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Regulatory Tsunami or Just a Washout?
The last two weeks have been a bit of a rollercoaster for US regulatory reform, with President Barack Obama signing an executive order this week that may see the current Dodd Frank requirements scaled back dramatically in order to ensure there is the “right balance” to foster economic growth going forward. On the individual regulator…
BT’s Pickles on Legal Entity Data Developments and the OFR’s Intentions
Ahead of the end of month deadline for responses to the Office of Financial Research’s legal entity identification consultation, Reference Data Review is speaking to a number of industry participants about their views on the entity data challenge in the current market. BT Global Services’ head of marketing for financial markets and wholesale banking Chris Pickles…
Data Storage Group Receives Patent For Innovative Data Deduplication Technology
Data Storage Group, an industry leader in data backup and disaster recovery software, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company US Patent 7,860,843 for the firm’s core data deduplication technology. DataStor’s unique and innovative software-based approach, known as Adaptive Content Factoring?, is a technological breakthrough offering significant advancements…
ESMA Issues Call For Evidence About Credit Ratings Agency Registration Requirements, Technical Standards Incoming
Following on from its predecessor’s work last year, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is reaching out to credit ratings agencies and the users of ratings to provide feedback on its proposals for endorsement guidelines, which will form the basis for technical standards that will need to be adopted by 7 June this year….
NFA in the Frame to Take Over Derivatives Registration from the CFTC, But What of Regulatory Follow up?
Last week, Reference Data Review noted that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is contemplating ceding control over data registration requirements to another body, namely industry group the National Futures Association (NFA). The result of such an action, which itself is being driven by the regulator’s funding woes, could mean that power and influence is back in…
Modernise Data Protection Laws says Former UK Information Commissioner
Former UK Information Commissioner Richard Thomas CBE called today for a modernised European framework for data protection to address the realities of the digital world of the 21st Century. “The pace of technological change is increasing both benefits and threats,” said Thomas, now a strategy adviser at leading international law firm Hunton & Williams and…
CFTC Meeting Highlights Funding Concerns, Might the Foot be Taken Off the Data Standards Pedal?
It may have appeared to be business as usual during the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) ninth meeting on the Dodd Frank rulemaking this week, with position limits and swaps documentation requirements up for discussion, but comments by staffers indicate that pressing concerns about funding persist and may hold back key data standardisation initiatives. One…
SEI Focuses on Providing Valuations Transparency and Independence to the Buy Side, Says Oakes
Middle office outsourcing solution provider SEI has recently upgraded its pricing and valuation offering for the buy side by adding more third party data feeds and a new online Manager Dashboard tool . June Oakes, solutions director in SEI’s Investment Manager Services Division, explains to Reference Data Review that the upgrade is aimed at ensuring its…
Odds On?
The more people I speak to, the more cynical I get about the future of the US Office of Financial Research. It seems that some are even close to running a book on how long it will be before the government backs away from the idea, given the changing political dynamics on Capitol Hill. In…
Interactive Data Significantly Expands Global Content For Wealth Managers And Financial Advisors In Europe
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it has significantly expanded the depth and breadth of global content available to wealth managers and financial advisors via PrimeTerminal Professional, its customisable financial desktop solution. PrimeTerminal now offers access to a vast wealth of independent fixed income evaluated…