Reuters has relocated Barnaby Nelson to Hong Kong, from London, to head up its DataSelect initiative in Asia. Nelson, previously part of the DataScope team in London, will lead a team of five salespeople and one product specialist. His former role in Europe is being covered by Oliver Smith, who recently joined Reuters from Bloomberg, and Jennifer Reynolds, formerly with Reuters’ focus group accounts team.
The scope and scale of structured and unstructured data that financial firms must manage continues to grow exponentially, calling for innovative approaches that can deliver automated, accurate and timely decision making. Artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive computing are prime contenders to ease the enterprise data management burden, but what types of solutions are available, how...
Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business has broadened the capabilities for its interest rate swap valuation service. This service assists clients by providing information they can use to help efficiently value their portfolios containing these OTC derivatives. The service now covers Canadian dollars and New Zealand dollars. It has also been expanded to...
Now in its 9th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
Increasing volumes and the complexity of reference data in the post-crisis environment have left the middle office struggling to meet the requirements of the current market order. Middle office functions must therefore be robust enough to be able to deal with the spectre of globalisation, an increase in the use of esoteric security types and...
