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Q&A: Embium’s new CEO Janice Robson on Rapidly Deploying Algo Strategies
Embium is the new name for Cyborg Trading Systems, providing a cloud-delivered, broker neutral, algorithmic trading platform. As well as a new name, the company has a new CEO. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com caught up with Janice Robson to find out about the past, present and future. Q: What is it about Embium that caused you to join…
Thomson Reuters Debates the Data Management Challenges of FATCA
The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) will take its toll on data management functions with most financial firms expecting know your customer (KYC) and client onboarding processes to be hit hardest by the legislation. During a webinar hosted by Thomson Reuters, participants also pointed out that FATCA is the tip of the iceberg,…
Do We Need a Chief Data Officer?
By Steve Young, CEO, Citisoft Recently I had an interesting conversation with a client with regard to where data management belongs within an organisation and whether there is a need for a buy-side firm to appoint a Chief Data Officer (CDO). The client, a very successful mid-range asset management firm, is organised along fairly clear…
Q&A: Victor Yodaiken of FSMLabs on Time Synchronisation Made Easy
Measuring time with great accuracy – and ensuring it is consistent across the many servers that make up a trading enterprise – has historically been costly and difficult. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com talked to Victor Yodaiken, CEO of FSMLabs, to find out how his company is making it easier. Q: What does FSMLabs – and your TimeKeeper software…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action
“Happy is the man … who before he dies, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean Sea” – Nikos Kazantzakis They say a change is as good as a rest, but a rest sure feels good. And so it is I’m back in the Old Smoke, getting to grips with the task at hand:…
Data Consolidation and Quality Remain an Issue in Preparation for Solvency II
Data management continues to be a drag on insurance companies preparing for Solvency II, but not all are falling behind with some using the regulatory mandate to develop data management infrastructure that will drive both compliance and business benefits from investment in Solvency II. Moody’s Analytics’ latest Solvency II practitioner survey, which included in-depth interviews…
The Low Down on ROC’s Rules for the Global LEI System for pre-Local Operating Units, But Gaps Remain
Development of the global legal entity identifier system (GLEIS) took a significant step forward last weekend when the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) of the system published a document specifying the principles and requirements that should be followed by pre-Local Operating Units (LOUs) wanting to take part in the interim GLEIS. The document, initially scheduled for…
Talking Reference Data With Sarah Underwood: Getting to Grips with Data Management Development
Enterprise data management has become central to conversations at financial institutions about strategy setting, business development, profitability, risk management, regulatory compliance, technology innovation and more. Yet it remains difficult to itemise and successful solutions are elusive. Some of the conversations concentrate on long-term data standardisation and centralisation, others on data management outsourcing, and many on…
Datactics Launches Suite of Tools to Address Regulatory and Other Data Management Challenges
Datactics has launched a suite of data management tools aimed at helping financial institutions deal with the raft of regulatory requirements now impacting legal entity and other data types, including the new global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). Datactics is offering a flexible solution that meets the data management needs of any size of financial institution,…
Terracotta Blends Low Latency and Big Data
Software AG’s Terracotta unit has introduced its Universal Messaging product, a middleware platform spanning enterprise to web to mobile connectivity, providing low latency performance and big data transport as appropriate – and aligning with the emerging ‘big data in motion’ paradigm. “Big, fast data at your fingertips requires seamless real-time data movement, no matter what type…