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Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: IBOR, Therefore I Am

Eighteen months ago, we conducted a survey of 40 or so enterprise architects and data management professionals at Tier 1 and Tier 2 buy- and sell-side firms to try to understand how Big Data could be applied to our marketplace. The answers – you can download the report, sponsored by Platform Computing (now part of…

GoldenSource Responds to Market Interest in Financial Industry Business Ontology

The decision by GoldenSource to map its enterprise data management (EDM) solution to the Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) signals initial industry take up of the semantic standard, which GoldenSource suggests could go as far as becoming a regulatory requirement for reporting. FIBO is an initiative of the EDM Council and describes in business terms…

GoldenSource Sets out LEI Store and Suggests an Entity Data Utility to Commoditise Compliance

GoldenSource is addressing the arrival of legal entity identifiers (LEIs) with its existing enterprise data management (EDM) software and the suggestion of a data utility that could commoditise compliance with regulations based on the LEI. The company has made its software LEI ready by allowing users to add LEI codes as additional or primary entity…

A Recruiter’s View: On FPGAs, Big Data And Women

Three very interesting features have emerged in fintech recruitment in the first trimester of 2013. The on off nature of FPGA development has led to cluster hiring in the space, big data has taken strides forward and there has been a noticeable improvement in diversity as companies take steps to add more women to their teams. Suspicion…

DTCC Plans Vendor Workgroup to Tackle Data Accuracy of the CICI and LEI

DTCC has responded to criticisms covering the accuracy and quality of CFTC Interim Compliant Identifiers (CICIs) it issues on behalf of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) saying data issues highlighted in a blog by data consolidator Alacra are the result of how business rules are being applied to entity registrations. Despite its defence, DTCC…

Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: A Close Shave

Anyone who was lucky enough to squeeze into the opening keynote presentation at our Data Management Summit in March (standing room only) would have heard me winging it a little as I awaited our speaker – Wipro’s Paolo Mittiga – who’d been delayed by various transportational snafus. When I took the stage to offer our…

Q&A: Gil Tene of Azul Systems on Why Java Works for Low Latency

It’s a bit of a paradox that Java is so widely used across all applications and industries, and yet is often cited as not suitable for the automated trading space. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com caught up with Gil Tene, CTO and Co-founder of Azul Systems, to find out more about Java performance, and how to improve it. Q: To…

A-Team Group Webinar Reveals Significant Issues in Development of the Global LEI System

The global legal entity identifier initiative is well underway with a Regulatory Oversight Committee providing governance and pre-Local Operating Units assigning legal entity identifiers, but the ultimate success of the system depends on the as yet unformed Central Operating Unit, the quality of entity data and its ongoing maintenance. These issues and more related to…

Recorded Webinar: Practical Applications of the Global LEI – Client On-Boarding and Beyond

This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. With the March ‘launch’ of the global legal entity identifier (LEI), the marketplace now officially has a standard it can use for managing entity data. Post-Credit Crunch, the lack of such a standard has forced firms to embark on their own initiatives to create…

Quantifi Stresses Data Management Requirement for Basel III Credit Risk

Quantifi has built out its counterparty credit risk platform to meet the capital requirements of Basel III. But the company warns that data aggregation and management coupled to a centralised approach to the regulation are essential to full compliance and managing the cost of capital. Basel III regulation was finalised in June 2011 and will…