Markit, provider of independent data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing, has appointed Sally Clarke as global head of marketing. Prior to joining Markit, Clarke worked at SunGard for seven years in various marketing roles.
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) creates new data sources that could be used to identify business opportunities and gain competitive edge. The sources include Approved Publication Arrangements (APA) and ESMA’s Financial Instruments Reference Data System (FIRDS). The regulation also mandates use of standard data, disaggregated market data feeds, and ISINs for OTC...
Investment managers must take a fresh approach to data management, stressing trusted partnerships with outside expertise over traditional outsourcing models, as they seek to adapt to a rapidly changing economic landscape, a report has urged. The binary build-versus-buy strategy that has been the basis of innovation adoption for decades has been upended by advances in...
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