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Moving Parts and Closing Gaps
Corporate actions professionals are looking at how to automate more complex pieces of processing these events, Michael Shashoua reports. Messaging standards and complex instructions and choices are key factors
IRD's Editor on ISO 20022 and LEI Developments
Support for the ISO 20022 messaging standard could be wavering in the industry. In contrast, a maneuver by the US Office of Financial Research could improve the LEI's prospects
ISO 20022 Likely Stalled For Years More, Say Corporate Actions Execs
Efforts to phase out the use of the older ISO 15022 standard for corporate actions messaging on a worldwide basis are still failing to gain traction in the industry, executives from BlackRock and Barclays Capital said in a recent webcast
Corporate Actions: Off and Running -- webcast
Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on July 17, 2013 to discuss how financial services firms are managing the challenges of upgrades to messaging standards and increases in volumes and types of corporate actions events.
BlackRock's VedBrat Explains SEFs to the Buy Side
While the sell side and larger buy-side institutions have been preparing for the entrance of swap execution facilities (SEFs) to the market for some time, medium and small buy-siders have not. Supurna VedBrat, BlackRock's co-head of electronic trading…
BGI’s IBOR System Offered Strengths, But Also Weaknesses
During a case study presentation at the recent Buy-Side Technology European Summit 2013, Jon Rushman, professor of practice in the finance group at Warwick Business School, outlined construction methods for an Investment Book of Record (IBOR) system,…
Hedge Funds Tap Shared Services Ahead of Swaps Futurization
At Markit's annual user conference this week, buy-side executives explained how testing the clearing waters as early as 2011, and leaning on external providers, have helped them through a period of upheaval and occasional late night surprises.
What Does the Partnership Between BlackRock and MarketAxess Say About Aladdin?
BlackRock made big news last year by opening up its Aladdin corporate bond trading platform to the broader market. Some feel that its recent alliance with MarketAxess means it has already thrown in the towel.
The Buy Side Gets into the Vendor Business
Anthony takes notice that more-and-more buy-side firms are looking to sell their internally-built technologies. Can they compete with true third-party providers?
Collateral Transformation's Influence on Optimization
Some people see collateral transformation and collateral optimization as equivalent solutions to the margin demands of central counterparties. In reality, they should not be considered different sides of the same coin.
Optimize: The How and Who
Collateral optimization is a reality for a few institutions, an attainable goal for a few others, and a pipe dream for the rest. In the second part of his feature on optimization, Jake Thomases checks in on who is optimizing and who isn’t, and on what an…
Collateral Transformation's Influence on Optimization
Some people see collateral transformation and collateral optimization as equivalent solutions to the margin demands of central counterparties. In reality, they should not be considered different sides of the same coin.
No Small Gamble: DR and BCP Post-Sandy
Heightened awareness of catastrophe showed itself as technology providers of all ilk endured the landfall and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Tim Bourgaize Murray asks the industry for a primer in disaster recovery and business continuity, discovering a…
Infrastructure, Optimization Tools Imperative for New Swaps Execution
A modernized US swaps market portends benefits as well as costs for the buy side. But most of all, experts say, it means building technology that can cope─independently─with change.
Mobile Initiatives, Increased Regulation and Big Data on the 2013 Radar
Three issues ─ mobile initiatives, the specter of increased regulation, and the challenges and business opportunities around Big Data ─ dominated discussions during yesterday’s annual Waters USA conference in Manhattan, suggesting these concerns are…
BlackRock CTO: Vendors Not Meeting Enterprise Needs
During a CIO roundtable at Waters USA this morning, BlackRock CTO Scott Condron bemoaned the lack of innovation by West Coast technology suppliers for producing solutions for enterprises like his. One such supplier in the audience took exception.
Email in the Cloud Tempting, But Elusive
Of all the functions to throw to a cloud services provider, email should be one of the easiest. So why is it still a problem?
BlackRock, Thomson Reuters to Provide Fixed-Income Analytics for Buy Side
Investment management firm BlackRock and data vendor Thomson Reuters will partner to create a distributed fixed-income derived analytics set through BlackRock Solutions (BRS), the firm's solutions provision arm.
Buy-Side Execs: More Responsibility, Fewer Predators in HFT
Industry-initiated measures and disincentives for swooping in ahead of large orders are key as regulators continue to offer only a measured response.
BlackRock CTO: ‘Password Reset’ a Surprising Challenge for BYOD Programs
Trying to prevent employees from using their personal mobile devices at work is a losing battle. As a result, firms are grappling with the security challenges involved with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies.