Data Quality to Build an Effective Risk Management Strategy”. Panelists include: Matthew Cox, Head of Securities Data Management, BNY Mellon, and Guy Leroux, Operational Risk Manager, Global Banking & Markets, RBS. Video of 7688823
Video: John Randles from PolarLake Talks to RDR at FIMA 2009
John Randles, CEO of PolarLake, talks to Reference Data Review. Video of 7724504
Video: John Mason from SmartStream Presents at FIMA 2009
John Mason, CEO for DClear Utilities at SmartStream, delivered a presentation titled “The Next Wave of Outsourcing: Taking operational efficiency to the next level” at FIMA 2009 in London. The entire presentation is embedded below, divided into three video segments. Click the play buttons to view them now. Video of 7726224
Majority of Reference Data Review Readers Facing Staffing Freezes or Job Cuts
Our November Reference Data Review reader poll indicates that times are tough for data management teams out there, with the majority facing either a moratorium on hiring new staff or job cuts. Despite the increased market volatility and its knock on impact on data volumes, most data managers are being forced to make do with…
Harnessing Data for Better Valuations
A-Team Group, a publishing and research company specialising in financial information technology, was commissioned by enterprise data management specialist GoldenSource to conduct research into the challenges of managing pricing and valuations data. Throughout the course of October 2009, A-Team Group researchers interviewed senior-level specialists closely aligned to market data or valuations. Several spanned multiple responsibilities…
Stronger SLAs, Governance and Data Champions are Recurring Themes at FIMA 2009
As well as the discussions around data standards and utilities, keeping a closer eye on your vendors, finding data champions and internal governance strategies were recurring themes throughout this year’s FIMA conference in London. Speakers challenges delegates to ask more of their third party vendor providers and to identify data champions within their own institutions…
JWG-IT’s Di Giammarino Elaborates on Five Elements of Successful Data Strategy
In a follow up to his comments at last week’s FIMA 2009 conference, PJ Di Giammarino, CEO of think tank JWG-IT, speaks to Reference Data Review about his perspectives on where the data management community should be focusing its attentions. “Financial institutions and the data professionals working in them do not live in a black…