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Opinion: The Digital Data Navigator (Dat Nav?) Era – Part 2

Nick Jones, Senior Consultant, Citisoft PLC. This section looks ahead to see if there are lessons from the age of digital cartography to provide insights into how data management and navigation might develop in the next few years. The Digital Divide Financial services organisations and their suppliers are still struggling to produce the data equivalent…

LEI Adoption Will Raise Standards, Governance & Transparency, says Webinar Panel – Even if It Isn’t Obvious Yet

The turmoil and confusion caused by the adoption of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI’s) for EMIR reporting last month will be worth it in the end, was the overriding conclusion of our expert webinar panel last week, who expect to eventually see meaningful improvements to industry standards, governance and transparency as a result. The panel comprising…

Talking Intelligent Trading with Peter Farley: The Show Moves On

With our inaugural Intelligent Trading Summit behind us a couple of weeks ago, the show moves on to New York where, on May 13, we will kick off another packed agenda with a keynote and panel discussion examining the key attributes of what is required from an Intelligent Trading architecture. Although some experts now say…

Thomson Reuters Benchmark Services Unit to Echo RTSL

Thomson Reuters’ decision to set up a subsidiary to provide financial benchmark services reflects not only the company’s strength in this area – it has grown its portfolio of benchmarks to 160 over the past 25 years – but also the wider industry’s desire to distance itself from benchmark scandals and rebuild trust as it…

Thomson Reuters Eases the Burden of KYC Compliance with Accelus Org ID Managed Service

Thomson Reuters has set up a managed service designed to help financial institutions and their clients comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements. Called Accelus Org ID, the service aims to increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of compliance by providing accurate, up to date identity data and avoiding the need to repeat the…

Opinion: The Evolution of Intelligent Trading

By Mike Powell, Managing Director, Enterprise, Thomson Reuters I was recently invited to take part in a panel at the Intelligent Trading Summit in London – a fascinating topic exploring the current and future state of trading, industry trends, and supporting technology and architecture. Alongside Richard Bell, Fixed Income eTrading Latency, Performance & Big Data…

Data Management Summit: Regulation and Risk Prompt Tactical Approaches to Change

Regulation and risk are driving data management change programmes in many financial firms, but the approach is tactical rather than strategic, leaving the ultimate goal of consistent global data that could avert another crisis some way off. These issues were a focus at last week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit, where a panel of experts…

Data Management Summit: Arguing the Case for Reference Data Utilities

Reference data utilities offer financial firms cost effective and flexible data management, improved data quality and the potential to standardise enterprise data. Arguing the case for data utilities as the only way forward for data management, Adam Cottingham, vice president of data management services at SmartStream, detailed their benefits in a keynote presentation at last…

Data Management Summit: Meeting Management Demand for Enterprise and Risk Analytics

Regulation is driving many data management projects in financial firms, but when tactical projects morph into strategic approaches to enterprise data the requirements of senior management for enterprise and risk analysis can begin to be fulfilled. Leading a panel discussion entitled Reporting for the C-Suite: Data Management for Enterprise and Risk Analytics at A-Team Group’s…

Data Management Summit: Regulatory Challenges Demand Better Data Management & Risk Data Aggregation

The increasing complexity and more onerous obligations of new regulatory initiatives, particularly the recent EMIR deadlines, is demanding more sophisticated data management and better risk data aggregation programmes at banks and other financial institutions, according to industry experts at the A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit (DMS) last week. The panellists agreed that too much of…